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18 Broome County eateries have flawless health inspections; one marked with critical violations in July
Out of 22 health inspections conducted in Broome County last month, one had critical violations, 18 had no violations, and four had unfixed violations remaining from previous inspections, according to new reports released by the Broome County Health Department. There are over 90,000 food service establishments in New York state, according to Inspections include any establishment public or private that uses an on-site kitchen to serve food, this includes schools, nursing homes and more. Due to the volume of food establishments inspected in the last month, a selection of the highest and lowest rated restaurants are shown below. You can search for current and past New York state health inspection reports on Some Broome County eateries with the most health violations last month Critical violations must be corrected on the spot, while non-critical violations must be addressed by a future date. Tuscarora (Cc) Food Service 205 Summit Lake Road, Windsor Inspection date: July 15, 2025 Violations: 4 total. 0 critical, 4 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Broome Tioga Boces Student Cnr 435 Glenwood Road, Binghamton Inspection date: July 17, 2025 Violations: 4 total. 1 critical, 3 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Lighthouse Landing Campground/Food Service 3782 Us Route 11, Marathon Inspection date: July 14, 2025 Violations: 2 total. 0 critical, 2 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Ofa - Vestal Sr Comm Center 201 Main Street, Vestal Inspection date: July 16, 2025 Violations: 1 total. 0 critical, 1 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Broome County eateries with flawless health inspections last month No health code infractions were found at these establishments during their inspections. Whitney Point Preschool & Day Care Summer Feeding 2496 W. Main Street, Inspection date: July 14, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Whitney Point High School/Sed 10 Keibel Road, Whitney Point Inspection date: July 14, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Whitney Point High School 10 Keibel Road, Whitney Point Inspection date: July 14, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. C E Adams Elem School Summer Feeding/Sed 24 Keibel Road, Whitney Point Inspection date: July 14, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. W An Olmstead Summer Feeding/Sed 54 Main Street, Harpursville Inspection date: July 15, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Windsor Sr High Cafeteria/Sed 1191 Ny Route 79, Windsor Inspection date: July 15, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Lee Barta Community Center 108 Liberty Street, Binghamton Inspection date: July 15, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Binghamton Housing Authority/Saratoga Terrace 60 Saratoga Avenue, Binghamton Inspection date: July 15, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Alice Freeman Palmer Middl Sch/Sed 213 Main Street, Windsor Inspection date: July 15, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. Carlisle Apartments 150 Moeller Street, Binghamton Inspection date: July 15, 2025 Violations: 0 total. 0 critical, 0 non-critical, 0 not fixed from previous inspection Comments from inspection: Click here for specific violations from the inspection. What are critical and non-critical violations? Red 'critical' violations involve 'food source and condition, food cooking and storage temperatures, sanitary practices of food workers, water and sewage, pest contamination of food and the use of toxic materials,' according to a spokesperson from the New York State Department of Health. Critical violations must be corrected at the time of inspection because they include factors that could lead to foodborne illness. In New York state, restaurant inspections are not conducted on a pass or fail basis. Non-critical, or blue, violations are not related to factors that could directly cause foodborne illness, but they could have a negative effect on the operation of the restaurant. These types of violations relate to the maintenance, design, and cleanliness of the establishment. Non-critical violations are not as urgent as critical ones and must be fixed according to the timeframe given by the health inspector. How often are health inspections conducted in Broome County? The frequency of food establishment inspections in New York state depends on the risk category of the establishment and the establishment's history of health code compliance. High-risk food establishments are inspected twice per year, medium-risk ones once per year, and low-risk ones every other year. Examples of high-risk food establishments include table-service restaurants, diners and school kitchens which prepare foods – these are establishments that have complex food processes like preparing food in advance or reheating and cooling food. Medium-risk food establishments don't require such complex processes because they serve low maintenance food like pizza, hamburgers, sandwiches. Bars and coffee shops are typical low-risk food service establishments due to the minimal preparation required for their food service. The inspectors from health departments in each county are trained by the New York State Department of Health to standardize food establishment health inspections across the state. Information for each county's health department can be found at How do I report food establishments that might be violating health standards in Broome County? The health department in each respective county is responsible for enforcing public health regulations. If you suspect that a food establishment is dirty or might be violating health standards, report them to the Broome County Health Department and an inspector will investigate the complaint. To file a report, submit a complaint on The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data scraped from local health department websites. Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. Our News Automation and AI team would like to hear from you. Take this survey and share your thoughts with us. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: 18 Broome County eateries have flawless health inspections; one marked with critical violations in July Solve the daily Crossword
