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Binghamton City School District gets a financial boost to help provide students with athletic gear
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BINGHAMTON (WBNG) The nearly five thousand students in the Binghamton City School District recently received new athletic equipment to use at home thanks to $44,000 provided by Dick s Sporting Goods and Get Up and Move.
For much of the pandemic, Physical Education Teachers had to think of creative ways of keeping students active, like having them make their own equipment at home. Teachers would have students use hooded sweatshirts to make a ball or using cereal boxes and paper towel rolls to make a lacrosse stick.
Broome, Tioga, Chenango county school budget, board election results
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Here s a roundup of what s on the ballot in school districts around Broome, Tioga and Chenango counties.
Afton Central School District
Bus proposition: Passed 185-79.
Bainbridge-Guilford Central School District
Bus proposition: Passed 175-42.
Binghamton City School District
Board members elected: Albert Penna, Ashley Montalvo, and Pamela Kollar.
Candor Central School District
Bus proposition: Passed 184-24.
Chenango Forks Central School District
Budget proposition: $35,254,318 budget passed, 355-127.
Board members elected: Christine Webb.
Chenango Valley Central School District
Budget proposition: $42,328,929 budget passed, 314-65.
Bus proposition: Passed, 279-70.
Board members elected: Lindsey Holcomb and Dawn Pitcher.
Roberson Museum unveils “Haudenosaunee: People of the Longhouse Exhibition”
Roberson works to increase education with Haudenosaunee: People of the Longhouse exhibition
May 13, 2021
On April 30, the Roberson Museum and Science Center unveiled “Haudenosaunee: People of the Longhouse” as a revitalization of an already-standing exhibition. In collaboration with experts and faith leaders within the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Roberson Museum and Science Center staff members worked to expand and renew the exhibition to showcase the life and work of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Michael Grasso, ‘07, an executive director for the Roberson Museum, said the exhibition is meant to show appreciation to the Haudenosaunee people who lived in what is present-day Broome County.
But there are many other stars who called the Southern Tier home before hitting it big.
They include a record-smashing athlete, several actors and actresses, as well as the first woman to start her own movie production company.
Here we’ve compiled a list of those locally grown names. A few are the elements of hometown lore, the names you’ve grown up hearing about, but even those who’ve called this area home all their lives might find a surprise or two tucked among the rest.
Amy Sedaris
Most recently appearing as Peli Motto in the Disney+ Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, Endicott native Amy Sedaris s breakout television role came in 1999 when she starred in the comedy series Strangers With Candy. Sedaris also appeared in the holiday film Elf and Netflix series The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.