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62-598: In July 2016, Broome County officials stated that the Ottawa Senators intended to relocate their franchise, then known as the Binghamton Senators , closer to the parent club for the 2017–18 season despite still having three more years on their lease. On September 26, 2016, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk confirmed that he had purchased the Binghamton team and would be relocating it to become

124-548: A 29–42–2–3 record and missing the playoffs, his contract was not renewed. He was replaced by Troy Mann , the recently released coach of the Hershey Bears . The team improved in the 2018–19 season , finishing in fifth place in the North Division behind the play of younger players Drake Batherson , Logan Brown , Rudolfs Balcers , and Erik Brannstrom . Led by Josh Norris , Alex Formenton , and Drake Batherson,

186-662: A PGA Tour event, the B.C. Open , from 1971 until 2006. It then became the Dick's Sporting Goods Open which is a PGA Tour Champions event still played each summer. Binghamton has a AA baseball team, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies , and a Federal Prospects Hockey League franchise, the Binghamton Black Bears . Depending on the boundary definition, Watkins Glen International Speedway , a NASCAR and Indy Racing League sanctioned road racing track,

248-595: A route from Binghamton to New York City through Scranton, Pennsylvania : a route that could at least partially be upgraded for high-speed rail. As of 2011, the highest priority for high-speed rail projects in New York is in the Empire Corridor , of which no part crosses the Southern Tier. The hilly terrain of the Southern Tier's I-86 corridor is not ideal for high-speed rail service, especially compared to

310-723: Is also a major part of the economy. Leading products are dairy, vegetables, orchard fruit and wine grapes (the last of which typically grows only on the fringes of the Southern Tier, as the inland areas tend to not have a long enough growing season to support it). In addition, two prominent microbreweries , the Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York and the Ellicottville Brewing Company in Ellicottville , operate in

372-649: Is located in the Southern Tier region. From 2000 to 2017, Elmira had a professional ice hockey team in the Elmira Jackals . They played in the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007 and the ECHL for the franchise's remaining years. The Jackals were replaced by a new Federal Hockey League franchise called the Elmira Enforcers from 2018 to 2021. The last minor league baseball team in

434-693: Is much more rugged, as the land rises to the Catskill Mountains . The terrain generally slopes to the west. The county's highest point is in the southeast of the county, a U.S. National Geodetic Survey benchmark known as Slawson atop an unnamed hill in the Town of Sanford. It is approximately 2,087 feet (636 m) above sea level. An area due east on the Delaware County line in Oquaga Creek State Park also lies within

496-570: Is served by three regional airports . Elmira-Corning Regional Airport has routes to Atlanta , Washington D.C. , Detroit , and several destinations in Florida . The Greater Binghamton Airport offers Delta Airlines flights to Detroit. Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport connects to Pittsburgh via Essential Air Service . Bus service is provided along the entire I-86/NY 17 corridor by Coach USA 's Shortline /Erie services from Jamestown to New York City and Buffalo , and Trailways connects

558-510: Is the birthplace of IBM and flight simulation . In addition, other factories in the region make military aircraft, televisions, furniture, metal forgings and machine tools. The area includes the northern extent of the Marcellus Formation and natural gas. Crude oil and oil sands continue to be extracted from Southern Tier wells as they have for over a century. There is significant debate about allowing hydraulic fracturing of

620-875: The Allegheny River in the western Southern Tier. The Southern Tier makes up the northernmost portion of Appalachia and lies on the Allegheny Plateau . It is defined on its western boundary by the Chautauqua Ridge in Chautauqua County, and including this ridge and extending eastward across the northern bounds of the region, the continental divide between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watersheds exists. The Eastern Continental Divide runs directly through

682-544: The American Civil War . The railroad and available fuel from the region's dense forests attracted Corning Glass Works to Steuben County in 1868. The region became home to prosperous farms and small factory towns (with the exception of larger Binghamton) during the first half of the 20th century. But declines in U.S. manufacturing hit the region hard and it suffered even more than other parts of upstate New York and northern Pennsylvania . The region's addition to

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744-550: The American Revolutionary War , the name of Tryon County was changed to Montgomery County , for General Richard Montgomery , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of Quebec , thus replacing the name of the hated British governor. In 1789, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Ontario County . The actual area split off from Montgomery County