Mint
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Mint
The strange history of the tribe courted by Donald Trump
For almost a century and a half, the federal government denied the Lumbee, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi, recognition. Now, nearly everyone in Washington is trying to give it to them. 'I love the Lumbee tribe,' President Donald Trump said on his third full day in office, as he signed a memorandum ordering the secretary of the interior to, within 90 days, submit a plan to help the Lumbee gain full federal recognition. The president isn't the only one showing the Lumbee love. Last October, while campaigning on behalf of Kamala Harris in North Carolina, Bill Clinton made a swing through Pembroke, the seat of the tribal government. Donald Trump junior was nearby holding a rally filled with 'Lumbees for Trump' signs. During the campaign both presidential candidates called John Lowery, the Lumbee tribal chairman, to promise full federal recognition. Also last year, the House of Representatives passed the Lumbee Fairness Act, which would extend recognition to the tribe, 311 to 96, only to see it stall in the Senate. The Lumbee have been accustomed to living in this federal limbo, which has been their state for more than half a century. In 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act, a measure that recognised the tribe as American Indians while also excluding them from federal money and the other privileges that most tribes have. Lacking full recognition, the Lumbee are still not able to get access to federal Indian health care, to put land in a reservation-like trust or to build a casino. The main reason for this is the tribe's unusual history. There is no record of the Lumbee having spoken any language other than English. Your correspondent, whose great-great-great-grandmother was a Lumbee, grew up being told this was because the tribe was the remnant of Sir Walter Raleigh's 'lost colony'. A more plausible explanation is that the tribe's origin lies in multiple tribes escaping violence and disease in early encounters with English colonists. These different groups fled to the swamplands of North Carolina where they spoke English as a lingua franca. Compounding the origin question is the fact that the Lumbee had trouble agreeing on what their name was. Outsiders branded them the Siouan, the Tuscarora, the Croatan and the Cherokee Indians of Robeson County. It was not until 1953 that most settled on the name Lumbee. 'The naming issue has continued to plague us,' said David E. Wilkins, a Lumbee tribe member and University of Richmond professor. Today the biggest sceptics of Lumbee recognition are other Indians. Last October the National Congress of American Indians was forced to apologise when they found participants distributing cards warning Lumbee recognition would endanger the status of other tribes. Pretendian Watch, a self-appointed policer of those pretending to be Indians, called the Lumbee 'a made up tribe who is actively stealing Tuscarora culture'. The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI), North Carolina's only fully recognised tribe, have become the Lumbee's main adversary, repeatedly arguing that they are not real Indians. 'The Lumbee have failed to meet the criteria to prove their claim of being a legitimate Native Nation and are relying on the sympathy of legislators to gain federal recognition,' the EBCI's principal chief, Michell Hicks, said in January. His attacks have earned him a reprimand from the state's Commission of Indian Affairs, which said his claims were 'shameful, counterproductive' and also 'baseless and have been disproved on numerous occasions'. This rivalry goes back decades. In 1974 the EBCI's then principal chief, John Crowe, threatened Vine Deloria, an Indian activist, saying that many Cherokee wanted to 'bury your heart and other assorted pieces of anatomy at Wounded Knee' for his support of Lumbee recognition. The Cherokee point to questions about the Lumbee's identity, but the reason they resist recognising the tribe is money. If given full recognition, the Lumbee, whose land lies beside I-95, one of America's busiest highways, would probably build a casino and siphon off money from Cherokee gaming revenues. Of course, questioning a tribe's Indianness as a means to thwart an inconvenient casino is a strategy others have tried before. 'They don't look like Indians to me,' then casino mogul Donald Trump said in his 1993 testimony before Congress, explaining why he thought the Pequot should not be allowed to build a casino near his own. Although the 90-day deadline passed in April, the Department of the Interior has still not issued its report. Representatives have reintroduced the Lumbee Fairness Act. But over the past 130 years, 29 similar bills have been introduced in Congress. Eight of them passed the House but failed in the Senate. Mr Wilkins, the historian, suggests this time might be different. But then he shrugged and said, 'I am not holding my breath. Otherwise, I would have turned blue many years ago.'
