Monthly Archives: May 2012

Dimmock Car Rollover Kills Driver

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May 31, 2012

Pennsylvania State Police are still investigating an accident in Bradford County that has left one person dead. They say it happened shortly before 3 am this morning near the intersection of Route 3023 and 29 in Dimmock Township. The driver of a gray car failed to stop at the intersection’s stop sign. The car...
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Pro-Drilling Group Sues City of Binghamton on Fracking-Ban

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May 31, 2012

The city of Binghamton has a two-year ban on gas drilling. Now a pro-drilling faction is fighting back. Yesterday the Broome County land and business owners filed a lawsuit against the city. The suit alleges that the drilling ban was put in place in violation of procedural rules and tht it will hinder the...
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Pyramid Malls Go Tobacco-Free

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May 31, 2012

Smokers at Pyramid-owned shopping malls in New York State and Massachusetts now have to go off-premises to satisfy their habit. Syracuse-based Pyramid Management Group declared all of its malls tobacco free on Thursday. The new rules apply to 15 shopping centers including the Carousel Center in Syracuse and the Shops at Ithaca Mall. The...
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EMS Call Ends in Pot Bust

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May 31, 2012

Broome County Sheriff’s Deputies responding to an EMS call in the Town of Union last week found more than just a person needing medical assistance. While inside the home on Oakdale Road helping the emergency crew, deputies saw drug paraphernalia in plain sight and detected an odor of marijuana. They got a search warrant...
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Jackals Will Continue to Play at First Arena

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May 31, 2012

The Jackals Hockey Team is officially staying put in Elmira this season, despite the ongoing litigation between Chemung County, Southern Tier Economic Development and the operators of the First Arena. County Executive Tom Santulli announced Wednesday that the three groups have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding. The county will oversee operations at the...
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911 Call of Gunshots A Hoax

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May 31, 2012

The reports of gunshots yesterday afternoon which led Binghamton Police to deploy a SWAT Team, K-9 units and lead a massive search in the City and Town of Binghamton appears to have been just an elaborate hoax. The 911 call was traced to an area near Gillen Drive, off Pennsylvania Avenue on the city’s...
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Reports Reveal Jones DWI Crash Injured Two Passengers

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May 31, 2012

There is new information about the crash involving UFC light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones.  In court Tuesday, Jones pled guilty to DWI.  According to police reports, there were two women riding in Jones’ 2012 Bentley when he hit a telephone pole on Binghamton’s west side in the early morning hours of May 19.  Both...
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Second Byrne Dairy Robber Sought

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May 30, 2012

Ithaca police are searching for the second of two suspects who robbed a Byrne Dairy store on Meadow Street yesterday evening around 10 pm. They say two men entered the store telling the clerk they had a gun and going behind the counter to steal an unknown amount of money from the cash register....
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