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Rachel Murat
Rachel Murat - February Spotlight Countless famous quotes have been recited in speeches about the value of a good teacher for it is a teacher’s influence that shapes the minds and actions of their students for eternity. With such endless power many have asked...
The Roberson Legacy
The Roberson LegacyIn today’s world it is commonplace to hear of doctors, lawyers or those in C-Suite positions making a positive impact on an area. But I want to take you back to a different time in Binghamton. A time when a carpenter built the foundation for a...
Henry Bradford Endicott – December 2019 Spotlight
Spotlight - Henry Bradford EndicottHenry Wadsworth Longfellow is noted for saying “When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.” This Christmas season I wanted to tell the story of Henry Bradford Endicott whose light...
Spotlight Master Sergeant Matt Murphy
Spotlight Master Sergeant Matt Murphy Thank you for your service to country and community Meet Master Sergeant just celebrated his 94th birthday a few weeks ago and when I met him he sat tall and straight as you expect from a soldier. Matt enlisted in the Navy at 17...
Spotlight – Nancy Barno Reynolds
Spotlight - Nancy Barno Reynolds In life, we all have a beginning when our life takes form and we begin to map out our soul’s journey based on our passions. For Vestal native Dr. Nancy Barno Reynolds, the Executive Director for the Broome County Arts Council, this...
Spotlight – Peter Newman
My Town Spotlight - Peter Newman To paraphrase Walt Disney, the greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements but rather with things we do for the people and community we love and esteem. This has always been the theme for the recipient of our...
Spotlight BC Director of Parks, Recreation & Youth Services Elizabeth Woidt
“Do it with passion or not at all” is the motto our Director of Broome County Parks, Recreation and Youth Services lives by and it is Elizabeth Woidt’s passion which became her purpose and led to her profession. Elizabeth is someone her friends would call not only...
Spotlight – Edwin A Link
Spotlight - Edwin A Link He was a man who had countless friends despite his shy nature. A man whose sum of his life are in the details of his journey and in our memories. It has been said that the sum of a man’s life is in the details of his soul’s journey and the...
Spotlight – M. Beverly Hosten, MD
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” This famous quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the motto M. Beverly Hosten, M.D. (Mrs. Beverly Dorsey) of Binghamton says sums up her...
Charles “Chuck” Louden
101 years ago the American flag had 45 stars, only 14% of the homes had a bathtub, the maximum speed limit in most cities was 10mph, and the average wage 22 cents per hour. But perhaps the most interesting fact that happened 101 years ago was that Charles Louden was...