Johnson City News

BINGHAMTON -- Johnson City's newest police officers had huge smiles Thursday as they graduated with the Class of 2009 from the Broome County Law Enforcement Academy.

The point is driven home every election season: Your vote won't count unless you vote.

JOHNSON CITY -- The top three candidates -- separated by only 35 votes -- can only sit and wait for absentee ballots to be counted to determine the two winners in the village trustee race.

A 31-year-old Johnson City man was found Tuesday with 900 bags of heroin and $4,500 at the Shortline bus station, according to the Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force.

There's a lot of conversation at polling places and more than a few crossword puzzles.

Binghamton residents will choose a mayor and Johnson City residents will choose their future when they go to the polls today.

They are No. 1. The Johnson City Marching Wildcats on Sunday beat 12 other New York bands in Syracuse to capture first place among small enrollment schools in the annual New York state Field Band Conference.

It's been described as a Civil War, pitting brother versus brother, neighbor versus neighbor.

Both Johnson City mayoral candidates want you to take on crime. They're not looking for you to dress up as Batman and take to the street, but Mayor Dennis Hannon and challenger George Kolba Jr.

Democrat Matthew T. Ryan, Republican Rich David and Independence Party candidate Douglas Walter Drazen all agree on one thing: The city is going to continue to face serious financial issues no matter who is elected mayor.

University of Rochester senior linebacker Trenten Tully, a Johnson City High graduate, was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for his recent performance against the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Johnson City trustee Democratic candidate Cindy Novobilski didn't tell the more than 100 people at the Frank A. Johnson American Legion Monday night to vote against dissolution.

Curse of the Demon Showing at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage Tuesday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. Johnson City-NY- The Goodwill Theatre in collaboration with Binghamton Classic Films presents a oeCurse of the Demona for one terrifying night at the Schorr Family Firehouse Stage Tuesday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. Based on Montague R. Jamesa classic ...

Several years before a citizens' petition from Johnson City residents requesting a study of the dissolution, members of the Local Government Committee of the Broome/Tioga League of Women Voters began a general study of consolidation in New York.

These Greater Binghamton residents have a birthday today. * Sandra K. Scanlon, 70, Binghamton.

New York State Police aren't about to stop responding to calls in Johnson City if the village dissolves into the Town of Union -- but the law enforcement agency isn't making any promises to increase its presence in the village, either.

In a last-minute guilty plea, a bartender admitted driving drunk when he struck a Port Dickinson police officer, who died hours later.

According to a report from the Press & Sun-Bulletin, Edin Dzubur, the second of three men charged in the May 2008 beating of former Binghamton University student Bryan Steinhauer, pleaded guilty to felony assault Friday.

A Binghamton man was charged with first-degree criminal nuisance, a felony, after two others were involved in the use and sale of cocaine at his Mather Street apartment, police said.

The memorandums of understanding won't be legally binding, but Johnson City Trustees could go through the motions anyway to try to make sure the Town of Union follows through with the dissolution plan.