Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger
Recreation Park - corner of Beethoven & Seminary Avenue.
August 8, 2009 through August 16, 2009
www.tennischallenger.com
An ATP tour event which draws world class tennis players to the Greater Binghamton,NY area.
Greater Binghamton is located in the Southern Tier region of upstate New York. Strategically positioned at the intersection of three Interstate highways (I-81, I-88, and future I-86). Greater Binghamton is within a half-day drive of New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Boston and many other major cities and is ideally situated for your business, workforce, and lifestyle.
In addition to our geographic location, our community has so much to offer including; a highly skilled workforce, affordable housing, a community rich in arts and music, safe neighborhoods, sophisticated health care and top educational facilities including Binghamton University and Broome Community College.
Greater Binghamton has the proud heritage as the Home to Innovation and the birthplace of prominent companies such as IBM, Universal Instruments, Maines Paper and Food, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Link Simulation and Endicott Johnson to name a few.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Broome County Industrial Development Agency
Broome County Industrial Development Agency: "We invite you to consider
Greater Binghamton:
We are home to BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Endicott Interconnect, Frito Lay, and a range of smaller firms.
We are located 3 hours from Midtown Manhattan and less than 5 hours from Boston, Philadelphia, Scranton, and Ottawa.
Our commute averages less than 20 minutes. Spend the day at work and be home in no time to see the kids perform in a show or play a sport.
We were named by the Milken Institute along with Cambridge, Austin, and San Jose, one of the top 15 high technology communities in the U.S.
We are a short drive from the Adirondacks, the Poconos, the Finger Lakes, and the Hudson Valley."
Greater Binghamton:
We are home to BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Endicott Interconnect, Frito Lay, and a range of smaller firms.
We are located 3 hours from Midtown Manhattan and less than 5 hours from Boston, Philadelphia, Scranton, and Ottawa.
Our commute averages less than 20 minutes. Spend the day at work and be home in no time to see the kids perform in a show or play a sport.
We were named by the Milken Institute along with Cambridge, Austin, and San Jose, one of the top 15 high technology communities in the U.S.
We are a short drive from the Adirondacks, the Poconos, the Finger Lakes, and the Hudson Valley."
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Record low mortgage interest rates boosted pending home sales for the third consecutive month-June 1, 2009
June 3, 2009—Record low mortgage interest rates boosted pending home sales for the third consecutive month, with some benefit now from the first-time buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in April, rose 6.7% to 90.3 from a reading of 84.6 in March, and is 3.2% above April 2008 when it was 87.5.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said buyers are responding to very favorable market conditions. “Housing affordability conditions have been at historic highs, but now the $8,000 first-time buyer tax credit is beginning to impact the market,” he said. “Since first-time buyers must finalize their purchase by November 30 to get the credit, we expect greater activity in the months ahead, and that should spark more sales by repeat buyers.”
The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in April, rose 6.7% to 90.3 from a reading of 84.6 in March, and is 3.2% above April 2008 when it was 87.5.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said buyers are responding to very favorable market conditions. “Housing affordability conditions have been at historic highs, but now the $8,000 first-time buyer tax credit is beginning to impact the market,” he said. “Since first-time buyers must finalize their purchase by November 30 to get the credit, we expect greater activity in the months ahead, and that should spark more sales by repeat buyers.”
Saturday, April 18, 2009
27th Million Dollar Sertoma Antique Show-Binghamton Univeristy
Here's another great reason that the Greater Binghamton region is a rather nice place to live. The 27th Annual Million Dollar Sertoma Antique Showheld at Binghamton University - see you there.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
BINGHAMTON Tops Best Places to Retire
To find a few affordable retirement spots, we fired up our U.S. News best places to retire search tool. We sought out places with a low cost of living, giving considerable weight to affordable housing. But far from being out in the boonies, these places also offer access to arts and culture, sports, healthcare, and other amenities that retirees want and need in a retirement location. Every spot on our list has a median home price below $150,000, and many have important tax perks for retirees.
College towns also generally offer a great value for the money. "You will be able to see live plays, hear world-famous performers of music, and get all kinds of things that only big, expensive cities would normally support, and you can get them in a much less expensive place in a college town," says Andrew Schiller, founder and CEO of NeighborhoodScout.com.
State residents age 60 and older can even audit classes free at both the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Binghamton University in New York. "We have a performing arts center, and they put on operas, and we go to games at the university and to the theater department. They have a good symphony orchestra," says Cornelius Lorden, 77, a retired high school principal, about Binghamton, N.Y. He and his wife, Eleanor, 73, a retired nurse, have considered moving to pricey White Plains, N.Y., to be closer to their son and daughter-in-law, but the low cost of living, coupled with a great quality of life, is keeping them upstate.
Here are 10 great affordable places to retire.