806-645: The Appalachian Regional Commission , often credited to the influence of U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy , provided economic stimulus over the last 40 years. Government funds built the Southern Tier Expressway, highway links to the New York State Thruway , encouraged the growth of state colleges at Wellsville, Alfred and Binghamton and sought with mixed success to attract business interests relocating from

868-662: The New York Metropolitan Area and urban Western New York. For two decades, the region has tried to remake itself as a tourist destination and relocation area for retirees from big Northeastern cities. Meanwhile, agriculture and manufacturing struggle to compete regionally and globally. Binghamton University (the State University of New York-Binghamton) is one of the SUNY system's four University Centers . Other 4-year and graduate institutions within

930-763: The Olean Times Herald , the Salamanca Press , The Post-Journal of Jamestown, and The Observer of Dunkirk. The Tribune, Reporter and Leader are all owned by GateHouse Media ; Gannett Company owns the Star-Gazette and Press & Sun-Bulletin. The Southern Tier has an eclectic history of sports. From 1979 to 2009 the LPGA Corning Classic was held at the Corning Country Club. Endicott's En-Joie Golf Course hosted

992-656: The Province of New York in 1683, the present Broome County was part of the enormous Albany County , including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County , and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County , both containing territory now in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, what

1054-567: The 1950s, the area is often considered to be a part of the Rust Belt , as manufacturing jobs have left the region. The Southern Tier is commonly considered to consist of 8 counties: The Southern Tier is not a legally defined region. Due to this, various neighboring counties can be included in the region, while counties near other regions of New York State may be excluded. For example, some organizations consider Delaware County , Otsego County , Schoharie County and Cortland County to reside in

1116-1005: The 1960s, over a dozen ski resorts resided in the Southern Tier, many in Cattaraugus County, before most of them closed due to various assorted causes by the 1980s. The Southern Tier is home to two professional symphony orchestras: the Binghamton Philharmonic in Binghamton and the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes in Corning. Binghamton also has the Binghamton Youth Symphony and the Binghamton Community Orchestra. The Tri-Cities Opera Company present full-scale operas in Binghamton. Most of

1178-613: The AHL. Updated November 27, 2024. Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game average; The following players have played both 100 games for the Belleville Senators and 100 games in the National Hockey League : Broome County Broome County is a county in the U.S. state of New York . As of the 2020 United States census ,

1240-520: The B-Sens were leading the North Division when the 2019–20 season was cancelled on May 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The team had amassed a 38–20–4–1 record and were the best road team in the league having won 23 games and a .790 road win percentage. The B-Sens' 234 goals were the most in the AHL. The start for the following 2020–21 season was delayed due to the ongoing pandemic. In December 2020,

1302-649: The Belleville Senators for the 2017–18 season with the Binghamton Devils eventually announced to be taking over their lease. In order to accommodate an AHL team, the City of Belleville approved more than $ 20 million in upgrades to Yardmen Arena once the Senators agreed to an eight-year lease. The Senators kept Kurt Kleinendorst as head coach for the franchise's inaugural season in Belleville, but after

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1364-647: The Marcellus Shale in the Southern Tier, which is currently banned in New York. Cummins engine company has a large production facility located in Jamestown, NY. The Jamestown Engine Plant, established in 1974, is one of the top five heavy-duty diesel engine producers worldwide with production in recent years typically exceeding 100,000 engines annually. The JEP also remains one of the company's largest manufacturing facilities, as it accounts for 12 percent of Cummins' total engine production in 2012. Agriculture

1426-401: The Senators agreed to a seven-year lease extension with the city of Belleville through the 2026–27 AHL season. In January 2021, the league announced a temporary realignment due to the pandemic border restrictions and the B-Sens were placed in an all-Canada division, but had no set start date due to venue usage and restrictions in the province of Ontario. The league eventually announced a start for

1488-622: The Southern Tier is either served by the Elmira-Corning television market or the Binghamton television market. Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties are out of these stations' ranges, however, and are instead served by the Buffalo and Erie television markets. Two stations (more-or-less independent WVTT-CD and Retro Television Network owned-and-operated translator WBUO-LD ) are licensed to Olean but serve Buffalo in practice. The Olean, Elmira-Corning, and Binghamton radio markets directly serve

