Binghamton Area News Roundup 9/26/25
Racial slur scandal hits the mayoral race, Ponies win, new affordable housing complex, and more!
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‼️Must-Reads
🗳️The N-word heard around the Tiers
Mayoral candidate Miles Burnett (D) is under fire for a resurfaced webcam video from when he was a teenager, saying the racial slur multiple times while discussing a song's lyrics that contained it.
Burnett took to Facebook to apologize and address the issue, saying, "I am deeply sorry to all the people I’ve hurt and let down. It was a stupid thing to do, and I would not make the same choice today as an adult. Those words were not appropriate then, and they are not appropriate now."
The video, no longer available on YouTube due to a privacy claim, spread to news outlets and around the internet.
Incumbent Mayor Jared Kraham (R) said it should "disqualify" Burnett, his opponent, and accused Burnett of lying about his age in the video, saying that he was older than Burnett stated when the incident occurred.
🎠⚾🎆Rumble Ponies Win Eastern Championships
I don't know about you, but watching the Ponies lose in the championship opener on Sunday vs. the Erie Seawolves put me in baited breath.
It's the franchise's fourth league championship and the first since 2014.
Braving storms, fans came to celebrate the team's arrival at home.
🏗️Building Broome
Ross Park's carousel construction project is in the works
Residents in Chenango are worried about a proposed solar farm
Cornelli Cooperative Extension is expanding its commercial kitchen incubator
👋Openings and Closings
Downtown is getting a new Polish restaurant
More Mexican bowl slop to Bing as Qdoba is nearly here
Val-U Auto and Towing of Owego is set to come to Binghamton
Petunia's is here with its new downtown location
Mamabear boutique opens across from Strange Brew
'The Upper Crust' to take over Stone Fox
Kirkwood gets a new woman-owned and run baron
(Not Broome but...) Owego's clock tower gets a new renovation
🏛️Politics
Election Day is Nov. 4 - see the Press and Sun's ballot rundown for Broome County here
Rep. Josh Riley is proposing a fast-track for labor union contracts and legislation preventing foreign corporations from owning utility companies (like NYSEG, owned by a Spanish company)
Broome County is calling for new election inspectors
🏫Schools
A SUNY Broome employee was honored by Albany as a Basic Needs Champion
See what school kids are rediscovering without phones
🌇Community Spotlights
The Philharmonic celebrates its 70th season kickoff Saturday with 'Heroic Journeys'
WBNG highlighted 'Furry Buddy Rescue' in Across the Tiers
Ross Park's history is spotlighted by an academic forum
Endicott's Apple Fest got a spotlight from WBNG
Broome County is set to host its first ever Fall Festival on Oct. 11
Pipe Dream spotlighted Serlingfest and Rod Serling's legacy
Whole in the wall received the Empire Award from New York State
NC34 spotlighted Riger Marketing on its 75th anniversary
Roberson's new exhibit spotlights artist Orazio Salati
WNBF gave the iconic Phil's Chicken House a spotlight for its 60th
A call for volunteers for this year's Riverbank Cleanup
👮Crime & Safety
Broome County launches new advanced life support first response system
Endicott workers who saved lives during a fire hwere onored by the Town of Union
💉Health
The Health Resource Fair by Sen. Lea Webb got a spotlight
SNAP-Ed loses federal funding, threatening food access to thousands locally
A Vestal family highlights their experience with their baby's use of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unitan
⚾Sports
Go Ponies!!!!
❤️Good News & Grants
Mirabito raises money to help local cancer patients
CHOW's 43rd annual walk brought about 200 people to raise money for hunger
Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church is raising supplies for the embattled nation
A CV art teacher gets an Unsung Hero grant
StacheStrong hits big fundraising milestones
📰Other Stories
The foliage is coming, with peak colors already arriving in the North Country
NYSEG is looking for public input - as it attempts to raise rates
Former Historian Gerald Smith wrote an essay about cemetery tours
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