Hindustan Times
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
The strange history of the tribe courted by Donald Trump
For almost a century and a half, the federal government denied the Lumbee, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi, recognition. Now, nearly everyone in Washington is trying to give it to them. 'I love the Lumbee tribe,' President Donald Trump said on his third full day in office, as he signed a memorandum ordering the secretary of the interior to, within 90 days, submit a plan to help the Lumbee gain full federal recognition. The president isn't the only one showing the Lumbee love. Last October, while campaigning on behalf of Kamala Harris in North Carolina, Bill Clinton made a swing through Pembroke, the seat of the tribal government. Donald Trump junior was nearby holding a rally filled with 'Lumbees for Trump' signs. During the campaign both presidential candidates called John Lowery, the Lumbee tribal chairman, to promise full federal recognition. Also last year, the House of Representatives passed the Lumbee Fairness Act, which would extend recognition to the tribe, 311 to 96, only to see it stall in the Senate. The Lumbee have been accustomed to living in this federal limbo, which has been their state for more than half a century. In 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Lumbee Act, a measure that recognised the tribe as American Indians while also excluding them from federal money and the other privileges that most tribes have. Lacking full recognition, the Lumbee are still not able to get access to federal Indian health care, to put land in a reservation-like trust or to build a casino. The main reason for this is the tribe's unusual history. There is no record of the Lumbee having spoken any language other than English. Your correspondent, whose great-great-great grandmother was a Lumbee, grew up being told this was because the tribe was the remnant of Sir Walter Raleigh's 'lost colony'. A more plausible explanation is that the tribe's origin lies in multiple tribes escaping violence and disease in early encounters with English colonists. These different groups fled to the swamplands of North Carolina where they spoke English as a lingua franca. Compounding the origin question is the fact that the Lumbee had trouble agreeing on what their name was. Outsiders branded them the Siouan, the Tuscarora, the Croatan and the Cherokee Indians of Robeson County. It was not until 1953 that most settled on the name Lumbee. 'The naming issue has continued to plague us,' said David E. Wilkins, a Lumbee tribe member and University of Richmond professor. Today the biggest sceptics of Lumbee recognition are other Indians. Last October the National Congress of American Indians was forced to apologise when they found participants distributing cards warning Lumbee recognition would endanger the status of other tribes. Pretendian Watch, a self-appointed policer of those pretending to be Indians, called the Lumbee 'a made up tribe who is actively stealing Tuscarora culture'. The Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI), North Carolina's only fully recognised tribe, have become the Lumbee's main adversary, repeatedly arguing that they are not real Indians. 'The Lumbee have failed to meet the criteria to prove their claim of being a legitimate Native Nation and are relying on the sympathy of legislators to gain federal recognition,' the EBCI's principal chief, Michell Hicks, said in January. His attacks have earned him a reprimand from the state's Commission of Indian Affairs, which said his claims were 'shameful, counterproductive' and also 'baseless and have been disproved on numerous occasions'. This rivalry goes back decades. In 1974 the EBCI's then principal chief, John Crowe, threatened Vine Deloria, an Indian activist, saying that many Cherokee wanted to 'bury your heart and other assorted pieces of anatomy at Wounded Knee' for his support of Lumbee recognition. The Cherokee point to questions about the Lumbee's identity, but the reason they resist recognising the tribe is money. If given full recognition, the Lumbee, whose land lies beside I-95, one of America's busiest highways, would probably build a casino and siphon off money from Cherokee gaming revenues. Of course, questioning a tribe's Indianness as a means to thwart an inconvenient casino is a strategy others have tried before. 