The document discusses efforts to revitalize Washington Avenue in Endicott, New York following the planned relocation of 1,300 jobs from BAE Systems to a nearby campus, as well as local wrestling and shooting deaths in Pennsylvania. Business owners hope that keeping BAE workers in the area can help bring back customers to Washington Avenue's shops and restaurants, which used to be bustling when IBM employed thousands in Endicott. The newspaper is also helping to fundraise for a new roof for a local immigrant assistance organization.

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‘Times change. GREAT BEND KILLINGS
We need to grow
and adapt. It is not
2 found
the EJ and IBM days
in Endicott anymore.’
shot dead;
Susan Papathomopoulos
member, Take Back Endicott
suspect
in custody
Can BAE Alleged shooter
owned gun shop
spark a revival By Debbie Swartz
dswartz@gannett.com
GREAT BEND, Pa. — The owner
of a Hallstead gun shop is in custody
in Endicott?
after two men were found shot to
death Saturday.
Lloyd Richard Thomas, 45, of Hall-
stead, was taken into police custody
after police discovered Joshua
David Roger, 30, and an unidentified
28-year-old man, with fatal gunshot
wounds.
According to Pennsylvania State
Police, a 1 p.m. call was placed to of-
ficials reporting a male found along-
side Pine Ayre Drive. After police
arrived, they determined the man
was dead. Police then began to
search the area, finding a second
victim on a hill.
“It was determined the gunshot
wounds were not self-inflicted and
the manner of death was homicide,”
police said.
Shortly after arriving at the scene,
police took Thomas into custody.
As of late Saturday night, it was
See SHOOTINGS Page 11A
Newspaper,
community
leadership
Jeff Pilarcek, owner of the Downtown Quarterback on Washington Avenue, remembers when the avenue (below) was the place to be.
“You didn’t need to go anywhere else. You used to have to walk sideways down the street just to walk by,” he said. CASEY STAFF / STAFF PHOTO
putting new
roof on ACA
Permanent relocation could In early spring, roofers will start
work on a capital improvement proj-
rekindle Washington Avenue ect at an organization that has
helped people of all races and colors,
and from all corners of the world,
By My-Ly Nguyen ON THE WEB begin pursuit of the
mnguyen@gannett.com American Dream.
» Read more about BAE’s relocation
on pressconnects.com/bae The American
ENDICOTT — Jeff Pilarcek Civic Association,
remembers when Washington » See an interactive BAE relocation
timeline with this story on which does every-
Avenue bustled. thing from teach
Thousands of workers from pressconnects.com immigrants Eng-
the expansive IBM Corp. cam- lish to help them
pus — steps away from Endi- back to open a bar. complete paper-
cott’s three-block long retail “You didn’t need to go any- work in their quest
hub — used to crowd the where else,” he said. “You used for citizenship,
streets from dawn to dusk, to have to walk sideways down has raised the re- CALVIN
dining at the luncheonettes, the street just to walk by.”
buying jewelry and conduct- Pilcarek is among a group of
maining money it
needed for a new
STOVALL
ing their daily business. believers. They envision a roof on its building Executive
“I was born here, raised Washington Avenue that can on Front Street in Editor
here, when Washington Av- regain some of its lost luster, Binghamton.
enue was the place to be,” pinning their hopes that the The idea for the project stemmed
said Pilarcek, a Union-Endi- recently relocated 1,300 BAE from Press & Sun-Bulletin staffers’
cott High School graduate who Systems workers will remain conversation with ACA Executive
grew up three blocks away at the nearby Huron Campus. Director Andrew Baranoski about
from the Avenue, moved to While the influx of BAE
Boston for college and came See BAE Page 10A See STOVALL Page 10A
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