Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Binghamton

Rural Healthcare Reporter at WSKG-TV (Vestal, NY)

Binghamton area reporter for @wskg. Mother of 8 beautiful chickens and 5 really awful Guinea hens. Send me tips and thoughts at [email protected]

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Binghamton Salvation Army switches to mobile services after closing following fatal stabbing

1 week ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

The Salvation Army of Binghamton is resuming its community meal and food pantry services after closing earlier this month following a fatal stabbing. The site closed at the request of Mayor Jared Kraham after a patron was fatally stabbed during a community meal in early May. Kraham told WSKG the location was not equipped to handle potential safety issues.
Almost all New York school budgets passed this year. In the Southern Tier, some were less successful

2 weeks ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo |Natalie Abruzzo

This week, voters approved 97 percent of school district budgets across New York. These budgets decide how much money a district has to spend this coming school year, and how much homeowners in the area will pay in school taxes. In the greater Binghamton area, all the budgets passed. But for some, it has been a bit more complicated.
Broome, Tioga voters approve school district budgets, elect board members

2 weeks ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Voters in Broome and Tioga counties approved their local budgets, passed propositions and elected school board members. According to preliminary results, all school districts in the Broome and Tioga county areas successfully passed their budgets. Ninety-seven percent of district budgets passed across New York Tuesday. School budgets set how much homeowners will pay in taxes and lay out the district’s spending plan for the year.
Broome, Tioga residents to vote on school district budgets, elect board members

2 weeks ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

School district elections are taking place across New York Tuesday. Voters will elect school board members and decide whether or not to accept proposed school budgets and spending propositions. If voters reject a school district’s proposed budget, the district will either adopt a contingency budget or hold a revote. The tax levy, the funding the district receives from property taxes, will not increase under a contingency budget.
Binghamton’s Salvation Army will close indefinitely after fatal stabbing

3 weeks ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Binghamton’s Salvation Army location on Washington Street is closing indefinitely after a fatal stabbing. On Tuesday, 57-year-old Endicott resident Kevin Ray was fatally stabbed during a community meal at the Binghamton Salvation Army. Michael Brutvan, 37, was arrested and charged with second degree murder. Binghamton police said the two men knew each other. Brutvan was remanded to the custody of the Broome County Correctional Facility Wednesday.
Fans celebrate as Binghamton Black Bears win 1st back-to-back championships in league history

3 weeks ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

The Binghamton Black Bears minor league hockey team won its second consecutive championship last week. The team beat out the Carolina Thunderbirds 5-2 in the last game of the series. It’s the first time in the Federal Prospects Hockey League’s history that a team has won the Commissioner's Cup two years in a row. On Monday, a crowd of fans celebrated outside of Visions Arena in downtown Binghamton. Black Bears players signed autographs and fans got a chance to pose with the championship cup.
Hochul touts school cell phone policy in Johnson City, signs state budget

4 weeks ago | wamc.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the state’s 2026 budget at Johnson City Middle School in Broome County on Friday. After over a month of negotiations, lawmakers finalized the $254 billion spending plan Thursday night. The next day, Hochul toured the state, highlighting the spending plan’s expanded tax credits for parents, investments in childcare and a sweeping new policy on cell phone use in schools. Hochul signed the budget surrounded by a crowd of Johnson City Middle School students.
Binghamton mayor criticizes Trump's latest budget proposal

1 month ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham is criticizing the Trump administration’s latest budget recommendations, saying the plan would cut millions in federal grant funding for the city. The discretionary budget proposal, released last week, recommends eliminating several federal housing grant programs that fund local governments, including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which gives local and state governments grant funding to spend on a range of community projects.
Federal AmeriCorps cuts ‘devastating’ to local health, nutrition programs

1 month ago | wskg.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Some local nonprofits that work to address food insecurity, overdose and senior isolation are scrambling after the elimination of funding for the AmeriCorps program, which places volunteers with nonprofits across the country. The Rural Health Network of South Central New York, which runs the program locally in Binghamton, learned on April 28 that funding through the AmeriCorps program had been unexpectedly terminated.
May Day rallies in Binghamton, Ithaca celebrate labor movements, protest Trump

1 month ago | wamc.org | Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

People across upstate New York participated in marches, rallies and protests Thursday for May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. This comes as labor leaders are managing a changing landscape for workers, with increases in the cost of living, and the impacts of the Trump administration’s labor policies and funding cuts. Ithaca, Binghamton and Corning residents celebrated wins for workers in the area, and raised concerns about the future.