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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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

8 Worst Fast-Fun Lunches

This is a good link to show you not only how calorie laden some fast-food lunches are but it then gives an alternative on those same fast-food lunch menus that aren't as bad...guess it's all relative.

CLINTON STREET REVIVAL-BINGHAMTON NY JULY 2008

Catch a glimpse of the home-grown movement to inspire community pride in our local downtown Binghamton neighborhoods.

One of the agents from our Century21-Sbarra/Wells office, Mike Rizzo, is the champion of the Binghamton revitalization frenzy. With his NYC enthusiasm and boundless energy, he has infused a renewed sense of pride in the waning neighborhoood, by his catchy ad, "We Believe in Binghamton."

His conserted work with the 1st Ward Assembly has brought increase traffic to the neighborhood known as "ANTIQUE ROW"where many Mom & Pop store, diners and shops are starting to thrive.

Keep checking back on more local Binghamton events.