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  • Broome County Kicks Off 2019 Road Construction Season

    (TOWN OF COLESVILLE, NY) Broome County Executive Jason Garnar and Deputy Commissioner of Public Works-Highway Division Susan Brown announced today plans for seasonal road construction in Broome County.

    The County Executive made the announcement on Colesville Road in the Town of Colesville. During the week of June 5, 2019, Colesville Road is being paved.

    More than 20 miles of roadway throughout County are scheduled to be repaired this year. This includes paving, crack sealing and drainage replacement. The County will also complete mowing, ditching, grader patching and pot hole repair though out the County roadway system in the County Right of Way.

    Again, this year, the County Executive wants the public to be informed on upcoming projects during the season. Each Friday, the upcoming week’s schedule of roadway projects will be released online at www.GoBroomeCounty.com.

  • Broome County Highway Work Plan for Week of 6/10

    (BINGHAMTON, NY) Broome County Executive Jason Garnar and Sue Brown, Highway Commissioner released the following highway work planned for the week beginning June 10:

    • Division will be striping County roadways with paint truck.
    • Our mow crew will continue mowing the Right of Way along County Roadway system.
    • Guiderail repair will continue along Broome County roadways.
    • We will continue patching on roadways.
    • The Division will perform grader patching Powers Road.
    • The Division will be changing across-road culvert on East Maine Road.
    • The Division will be working on a drainage project near intersection of Kattleville and River Roads – Off Road

  • Broome County Parks Announce Summer Movie Screenings

    (TOWN OF DICKINSON, NY) Broome County Executive Jason Garnar joined Broome County Parks, Recreation and Youth Services Director Elizabeth Woidt in Otsiningo Park today to announce details of this year’s free Movies in the Park series.

    This year the movie screenings are being displayed on a brand new 19.5’ inflatable projection screen. Food vendors will be on hand for each screening event.

    After Broome County residents had the opportunity to vote in a series of Facebook polls on the Broome County Parks Page, the three movie selections for 2019 are How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Aquaman, and Incredibles 2.

    The movie screenings will begin at dusk on each date with one rain date in August. Mark your calendars for the upcoming movies:

    Movies in the Park:

     

    Friday, June 14 – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    Sponsored by Friends of Jason Garnar

     

    Friday, July 19 – Aquaman

     

    Friday, August 9 – Incredibles 2

     

    *Rain date of Friday, August 23

  • Details of Path Through History Weekend 2019 Announced

    (BINGHAMTON, NY) Broome County and Visit Binghamton are excited to highlight the historic, cultural and natural resources of the Susquehanna Heritage Area during the Spring 2019 Path Through History Weekend (PTHW) with events at various locations being held June 15th and 16th.

    Path Through History Weekends are a showcase of New York State’s rich and fascinating history and feature events at historic and cultural destinations throughout the state. Broome County has participated in PTHW since 2011. The participating sites picked the “Sharing Our Stories” theme several years ago and it has remained the local theme every PTHW. 

    Local events extend across Broome County from the Town of Maine to the City of Binghamton with each site celebrating local history and sharing stories in their own unique way for residents and visitors to enjoy. PTHW is a great way for people to learn about the rich history of the community and the contributions of the community, showcasing the wonderful places to visit in Broome County.

    In 2019 participating locations include:

    • Roberson Museum and Science Center: Explore the Past, exhibits, planetarium shows, Link organ, and Mansion mystery tour.
    • Broome County Arts Council: “Sculpture Outdoors” Walking Tour
    • Cutler Botanic Garden
    • Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County
    • The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier: Celebrating 35 years as the area’s only children’s museum.
    • The Bundy Museum of History & Art – Guided Tours and New Exhibits, Creative Binghamton: History of Local Art
    • Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park: Zoo fun and historic photos and facts
    • Techworks! – Mission Control: Unsung Heroes of Apollo (BBC, 2018)
    • Phelps Mansion Museum – Guided Tour of Downtown Binghamton
    • Nanticoke Valley Historical Society – Janet Bowers Museum: Emergency! History of Maine Fire Departments and Ambulance Squad Exhibit, Reception, and Guided Tours, plus one-room school house and flour mill tours
    • Broome County Carousels – Recreation Park Carousel, Ross Park Carousel, CFJ Park Carousel, George W. Johnson Park Carousel, West Endicott Park Carousel, and Highland Park Carousel