1. Binghamton, NY
2. Chattanooga, Tenn.
3. Cocoa, Fla.
4. Eau Claire, Wis.
5. Montgomery, Ala.
6. Omaha, Neb.
7. Pittsburgh, Penn.
8. Roswell, NM
9. San Antonio, Tex.
10. South Bend, Ind.
College towns also generally offer a great value for the money. "You will be able to see live plays, hear world-famous performers of music, and get all kinds of things that only big, expensive cities would normally support, and you can get them in a much less expensive place in a college town," says Andrew Schiller, founder and CEO of NeighborhoodScout.com.
State residents age 60 and older can even audit classes free at both the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Binghamton University in New York. "We have a performing arts center, and they put on operas, and we go to games at the university and to the theater department. They have a good symphony orchestra," says Cornelius Lorden, 77, a retired high school principal, about Binghamton, N.Y. He and his wife, Eleanor, 73, a retired nurse, have considered moving to pricey White Plains, N.Y., to be closer to their son and daughter-in-law, but the low cost of living, coupled with a great quality of life, is keeping them upstate.
Here are 10 great affordable places to retire.
1. Binghamton, NY
2. Chattanooga, Tenn.
3. Cocoa, Fla.
4. Eau Claire, Wis.
5. Montgomery, Ala.
6. Omaha, Neb.
7. Pittsburgh, Penn.
8. Roswell, NM
9. San Antonio, Tex.
10. South Bend, Ind.
Railroad Station - Old Phoebe Snow D& L-Binghamton NY
Some historical tidbits about Binghamton, New York region. Please add any historical notes that interest you.
D. L. W. Railroad Station, Binghamton, NY
Photo from an early 1900s postcard.
- Binghamton was a focal point of the Clinton / Sullivan Campaign during the Revolution.
- It has one of the oldest zoos in the US.
- It was the birthplace of IBM.
- It was the birthplace of Link Flight Simulation. A link "Blue Box" trainer, the first flight trainer ever, is on display in the Smithsonian.
- It was the birthplace of Endicott Johnson shoes, which at one time was the largest in the US. Immigrants might not know the language yet, but could be heard to ask,"Which Way, EJ?"
- The Lackawanna stations in Binghamton and Scranton were used for the first ever radio transmission to a moving train. One of the 4 towers used in that experiment still stands beside the Binghamton Lackawanna Station.
D. L. W. Railroad Station, Binghamton, NY
Photo from an early 1900s postcard.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The Prisoner w/Patrick McGoohan-on AMC right now.
Fans still puzzle over this weird, enigmatic drama, a Kafkaesque allegory about the individual's struggle in the modern age."
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They expected #1 to be a Bond man - it was about the most dangerous thing on earth = image of oneself, not a nifty James Bond character.
Part of McGoohan's popular legend is that he turned down the role of James Bond in Dr. No on moral grounds (the same grounds that would affect how he played John Drake).
You see, one of the t'ings that is frustrating about making a piece of entertainment is trying to make it appeal to everybody. I think this is fatal. I don't think you can do that. It's done a great deal, you know. We have our horror movies and we have our science-fiction things. The best works are those that say...somebody says, "We want to do something this way," and do it, not because they're aiming at a particular audience. They're doing it because it's a story they think is important, and is a statement that they want to make. And they do it and then whoever want to watch it, that's their privilege. I mean, the painting in an art gallery, you know, you have a choice whether you go and look at this one or that one or the other one. You have a choice not even to go
EPISODE #1 - ALL EPISODES ON AMC FOR A LIMITED TIME - VIEW THEM WHILE YOU CAN:
http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner-1960s-video/?bcpid=2517767001&bclid=6012619001&bctid=6081344001
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They expected #1 to be a Bond man - it was about the most dangerous thing on earth = image of oneself, not a nifty James Bond character.
Part of McGoohan's popular legend is that he turned down the role of James Bond in Dr. No on moral grounds (the same grounds that would affect how he played John Drake).
You see, one of the t'ings that is frustrating about making a piece of entertainment is trying to make it appeal to everybody. I think this is fatal. I don't think you can do that. It's done a great deal, you know. We have our horror movies and we have our science-fiction things. The best works are those that say...somebody says, "We want to do something this way," and do it, not because they're aiming at a particular audience. They're doing it because it's a story they think is important, and is a statement that they want to make. And they do it and then whoever want to watch it, that's their privilege. I mean, the painting in an art gallery, you know, you have a choice whether you go and look at this one or that one or the other one. You have a choice not even to go
EPISODE #1 - ALL EPISODES ON AMC FOR A LIMITED TIME - VIEW THEM WHILE YOU CAN:
http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner-1960s-video/?bcpid=2517767001&bclid=6012619001&bctid=6081344001
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