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Couple
GOES TO? faces
murder
charge
Prosecutors say accused
are white supremacists
ANTHONY BORRELLI
ABORRELLI@PRESSCONNECTS.COM

Prosecutors say a Binghamton cou-

ple, described as white supremacists,
robbed and killed a black man on the
city’s West Side in 2015 after the woman
told her boyfriend the other man had
raped her.
Details of what prosecutors call a
“mixed-motive case” against Ariana
Edwards, 38, were revealed Wednes-
day in Broome County Court, ahead of
her Jan. 30 trial in connection with the
Aug. 22, 2015, death of 38-year-old Mi-
chael C. Thomas inside a Mather Street
apartment. The victim’s body was
found two weeks later, and police say
his death was ruled a homicide.
But the defense lawyer for Ed-
Mark Buza gives a lesson on wards, who was accused of the crime
the evolution of Sound
Recording Technology to his See COUPLE, Page 5A
living environment class.
MAGGIE GILROY / STAFF PHOTO

Johnson City teacher, Grammy voter combines Beer and a

science and music for a lesson on the awards
movie? NY
MAGGIE GILROY MGILROY@PRESSCONNECTS.COM

Mark Buza’s Johnson City High School classroom looks like a typical science classroom. Posters with the
could make
words “biodiversity,” “DNA” and “evolution” hang on the walls, a microscope sits on a counter, and a blue
mounted butterfly is displayed behind a glass cabinet door.
But during his Jan. 9 living environment class, Buza was not holding up one of the many vials stored in his
it happen
cabinets. Instead, he was displaying a cassette tape.
“The circle thing,” one student guessed after Buza described the pre-iPod Sony Walkman. JON CAMPBELL
“No, it wasn’t the circle thing,” Buza said, acknowledging that the student was referring to a CD. “That JCAMPBELL@PRESSCONNECTS.COM
was before the circle thing.”
In addition to being a science teacher and the high school’s marching band director,Buza is also a Gram- ALBANY — Soon, you may be able
my voter. For about 10 years, Buza has dedicated a day of his science classes to a special lesson about the to enjoy a beer or glass of wine at the
evolution of music and how it relates to the Grammys. movie theater — depending how state
“I think if teachers have strengths or talents or abilities and they want to share, it makes them more budget negotiations go.
human to their students in the classroom, and it gives them a connection that they normally wouldn’t have,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a pro-
Buza said. posal late Tuesday that would allow
movie theaters to sell alcohol, regard-
See GRAMMYS, Page 9A less of whether they have a kitchen or
table seating.
State law currently bans movie thea-
ters from selling booze unless they
serve restaurant-style food and have
tables to go with every seat.
“We also (have) a proposal that
Rust belt helped swing election, now expects jobs. Page 1B
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