    A full list of events as well as an interactive map can be found here: www.goalloutbroome.com/pthw

  • Broome County Highway Work Plan for Week of 6/17

    (BINGHAMTON, NY) Broome County Executive Jason Garnar and Sue Brown, Highway Commissioner released the following highway work planned for the week beginning June 17:

    • Division will be striping County roadways with paint truck.
    • Our mow crew will continue mowing the Right of Way along County Roadway system.
    • Guiderail repair will continue along Broome County roadways.
    • We will continue patching on roadways.
    • The Division will perform grader patching on Caldwell Hill Road.
    • The Division will be changing across-road culvert on Powderhouse Road and Bevier Street.
    • The Division will be ditching on Powderhouse and Saddlemire Roads.
    • The Division will be working on a drainage project near the intersection of Kattleville and River Roads – Off Road

  • Broome County Real Property Tax Foreclosure Auction on June 22

    90+ Properties Located throughout Broome County

    (BINGHAMTON, NY) The Broome County Real Property Tax Foreclosure Auction is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 22. More than 90 properties of all types are scheduled to be auctioned off in municipalities throughout the county.

    The auction will be held at the Holiday Inn Binghamton, 28 Hawley Street, Binghamton. Registration will open at 8:30 a.m. and the auction, conducted by Mel Manasse & Son Auctioneers, will commence promptly at 10:00 a.m. 

    More than 90 properties will be auctioned off located in several municipalities across Broome County including the City of Binghamton, Town of Barker, Town of Binghamton, Town of Chenango, Town of Colesville, Town of Conklin, Town of Deposit/Sanford, Town of Dickinson, Town of Fenton, Town of Kirkwood, Town of Lisle, Town of Maine, Town of Nanticoke, Town of Sanford, Town of Triangle, Town of Union, Town of Vestal, Town of Windsor, and the Village of Port Dickinson. 

    All properties are sold in “as-is” condition.

    Tax maps can be viewed online via the Broome County GIS Portal at www.bcgis.com.

    A complete list of the available properties as well as the auction rules and procedures can be found online at www.manasseauctions.com/

    If interested in online bidding, please contact Mel Manasse & Son Auctioneers at 607-692-4540.

  • Details of 14th Annual Broome County Parks Triathlon

    (TOWN OF TRIANGLE, NY) The 2019 Broome County Parks Triathlon will take place on Saturday, June 29th, 2019 in Dorchester Park, in the Town of Triangle, near the Village of Whitney Point.  

    The event has three different race distances as well as two kids races.  The Triathlon starts at 9 a.m. Kids race at Noon. Registration cost is $50 for the Triathlon, $15 for the Kids race.

    All participants must be members of USA Triathlon. Participants can sign up for a one-day membership. Participants may also register for a relay. To register visit RunSignUp.com by June 24: https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/WhitneyPoint/BroomeCountyParksTriathlon.

    A portion of the proceeds go towards the Broome County Parks Handicap Children’s Playground Fund, to build accessible playgrounds in parks.

