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In February, people living in Binghamton’s Southside East neighborhood learned they were losing their only grocery store. More than a month after it closed, the neighborhood is still adjusting to the change and the city is trying to fill the gap.

Thirteen people were killed when a gunman attacked the center the morning of April 3, 2009. The ACA, which offers services to new immigrants and refugees in the community, held a service Wednesday memorializing the victims.

During his State of the Union address Thursday night, President Joe Biden highlighted job growth, dropping inflation rates, and investments in infrastructure and local economies. In Binghamton, a group of residents and activists gathered to watch the speech.

Amid a continued dispute over Binghamton’s 6th District city council seat, council members appointed and swore in Democrat Rebecca Rathmell during a special meeting Friday. Just a day before, Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham swore in incumbent Republican Council Member Phillip Strawn to the same seat.

“It is an irreplaceable asset and one of the few remaining downtown department stores in America,” Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham said.

Two former Binghamton restaurant owners have been found not guilty of sexual assault and rape.

The trial of two former Binghamton restaurant owners accused of sexual assault and rape will begin a second week of proceedings Monday.

The newly-renovated courts are named after 16-year-old Harper Stantz, a local high school student who was struck and killed by a car near the park in 2019.

The council voted Wednesday to allocate $2.2 million in federal COVID-relief funds to a 100-unit, affordable housing project.

Crews have already begun work to repair concrete columns and parapets at the railroad bridge over Glenwood Avenue, one of the bridges flagged in a city report as being in severe disrepair.