Johnson City Police have arrested a Binghamton teenager and charged him with holding up two women on Monday night.
Police say 17 year-old Corey Jordan-Green confronted the victims in their car near the corner of Avenue B and Main Street shortly after 11 P-M.
Police say Jordan-Green had a gun and took cash.
New York State will offer cash advances of up to 8-thousand dollars on the federal home buyer tax credit.
The money is aimed at borrowers using the state mortgage agency to buy a home so they can use the money for down payment or closing costs.
The loan has no interest and can be repaid when people get the federal tax credit through their tax return.
The program will start January first.
For more information log onto www-dot-nyhomes-dot-org.
Town of Union taxpayers are getting an unpleasant surprise this holiday season.
Turns out they underpaid on their school taxes this year and will need to make up the difference in next year's bill.
According to Town Assessor the new lower rate of savings for the STAR exemption in 2009 were not entered into the computer that determines individual tax bills.
Therefore, taxpayers received the higher exemptions that were in place last year.
The typical shortfall for basic STAR is between 62 and 75 dollars, less for enhanced STAR.
The additional charge will show up as a separate line item on 2010 tax bills.
Lourdes has given out its Golden Stethoscope Awards.
They're given out to staff members who exhibit the characteristics in of several categories including clinical excellence, education, leadership and team work.
Doctor Timothy Howland received the education award.
He's the Medical Director of the Lourdes Diabetes Center.
Dr. Howland says, "I think this is a way of the hospital acknowledging the work of many different physicians and providers. You have to pick out an individual and I happened to be picked out, but there are any number of others who would have been equally worthy of of recognition."
Doctor Robert Taylor says, "We get quite a few nominations for each category, to some extent the number of nominations helps weight them higher in that category. Then there is a committee of staff members and doctors and executives that review all the nominations and help select the choice in each category.">
That was Doctor Robert Taylor.
Nominations come from the staff including nurses.