'They don't look like Indians to me,' then casino mogul Donald Trump said in his 1993 testimony before Congress, explaining why he thought the Pequot should not be allowed to build a casino near his own. Although the 90-day deadline passed in April, the Department of the Interior has still not issued its report. Representatives have reintroduced the Lumbee Fairness Act. But over the past 130 years, 29 similar bills have been introduced in Congress. Eight of them passed the House but failed in the Senate. Mr Wilkins, the historian, suggests this time might be different. But then he shrugged and said, 'I am not holding my breath. Otherwise, I would have turned blue many years ago.' Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.
Washington Post
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Hot at the right time, Tuscarora rolls to its first Virginia softball title
Even after the Tuscarora softball team jumped back onto the bus and started the hours-long trip back to Leesburg, its win didn't feel real. The Huskies had just claimed their first state championship, toppling Jefferson Forest in a program-defining 3-1 victory Saturday afternoon at Monticello High School in Charlottesville. 'It was a good bus ride, I think they're in shock,' Kemp said with a laugh. 'Honestly, nobody would've thought… even the people in our own county.'
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Friends of Niagara Turtle mourn loss of building's designer
Supporters of an effort to reawaken 'The Turtle' in downtown Niagara Falls are mourning the loss of one of the building's creators. Dennis Sun Rhodes, the Arapaho architect who worked with Tuscarora sculptor Wilmer 'Duffy' Wilson to help design the former Native American Center for Living Arts on Rainbow Boulevard, passed away on Thursday. Friends of the Niagara Turtle, the local non-profit that is working on preservation plans for the building, made attempts in recent years to contact Rhodes and make him aware of their effort. Rhodes did not weigh in publicly or endorse the idea of preserving the building in recent years. 'We are grateful for the design and joy this building gave both the Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, as it sits just feet from Niagara Falls,' Friends of the Niagara Turtle board member Carl Skompinski wrote in a message posted to his group's Facebook page. 'We hope to honor his legacy, that of Duffy Wilson, and all those who worked tirelessly within its doors to bring native culture to our community and nations. Remember, this Indigenous Cultural Center pre-dates the Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian and was well known throughout North America. May Mr. Sun Rhodes rest in peace.' Sun Rhodes was born on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, according to the website for Montana State University where he graduated with a degree in architecture. According to the university's website, Sun Rhodes went on to become a principal at architectural firms in St. Paul, Minnesota, and over the years developed a reputation for incorporating into his building designs symbolic shapes reflective of elements from Indigenous cultures. In addition to the Turtle building in the Falls, Sun Rhodes is credited for designing buildings for tribes across the country, including the Minneapolis American Indian Center, the Division of Indian Work building in Minneapolis and the Piya Wiconi Building at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The turtle building operated as a center for Native American arts and culture from 1981 to 1995. The building is currently owned by the private firm Niagara Falls Redevelopment. NFR has indicated that it has not yet received any 'viable' plans for redeveloping the structure. Local efforts to develop a plan for preserving the building got a boost last month when the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that it had been added to the group's 2025 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The group's designation described the Turtle as a 'powerful symbol of Indigenous heritage,' while noting, 'Unfortunately, the building has been vacant for almost 30 years, and the owner previously shared plans for demolition. A coalition has formed in hopes of 'reawakening' the Turtle once again.'