    Distances:

    Triathlon: 1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3.1 mile run 

    Aqua Bike: 1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike

    Duathlon: 1.5 mile run, 12 mile bike, 3.1 mile run

     

    Kids Races:

    Short Course: 100 yd swim, 1.5 mile bike, 1/4 mile run

    Long Course: 100 yd swim, 3 mile bike, 1/2 mile run

  • Broome County Highway Work Plan for Week of 6/24

    (BINGHAMTON, NY) Broome County Executive Jason Garnar and Sue Brown, Highway Commissioner released the following highway work planned for the week beginning June 24:

    • Division will be striping County roadways with paint truck.
    • Our mow crew will continue mowing the Right of Way along County Roadway system.
    • Guiderail repair will continue along Broome County roadways.
    • We will continue patching on roadways.
    • The Division thru a service contract will be performing a mill and fill project on the Route 7 end of Colesville Rd. Extension (CR177) on June 29th.  The road will be closed to traffic during this project.
    • The Division will perform grader patching Caldwell Hill Road.
    • The Division will continue changing across-road culverts on Powderhouse Road and Bevier Street.
    • The Division will continue ditching on Powderhouse and Saddlemire Roads.

  • ChemSense Awarded Broome County Student Entrepreneurship Grant

    (BINGHAMTON, NY) Broome County Executive Jason Garnar and Legislature Chairman Daniel J. Reynolds joined representatives from Binghamton University and the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator today to unveil the recipient of a countywide entrepreneurship grant program to fund student start-up businesses. 

    With funds from the Hotel-Motel Economic Development and Marketing fund, a grant of $5,000 was awarded to the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator to be provided to ChemSense. ChemSense is the third ever recipient of this entrepreneurship grant.

    Broome County created the Student Entrepreneurship Grant to foster innovation economy and directly address the brain drain of students from this area. Previous recipients are Enhance VR and AdamaDoll.

    “I’m excited for ChemSense to join our ever-growing great group of businesses to have received the Student Entrepreneurship Grant,” said Broome County Executive Jason Garnar. I look forward to continuing to work alongside our partners to support developing businesses in Broome County and boost our local economy and sense of community.”

    “The Legislature looks forward to continue watching Ms. Schmitt’s ‘ChemSense’ develop and prosper with the help of the Student Entrepreneurship Grant Program,” said Chairman Daniel J. Reynolds. “We are always proud to support these types of investments in our local business community that help foster new ideas and better practices throughout Broome County.”

    Lynn Schmitt is the founder of ChemSense. Schmitt developed a test for sulfites in wine, beer, and hard ciders during her graduate studies with Professor Alistair Lees. Current testing protocols take two hours per sample and require storage and use of strong chemicals by the wineries. Schmitt’s test can be done in under a minute. Wineries are required to test each barrel of each grape variety. With current methods it may take several days to test a modest sized winery’s inventory. With Schmitt’s system, this would be reduced to a few hours. Her test is cost competitive and accurate to substantially lower levels of sulfites. Her initial focus has been on the wine industry, but it would also work for breweries and cideries which do not have simple testing options. She has filed for a patent on the process. Schmitt plans to use the $5,000 to complete her C-Corp filing and for costs associated with trademarking and website development.  She already has an investor ready to commit once she has her C-Corp filed.

  • Broome County Adopts Best Value Award Procurement

    (VESTAL, NY) Broome County Executive Jason Garnar, Broome County Legislature Chairman Daniel J. Reynolds, and Broome County Director of Purchasing Robin Laabs announced details about new legislation that will improve procurement practices and allow more contracting with Broome County businesses.

    During the June legislative session, the Broome County Legislature voted unanimously to pass a local law allowing the use of Best Value Award. This provides additional procurement options to expedite the purchasing process, resulting in cost savings and access to local businesses via national cooperative contracts without going out for competitive bid.

    “This is a great step for Broome County. By using aggregate purchasing power, it will save taxpayer dollars and allow the County to make more local purchases,” said Broome County Executive Jason Garnar. “Thank you to the Broome County Legislature for helping make this happen.”

    “This Local Law is the latest step we’ve taken to promote our local business community and I was happy to support it,” said Chairman Daniel J. Reynolds. “The initiative will provide local businesses with the opportunity to secure County business and keep our tax dollars local.”

    This new procurement tool will make Broome County government’s purchasing more effective and efficient. Best Value Award provides the opportunity for the County to “piggyback” on bids led by national cooperatives and other government agencies that have awarded contracts through the best value solicitation and award method, opening procurement options which previously had been unavailable to the County.