1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (240+ words) ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) " A new restaurant bringing ice cream with the famous curl is ready to open to the community after months of development, the company confirmed in a release on Wednesday. Dairy Queen's Ithaca location is set to open on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) " The first and third Mondays and Wednesdays of each month, Fairview United Methodist Church hosts a free food pantry. The church has done this for the past 15 years. Karen Gdovin has been part of the program since it…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) ENDWELL, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Even though the year has changed, the need for food assistance in the Southern Tier has not. To meet the demand, several area nonprofits banded together with the help of a barbecue restaurant out of Endwell to host…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (128+ words) Knights of Columbus hosts monthly pancake breakfast buffet in Maine'WBNG MAINE, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Most Holy Rosary Church will host the Emil Stastny Memorial Knights of Columbus all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on the first Sunday of each month from November through April. Council…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (711+ words) Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to enact waivers prohibiting the purchase of certain foods through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. It's part of a push by Health Secretary Robert…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (255+ words) NEW YORK STATE, (WBNG) " More than 80,000 bags of frozen shrimp are being recalled nationwide after reports that they may have been contaminated with the radioactive element cesium-137, according to a recall from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The recall, issued on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (299+ words) BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- More than 60 volunteers came together at the Broome County Regional Farmer's Market for the 6th annual Holiday Giving Box Initiative, packing hundreds of meal boxes for veterans and families across Broome County. Volunteers and partners worked side-by-side to assemble…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (156+ words) WASHINGTON " Whole milk will return to school cafeteria coolers after Congress passed the bipartisan "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act" on Monday. The legislation reverses restrictions that have been in place since 2012, restrictions that Senator Chuck Schumer said hurt upstate…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (97+ words) NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Nearly $240,000 is headed to the Foodbank of the Southern Tier from Wegmans" annual Check Out Hunger campaign. From October to November, customers shopping at the local locations had the option to donate whatever amount they wanted at…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (198+ words) ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Ithaca native Violet Zoner is competing on the Food Network's Holiday Baking Championship, turning a childhood passion into national television success. "I was following all these bakers on Instagram and I was so inspired by them," Pastry chef…...