Community
LUMA organizers launch 'Keep LUMA Free' campaign ahead of festival's return to Binghamton
Every fall, the LUMA Projection Arts Festival lights up the streets of Downtown Binghamton. This year, organizers are appealing to the community to prevent a funding shortfall. A free visual art festival...
Community
Broome County awarded $1.6 million from landmark opioid settlement
Broome County has received about $1.6 million in settlement money from pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors to aid in combating the opioid epidemic. In 2019, New York State Attorney General Letitia James sued...
Community
Battisti beats incumbent Korchak in Republican primary grudge rematch for DA
Incumbent Broome County District Attorney Michael Korchak has lost renomination in the June 27 Republican primary election, according to unofficial results published by the county’s Board of Elections. Arguing that Broome County...
Off-Campus News
Rape, sexual abuse charges against Colonial defendant thrown out in court
All charges against Leor Kweller, one of the defendants in the Colonial case, were thrown out in Binghamton City Court. Kweller, accused of raping a 19-year-old woman, was charged alongside his brother,...
Community
County Executive Garnar issues emergency declaration
Broome County is now in a state of emergency. Signed on May 11 by Broome County Executive Jason Garnar, Emergency Order No. 1 declares that the county is unable to receive and...
Community
Community gathers for planting of Three Sisters Garden
Community members gathered on campus for the second annual planting of the Three Sisters Garden. Located outside Science I, the Three Sisters Garden consists of three crops — corn, bean and squash...
Community
New webpage tracks Binghamton's COVID-19 relief funds
Binghamton activists have created a website that claims to track the use of Binghamton’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. ARPA — passed by Congress in March 2021 — is a relief...
Community
Broome County Jail hires 27 new officers
The Broome County Sheriff’s Office hired 27 new correctional officers in response to the facility’s staffing crisis. The new hires were selected after Sheriff Fred Akshar acquired the position in January. According...
Community
STEP program uses Minecraft for learning
Students in the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) are learning engineering through Minecraft. The workshop series is taught by Ning Zhou, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Binghamton...
Community
Binghamton begins annual entrepreneurship competition
The 2023 BLDC-EAP Business Plan Competition is officially underway. The annual Business Plan Competition is now the longest-running competitive business plan event in the Greater Binghamton area as it goes into its...