1550-677: The Southern Tier west of Binghamton, the Jamestown Jammers , relocated out of the area in 2016, ending an era in which the New York–Penn League featured pro teams in Jamestown, Olean, Wellsville, Hornell, Corning, Elmira and Oneonta over the course of its history; collegiate summer baseball still thrives in the region in the form of the New York Collegiate Baseball League and Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League , both with multiple teams in

1612-456: The Southern Tier with Buffalo , Dubois (at the western end in Salamanca), Sunbury / Lock Haven (at Elmira), and Syracuse , Albany and Harrisburg (at Binghamton). A somewhat-unorganized network of municipally-operated public transportation services operate local and limited intercity bus services between Salamanca and Elmira. Until the demise of long-distance passenger rail service in

1674-730: The Southern Tier, and the Ithaca market indirectly serves some of the area. Seven Mountains Media is the dominant broadcaster in Olean and Elmira-Corning. iHeartMedia and Cumulus Media own station clusters only in Binghamton. Notable newspapers include The Leader of Corning, the Elmira Star-Gazette , the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin , Hornell Evening Tribune, the Wellsville Daily Reporter,

1736-588: The Southern Tier. The Encyclopedia of New York State lists only Chautauqua County , Cattaraugus County , Allegany County , and Steuben County as part of the Southern Tier, with anything east of that being considered Central New York . Other definitions define it as comprising the combined Corning-Elmira-Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Areas , which includes Steuben, Chemung, Tioga and Broome Counties but not Chautauqua, Cattaraugus or Allegany, which are considered Western New York . The New York State Division of Local Government Services presently classifies

1798-686: The Southern Tier. The Southern Tier is generally hilly without being mountainous (with the exception of the Catskill mountains). This can range from low rolling hills to more steep and rugged cliffs and valleys. The highest point in western New York is Alma Hill in Allegany County near the Steuben County line in the Southern Tier. Both the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers flow through the Southern Tier in their upper reaches, as does

1860-565: The United States in the 1950s and 1960s, the Erie Railroad operated passenger trains in the region, with Chicago, Illinois as the western terminus and Jersey City, New Jersey as the eastern terminus, with ferry connections to New York City . The last Erie Lackawanna passenger train, the "Lake Cities", ran on January 6, 1970. Amtrak currently does not serve the area. Proposals for high-speed rail in New York have included

1922-570: The academy. The academy frequently hosts officers from the Elmira-Corning area, Syracuse metropolitan area , and other regions within New York State. The primary institutes of higher education in Broome County include: † – County seat ‡ – Not wholly in this county Southern Tier The Southern Tier is a geographic subregion of the broader Upstate region of New York State , geographically situated along or very near

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1984-408: The age of 18 living with them, 47.60% were married couples living together, 10.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.80% were non-families. 31.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.97. The county population contained 23.00% under

2046-468: The age of 18, 11.00% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 16.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 93.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.90 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 35,347, and the median income for a family was $ 45,422. Males had a median income of $ 34,426 versus $ 24,542 for females. The per capita income for

2108-590: The construction of the railroads that would supplant them. Plans to connect these canals to the Pennsylvania Canal system, thus making them much more than feeders to the Erie Canal, never came to fruition. Railroads did arrive and the Erie Railroad , which followed the water-level of the Allegheny, Susquehanna and Delaware watersheds, accelerated industrial progress in the region about the time of

2170-772: The core counties include Cornell University , Hartwick College , Ithaca College , SUNY Colleges in Cortland and Oneonta , Jamestown Community College , Fredonia , and Tompkins Cortland Community College . The Southern Tier Expressway – Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17 – serves the Southern Tier. The highway is the region's major corridor and connects to U.S. Route 219 in Salamanca, Interstate 390 in Bath, Interstate 99 in Corning, U.S. Route 220 in Waverly, and Interstates 81 and 88 in Binghamton. The region

2232-471: The core counties include St. Bonaventure University , Alfred University , Elmira College , and Houghton College . Technical and community colleges include Alfred State College , Broome Community College , Corning Community College , and the State University of New York at Delhi . The region is also home to E.B.I. Career College, a vocational school . Institutions of higher learning outside

2294-540: The county had a population of 198,683. Its county seat is Binghamton . The county was named for John Broome , the state's lieutenant governor when Broome County was created. The county is part of the Southern Tier region of the state. The county is part of the Binghamton, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area . It is home to Binghamton University , one of four university centers in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. When counties were established in

