BINGHAMTON — Repeated with purpose and force for each match and quickly followed by the clash of swords and the grunts of competition is the imperative, “Fence!”

 BINGHAMTON — About 6,000 athletes converged in Binghamton to compete in the 31^st Hugh L. Carey Empire State Games.

BINGHAMTON — With a curved arm and the gentle slope of an extended leg, a gaggle of swans cuts through the pool’s chlorine calm to the eight-count of familiar, practiced songs.

By Jordan J. Michael

BINGHAMTON – Throughout the history of sports, athletes have been known to disregard physical pain for a chance at glory. The thrill of victory is too huge to miss.

RENSSELAERVILLE — Michael J. Tomaselli, the owner of Tomaselli Contracting and the Catskill Creek Ranch in Freehold, died Monday, police say, after being pinned behind the cab of his dump truck. 

By Jordan J. Michael

BINGHAMTON – Judo is a mixture of martial arts and self-defense. Two local practitioners know all too well what that means.

By Jordan J. Michael

BINGHAMTON – Keith Domermuth is an ordinary kid from Westerlo. But there is nothing ordinary about winning a gold medal at the Empire State Games.

By Zach Simeone

Exercise the body to build the brain

Illustration by Forest Byrd