Binghamton

Baby monitor company sued for racketeering

Two companies that sell baby monitors are duking it out in court over the kinds of allegations usually associated with mobsters. Bainbridge-based BabySafe USA has been suing Pennsylvania-based Babysense in Chenango County court for months, charging that Babysense stole a shipment of 2,800 baby monitors and sold them off, thereby driving BabySafe out of business.  Read more

"Gas Odyssey" premiers this Friday

Another fracking movie, this one called "Gas Odyssey," makes its worldwide debut this week in Binghamton. (See our calendar listing for details.)

From the trailer, which is sadly impossible to embed, it looks like the film explores why the people of Dimock, Pennsylvania, have chosen to embrace gas drilling. A few quotes from the townspeople who are interviewed:

"We have an opportunity here to put money in everybody's pocket," says the owner of a pizza parlor.

"If there was something else we could do, I'm all for it. I don't see anything else in the future, in the near future, that's going to save these communities," says an unidentified man.

"For the first time in 25 years I'm actually making money, and I think that's kind of nice," says another businessowner.  Read more

Premiere of "Gas Odyssey" movie

April 16, 2010 - 7:00pm

A film by Aaron Price about the development of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale in the Southern Tier of New York and Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. World premier on April 16th, 2010 at 7:00 pm, West Middle School, West Middle Avenue, Binghamton, New York. To see the film's trailer, click here.

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