Mar 11, 2024 | Council Happenings
Be it Shoprite, Tops, or a local shop, New Yorkers across the state are seeing some of their favorite grocers clear their shelves and lock their doors. Seeing your favorite market shut down can be, at best, inconvenient. At worst, it can be a devastating blow for...
Feb 16, 2024 | Council Happenings
Weis supermarket on Conklin Avenue is preparing to shut its doors for good, removing a neighborhood grocery store option from Binghamton’s South Side residents. At a Tuesday night town hall organized by Binghamton City Council, local legislators, community advocates,...
Jan 24, 2024 | Council Happenings
January 22nd, 2024 the Healthy Food Financing Initiative reauthorization Act legislation was announced at the Greater Good Grocery in Binghamton. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was joined by several local leaders including Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham, Broome County...
Jan 2, 2024 | Council Happenings
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — An estimated one in nine New Yorkers will face hunger at one point throughout the year. But one group in the Southern Tier is continuing to fight that after their busiest year on record. Boxes of food are loaded onto a truck, ready to be given to...
Dec 12, 2023 | Council Happenings
Nineteen years ago the Southern Tier Barbershop Chorus started what became a yearly tradition, 19 years ago, when they created the first benefit concert for Broome County CHOW (Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse.) Back then, the group was known as the Southerntiermen...
Dec 12, 2023 | Council Happenings
Kay Hahn Casler of Vestal will come bearing gifts for the holidays when she visits older residents in their homes next week. “It’s a great opportunity to give somebody some comfort and joy at Christmas time,” she said. Hahn Casler is one of 85 active volunteers for...
