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Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on one roll call from the week of May 13-17. There were no roll calls in the Senate.

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432 Park's penthouse is in contract for $95 M., also the luxury market's hot.

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Eric Noll addresses the Board of Education on May 14 about his disappointment on the approval of differential tuition. Photo by Ted Holliday.

On April 15, the LBCC Board of Education approved a $3 per-credit tuition increase. In addition, the board approved another policy affecting how much students pay for certain classes: “Differential Tuition.”

A growing trend to recoup expenses of selected degree programs in colleges is implementing differential tuition fees. The new fees are intended to help recover expenses from programs that cost colleges more to operate. Some programs targeted include degrees or certificates that are ready for immediate employment after completion.

“Differential Tuition,” put into plain terms equates to “Additional Tuition.” The new expense is being absorbed by students and is above and beyond the $3 increase already implemented. Starting Summer of 2013, this new fee will be imposed on selected classes.

Certain lower-division transfer courses with labs such as Animal Science, Biology, and Chemistry will see increases of $19.70 per course. In Career and Technology Education programs, the increase will be the standard tuition rate plus 21 percent per credit. Other programs that have not been targeted under this new program will continue to pay the standard tuition fee.

Dean of Instruction Jonathan Paver said, “Some programs have higher costs. To help recover some of those costs, this model was accepted by the [LBCC] board [of education].”

Traditionally the expense of these programs has been disbursed equally among all programs. With the diminishing state funding to the university systems, new ways to recover costs needed to be implemented.

Students may not be aware of the additional fees until they receive their statement from the college. On the billing statement there will be an extra line stating “additional tuition.”

“We are preparing for questions and more information will be available soon on the LBCC web site,” Paver said.

Not everyone is with happy with this new policy. Full-time student Sandra Moreno said, “I’m a single mom, work part-time, and I go to school to make a better life for my kids and I. I can’t afford the additional

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Sophomore left fielder Jake Thomas belted two two-run homers, and the Binghamton baseball team took Saturday’s series finale against Albany, 10-3, at Varsity Field.

With the victory, the Bearcats (27-22, 16-13 America East) won the three-game set and secured the No. 2 seed in next week’s America East tournament, dropping Albany (23-23-1, 16-14 AE) to the No. 3 spot.

Thomas, who went 5-for-9 with five RBIs on the weekend, delivered his first shot with one out in the first inning, giving Binghamton a 2-0 lead. Albany answered with a run in the first, but Thomas homered in the third to put the Bearcats ahead 4-1.

Binghamton added two more in the fifth before blowing the game open with a four-run eighth inning.

Senior starter Jay Lynch, who improved to 6-4, allowed one earned run in four innings, while freshman pitcher Jake Cryts tossed three scoreless innings of relief.

Junior center fielder Bill Bereszniewicz, sophomore right fielder Zach Blanden and junior first baseman Brian Ruby each had two hits, while Thomas finished with three.

Binghamton took Friday’s series opener, 3-2, in nine innings after battling back from a 2-0 first-inning deficit.

After Bereszniewicz, the No. 9 hitter, singled and stole second to start the top of the ninth, the Bearcats’ top of the order had the go-ahead run in scoring position with no outs. Blanden worked a walk, freshman third baseman David Schanz laid down a sacrifice bunt and Thomas drew an intentional walk to load the bases.

With two outs, Albany sophomore pitcher Cameron Sorgie threw a wild pitch, allowing Bereszniewicz to cross the plate with the go-ahead run.

BU sophomore pitcher Greg Ostner, who tossed five scoreless innings in relief, nailed down the win, disposing a two-out single with a game-ending groundout.

Blanden, Schanz and Ruby each went 2-for-4.

In Friday’s nightcap, Binghamton plated two runs with two outs in the fifth inning to take a 4-3 lead, as Ruby scored on a wild pitch after doubling in Thomas. But Albany responded with a run in the fifth and sixth innings to command a 5-4 advantage heading into the

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I’m so looking forward to WkPM, returning to it’s roots.

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Damage shows how an oncoming train scraped against one car before tearing into the next when an eastbound train derailed near the Bridgeport-Fairfield line Friday, May 17. The last of the damaged cars were removed Sunday, May 19. (John Kovach Photo)

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Positive Movement was allocated $1,500 from SCRF to purchase a $2,000 camera.  The club will spend $500 of their own money to make up the difference. The bill passed 20-2.

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The special Town Meeting will take plae at Fowler Middle School, 3 Tiger Drive, at 1 p.m. Check-in starts at noon.

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A Pleasureville man has been charged with an alleged machete-attack.

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The cause of a fire that left the single-family home at 206 Myrtle St. in Ashland uninhabitable Sunday afternoon is under investigation by local police and fire personnel, as well as the state fire marshal’s office.

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