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Enrollment open for virtual senior center program
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CITY OF BINGHAMTON (WBNG) The Broome County Office for Aging is offering a pilot program to get seniors active and interacting with fellow seniors all from the comfort of home.
The Virtual Senior Center Program is free of charge for those 60 years old and older. For the remainder of 2021, there is no deadline to register.
The online platform offers history classes, exercise programs, crafts, chat groups, and other social options.
To attend any class, enroll by heading to the Office for Aging website, call 607-778-2411 or send a Facebook message to Broome County Office for Aging.
12:20 A.M. UPDATE:
A state of emergency has been declared for the village of Johnson City, according to the Broome County Of Emergency Services.
The Facebook post from the Office Of Emergency Services notes that the states of emergency are still in effect for the towns of Chenango and Dickinson. -
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Torrential rains on Sunday are causing problems throughout the Southern Tier, especially in the towns of Chenango and Dickinson.
The Broome County Office Of Emergency Services and County Executive Jason Garnar announced Sunday night that those two towns are under a state of emergency. The state of emergency includes a no unnecessary travel order in those towns and the Office Of Emergency Services have enacted a shelter in place order for people living in those areas. Those in a life-threatening situation are advised to call 911.
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New York State Police said the suspect, identified as Jason D. Johnson, 34, no address given, was spotted around 4:30 p.m. Thursday and taken into custody near a river bank off state Route 79.
Johnson is accused of shooting Trooper Becky Seager, a seven-year veteran of the New York State Police assigned to the Binghamton barracks.
The incident developed shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when representatives from the state police and Broome County Sheriff s Office responded to 1348 E. Windsor Road in the Town of Colesville to check on the welfare of a person, state police said.
Responding officers reportedly found a man with a long gun who disappeared into the woods. Gunshots were fired in the woods a short time later.