Community
Broome Community Land Trust seeks to curb homelessness, housing insecurity
All around Broome County, the issue of homelessness and housing insecurity is a reality that some families face on a daily basis — in 2017, over 1,700 people faced homelessness in Broome...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi selects Hakeem Jeffries, '92, as a House manager in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi selected a Binghamton University alumnus as one of the seven House managers in President Donald Trump’s ongoing impeachment trial. Hakeem Jeffries, ’92, is the first and only graduate...
Community
BU Forum hosts Whittingham for Nobel Prize discussion
M. Stanley Whittingham traveled nearly 4,000 miles in December to collect and celebrate his Nobel Prize in Chemistry. On Jan. 17, he spoke about his experience for the first time at a...
Community
As break approaches, local officials urge students to take proactive steps to prevent burglaries
The Southern Tier Crime Analysis Center reported four burglaries on Murray Street in Binghamton over Thanksgiving break, and as a longer holiday approaches, officials are warning the students to take precautions against...
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Nine arrested during protest at Broome County Legislative Chambers against proposed law
Protests erupted in the Broome County Legislative Chamber on Thursday night as legislators met to vote on a law that would criminalize “annoying, alarming or threaten[ing] the personal safety of any emergency...
Community
Graduate student creates 'Community Meal Maps'
For community members looking to enjoy a free meal, a new resource is available. Ben Levine, a first-year graduate student studying geography, created a map of Binghamton and Johnson City with indicators...
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Broome County sheriff opposes Bail Elimination Act, but local organizations voice support following jail deaths
The Broome County Jail will be seeing major changes when New York state implements the Bail Elimination Act on Jan. 1. The act aims to end monetary bail and pretrial incarceration for...
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Former BU student Orlando Tercero sentenced to 30 years in prison in Nicaragua
As Haley Anderson’s parents and friends looked on, former Binghamton University student Orlando Tercero was sentenced to 30 years in Nicaraguan prison on Friday. Anderson, 22, a senior nursing student at BU...
Community
'No justice, no peace': Group gathers to support student arrested for taking down Birthright International advertisements
Binghamton University students chanted “no justice, no peace” on Thursday morning in the parking lot next to the Vestal Town Court in support of a student who was arrested for taking down...
Community
'Jail on Trial' forum discusses inmate mistreatment
Students and community members met on Thursday to discuss an alleged history of mistreatment at the Broome County Jail and how to combat it, just a day after another inmate died within...