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Springbrook will host a career fair today from 3:00 to 7:00 pm at their community offices located at 5588 State Route 7 in Oneonta.  Recruitment Specialist Nate Furman told WCDO News about the positions available:

(Nate Furman 8-21-13)

Springbrook currently provides at-home care, residential and educational services, day services, and clinical, therapeutic, and behavioral supports to over 850 people with developmental disabilities & they employ over 1,100 employees.  More information is available at springbrookny.org or at 286-7171.

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A two-car crash in Otsego County has left one man dead and sent two others to a hospital. At around 10:50 on Monday night, crews responded to the scene on County Route 22.  State Police said George Dahrough, 52, was traveling westbound when his 1994 Ford crossed into the eastbound lane.  He struck a 1990 Toyota driven by Jesse Snyder, 62, of Richfield Springs.  Crews declared passenger Cole Snyder, 36, dead at the scene.  Paramedics took Jesse Snyder to a nearby hospital in an ambulance and listed him in critical condition.  They also took Dahrough to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries.  Police said the crash remains under investigation.

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A car drove into the M&T Bank on Upper Front Street Binghamton at around 11:10 a.m. Tuesday.  New York State Police and the Chenango Fire Department responded to the scene.  Paula Hamilton, 90, of Harpursville, hit the accelerator when she meant to hit the brake.  Her silver Honda drove through a handicapped space in the front of the building, knocked over a sign and drove through the front window.  Hamilton was taken to Lourdes hospital for precautionary measures.  No one else was injured.

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A Johnson City man has been indicted in connection with the murder of his neighbor in Broome County Court.  Christopher T. Davis, 43, faces charges of murder in the first degree, two counts of murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree.  Police responded to a 911 call for 36 Brown St. in Johnson City July 8th.  There, they found 50-year-old Patricia LaCaprara dead in her home as a result of traumatic head injuries.

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Elaine Sortino, a 1971 graduate of SUNY Oneonta and a member of the college’s athletics Hall of Fame, succumbed to a lengthy battle with cancer Sunday.  Sortino, who was entering her 35th season as the head softball coach at the University of Massachusetts, was 64 years old.

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The City of Norwich will be closing some streets for paving over the next few days.  Today, Rexford St. will be closed from the railroad tracks to Silver St. and Pleasant St. will be closed from North Broad to King Street.  On Thursday Cole Drive will be closed. No traffic will be permitted on any of the closed streets for the better part of the day.

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Three stabbings sent three people to the hospital Saturday morning and police are saying that all of the cases are related.  Around 10 a.m. on Saturday in Johnson City, police arrested Abdoul Balume, 30, of Syracuse. He is charged with assault. Police said at approximately 12:30 a.m., a person who had been stabbed walked into UHS Binghamton General Hospital. The victim has since had surgery.  Two hours later, police responded to 14 Doubleday St. in Binghamton where two more stabbing victims were found. They were taken to Wilson Hospital in Johnson City where both victims had surgery.  The case remains under investigation.

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A woman from Virginia has filed a lawsuit over the helicopter crash that killed her three-year-old son and four other people in Pennsylvania in July.  Crystal McKain is suing Hampton Road Charter Service in a wrongful death lawsuit. She said they negligently and recklessly allowed David Jenny to fly, even though he was not fully trained.  According to federal investigators, Jenny was not certified to fly instrument only flights. They also said he did not receive a weather briefing before taking off from Endicott.  Carl Robert, the boy’s father, was also killed in the crash. McKain is suing for more than $550,000 in damages.

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President Barack Obama will visit Binghamton University Friday, Aug. 23, as part of an upstate swing to talk about affordable higher education for the middle class.  On Thursday August 22 and Friday August 23, the President will travel through New York and Pennsylvania on a two-day bus tour.  On Thursday, the President will deliver remarks at the University at Buffalo, and Henninger High School in Syracuse.  On Friday, the President will participate in a town hall event at Binghamton University, and will deliver remarks at an event at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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The Delaware County Department of Public Works has closed County Route 20 in the town of Masonville until Friday, August 23rd to replace a large culvert.  Work is expected to be completed by 3pm on Friday the 23rd.

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Governor Cuomo continued to say that there is no timetable for a decision on the return of Hydrofracking to New York State.  State Senator Tom Libous of Binghamton told WCDO News that a decision has to be made soon, after 5 years of waiting:

(Libous 8-15-13)

Currently, the decision of Hydrofracking rests with the findings of the state Health Department.  A gas-drilling moratorium has been in effect for almost 5 years, hydrofracking started in Western New York in 1979.