2356-449: The county was $ 19,168. About 8.80% of families and 12.80% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.90% of those under age 18 and 7.20% of those age 65 or over. Broome has a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Dfb ) and the hardiness zone is mainly 5b. For the past few decades, Broome County has been a swing county. Since 1964 the county has selected Democratic and Republican party candidates at approximately

2418-550: The county was 91.33% white , 3.28% black or African American , .19% Native American , 2.79% Asian , .03% Pacific Islander , .79% from other races , and 1.59% from two or more races. 1.99% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 16.1% were of Irish , 13.3% Italian , 12.3% German , 11.6% English , 6.4% American and 5.7% Polish ancestry according to the census. 91.4% spoke English , 2.0% Spanish and 1.1% Italian as their first language. There were 80,749 households, out of which 28.20% had children under

2480-574: The eastern areas of the region nestled in the western portion of the Catskill Mountains . A longtime home of the Iroquois Confederacy , European settlers moved to the region after the American Revolutionary War . The fertile yet hilly land, combined with sweeping river valleys, led the region to support a combination of manufacturing industries (including large companies such as IBM and Corning Inc. ) and farming, but with less development compared to neighboring subregions of Upstate. Since

2542-492: The exception of Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties, which are in area code 716 or area code 585 . As of 2023, the westernmost portion of the Southern Tier is located in New York's 23rd congressional district , and the easternmost portion is located in New York's 19th congressional district . The ZIP code prefixes 147 (Jamestown region), 148 – 149 (Elmira region), and 137 – 139 (Binghamton region) are set aside for

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2604-591: The federal level: At the state level: At the county level: At the local level: Additionally, the 536-bed Broome County Jail is operated by the Broome County sheriff's office. The Broome County Law Enforcement Academy facilitates the New York State-mandated basic course for police officers , which includes over 700 hours of instruction. All municipal police officers and deputy sheriffs within Broome County attend this academy. In addition, oftentimes officers from outside Greater Binghamton attend

2666-482: The following fourteen counties as members of the Southern Tier: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins. This definition corresponds to the same 14 counties in New York State that are members of the Appalachian Regional Commission formed in 1963. Much of the Southern Tier is in area code 607 , with

2728-517: The more-level corridor to the north between Albany and Buffalo. There was an attempt at a Genesee Valley Canal in the western half, and in the eastern half, the Chemung and Chenango Canals did connect the Erie Canal to Elmira and Binghamton respectively. Beset by financial and technical difficulties, the latter two canals nonetheless were important catalysts for economic growth, and indeed for

2790-510: The outer, rural parts of the county. Broome County's offices are housed in the Edwin L. Crawford County Office Building of Government Plaza located at 60 Hawley Street in Downtown Binghamton . The Broome County Legislature consists of 15 members. The 15 legislature members are elected from individual districts. As of 2024, there are 9 Republicans and 6 Democrats . In Broome County, law enforcement services are provided by local, county, state, and federal law enforcement professionals. At

2852-551: The people of the Iroquois Confederacy. There were major settlements along the Allegheny River in Cattaraugus County (which the Senecas acquired by defeating the Wenrohronon during the Beaver Wars in 1638) and at Painted Post in Steuben County, at what is today the northeast side of Corning, New York. The Seneca Nation has a reservation today along the Allegheny River and a headquarters at Salamanca . There are also Native lands (with no current Native residents) on Cuba Lake in Allegany County. The colonies that eventually became

2914-409: The present county and included the present Broome and Chemung Counties and parts of Chenango and Schuyler Counties . In 1798, Tioga County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Chemung County (which also included part of the present Schuyler County ) and by the combination of a portion with a portion of Herkimer County to create Chenango County . In 1806, the present-day Broome County

2976-425: The racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. As of the 2000 United States census , there were 200,536 people, 80,749 households, and 50,225 families in the county. The population density was 284 people per square mile (110 people/km ). There were 88,817 housing units at an average density of 125.8 units per square mile (48.6/km ). The racial makeup of

3038-430: The region, in Steuben County. The Southern Tier is more linked, geographically, with Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna River valley than it is with the remainder of New York State. Population of the Southern Tier came primarily from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and downstate New York ("Yorkers"). In contrast, the inhabitants of upper New York State came from New England ("Yankees"). The Southern Tier has long been home to

3100-424: The relatively flat and straight land in the Empire Corridor. Government services are the largest employer in the area. Of second and declining importance is manufacturing. The region's manufacturing economy has suffered for decades, but factories are found in the region's larger communities. Fortune 500 materials maker Corning Inc. is headquartered in Steuben County. Broome County has a large high-tech industry and

3162-453: The same elevation contour line . The lowest point is 864 feet (263 m) above sea level, along the Susquehanna River, at the Pennsylvania state line. The county has a total area of 716 square miles (1,850 km ), of which 706 square miles (1,830 km ) is land and 9.7 square miles (25 km ) (1.4%) is water. Source: Source: Note: The US census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from

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3224-452: The same rate in national elections (as of 2016). The more recent elections had favored the Democratic candidate, until Donald Trump carried the county in 2016 , the first Republican to win the county since Ronald Reagan in 1984 . Joe Biden carried Broome with 50.5% of the vote in 2020 . In Broome County, Democratic strength comes primarily from Binghamton and its suburbs, such as Johnson City and Endicott , while Republicans dominate

3286-427: The state border with Pennsylvania . Definitions of the region vary widely, but generally encompass counties surrounding the Binghamton and Elmira - Corning metropolitan areas . This region is adjacent to the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, and both these regions together are known as the Twin Tiers . Geographically, most of the Southern Tier resides in the Allegheny Plateau of the Appalachian Mountains , with

3348-514: The states of New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania all laid claim to the Southern Tier at various points in the 17th and 18th centuries, while not making any significant attempt to settle the territory. The region was quickly settled by whites after the Revolutionary War, when settlers were again allowed west of the Appalachian divide. The Southern Tier shared in the economic growth of the early 19th century, but its hilly terrain made it less suitable to canal-building, and later, railroading, than

3410-438: The teams in Canada for one week after the rest of the league, but without any games initially scheduled in Ontario. The Belleville Senators started on the road before announcing their home games would be played in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire Centre for the entire season. During the 2022–23 season , Belleville fired Troy Mann as coach on February 2, 2023, while sitting sixth in the AHL's North Division. Assistant coach David Bell

3472-402: The west. The West Branch Delaware River flows southward along the lower portion of the county's east border, delineating that portion of the border between Broome and Delaware counties. The county's western portion is hilly, with wide valleys that accommodate Binghamton and its suburbs. In the northern portion, Interstate 81 traverses a wide glacial valley . The eastern part of the county

3534-506: The western Southern Tier. The western and northern edges of the Southern Tier are known as ski country , and the hilly terrain (that forms a continental divide known as the Chautauqua Ridge) is notorious for frequent and heavy lake effect snow . As a result, Ellicottville has become a "ski town" with both the Holimont and Holiday Valley resorts in the vicinity; the two resorts draw numerous tourists, particularly from Canada , for which U.S. Route 219 provides easy access. At its peak in

3596-404: The western part of the Adirondack Mountains and the area west of the West Branch of the Delaware River . The area then designated as Tryon County now is organized as 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for William Tryon , colonial governor of New York. In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to Canada. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended

3658-404: Was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Tryon County , contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of Schenectady , and the county included

3720-401: Was much larger than the present county, also including the present Allegany , Cattaraugus , Chautauqua , Erie , Genesee , Livingston , Monroe , Niagara , Orleans , Steuben , Wyoming , Yates , and part of Schuyler and Wayne Counties . In 1791, Tioga County split off from Montgomery County, along with Herkimer and Otsego Counties . Tioga County was at this time much larger than

3782-424: Was named new head coach. After the departure of captain Dillon Heatherington in the offseason, on October 8, 2024, Belleville named Garrett Pilon the sixth captain in franchise history. The official broadcasting partner of the Belleville Senators is radio station 800 CJBQ . Commentators David Foot and Jack Miller cover all games. David Foot also has a weekly podcast featuring news on the Belleville Senators and

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3844-449: Was split off from Tioga County. Broome County lies on the southern line of New York. Its southern border abuts the northern boundary of the state of Pennsylvania . The Susquehanna River flows southward through the eastern part of the county, enters Susquehanna County in Pennsylvania , then re-enters Broome and flows northwestward to meet the Chenango River at Binghamton. The combined flow moves west-southwestward into Tioga County to

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