(John Thompson 4-16-19)

Alicia Fish of Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care told WCDO News about some of their programs that will be supported by this fundraising concert:

(Alicia Fish 4-16-19)

More information about the show is available by calling 431-2080; tickets can be purchased at the Foothills Box Office or online at eventbrite.com.

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The Tioga County District Attorney’s Office has indicted 37 year old Lawrence Faucett of Ulster Pennsylvania, for failing to move over & crashing into a New York State DOT vehicle, which led to the death of DOT employee Dennis Howe.  Faucett pleaded not guilty to criminally negligent homicide for the March 13th crash.

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CDO Workforce announced that they will host a Job Fair at the Southside Mall in Oneonta on Wednesday May 22nd, from 1:00 to 3:30.  Local employers who would like to participate need to register by May 10th, by email to debra.bender@labor.ny.gov.

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The U.S. Census Bureau is now actively recruiting people to work on the 2020 Census.  The Bureau is looking to recruit thousands of employees to work in the communities where they live, for part-time or full-time positions.  No experience or educational requirement is necessary.  The website to apply is: 2020census.gov/jobs

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State Police responded to a tractor-trailer rollover accident on I-88 westbound in the town of Colesville, at about 9:15 this morning.  Troopers reported that the operator changed lanes and lost control of the vehicle; it eventually went into the median, overturned & went off the north shoulder.  The unidentified driver was ticketed for moving from a lane unsafely.

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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 30-Year-Old Kyle Alverson of Delhi for Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Blood Alcohol Content of .18% or more, DWI, Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Motor Vehicle Accident, Moving from Lane Unsafely, Inadequate Stop Lamps, and Failure to Notify DMV of an Address Change. The arrest was a result of an investigation of property damage automobile accident on County Highway 14.  Alverson was arraigned in the Town of Delhi Court and was remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $1,000 Cash Bail. 

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The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested 2 Cortland residents for burglaries committed in Chenango County.  Michael and Matthew Maricle are accused of committing multiple burglaries in the Towns of Pharsalia and Plymouth; they are accused of forcing their way into homes and stealing various items, including firearms.  Detectives recovered DNA at the scene; the Maricle brothers were arraigned in the Town of Oxford Court and are scheduled to return to court at a later date, more arrests are expected. 

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Governor Cuomo today announced that Taste NY sales increased to a record $17.8 million in 2018. Since its creation in 2013, the Taste NY initiative has seen steady growth from $1.5 million in in sales in 2014 to $17.8 million last year.

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State Police arrested 59 year old Edward Skillen of Milford for felony Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, after a trooper observed Skillen speeding in a school zone in the Milford School zone and initiated a traffic stop.  Skillen was processed and released on appearance tickets returnable to the town of Milford Court later today.

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State Police arrested Mallory Bufalini of Sherburne for DWI after Troopers checked on a disabled vehicle on State Highway 12 in the town of Sherburne.   After an investigation, Police accused Bufalini of driving her vehicle while impaired; she was released on appearance tickets to the town of Sherburne Court on April 25th. 

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(Alecia O’Neill 8-24-18)

Tickets for all of the shows will be on sale Monday at ChenangoArts.org, 336 ARTS or at the box office at 27 West Main Street in Norwich.
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State Troopers arrested 4 people after a vehicle was stopped for traffic violations on County Route 41 in Afton. After an investigation, the driver, 25 year old Priyank Raj of New Haven, CT was arrested for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Marihuana and several traffic violations. 3 passengers, 31 year old Michael Bueno of Cliffside Park, New Jersey 26 year old Watchaiapon Chiamsatchamongkho, of Massachusetts & 19 year old Jahennye Fortado of New York City were all arrested for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance and Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, for allegedly possessing marijuana and MDMA. All 4 were arraigned in the town of Afton Court and remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $2,500 cash or $7,000 bond, pending court action on August 27th, in the town of Afton Court.
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State Police arrested 35 year old Walter Lewis of Sanford for DWI, Criminal Mischief, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation and Harassment, after Troopers were dispatched to a domestic dispute in Sanford. Lewis is accused of aggressively grabbing a victim and causing bruising, while the victim was holding a child. The victim also told troopers he broke a tablet & took off in a vehicle. Troopers located Lewis on Sherman Creek Road, he was arraigned at the Broome County Central Arraignment where he was remanded to the Broome County Jail on bail.
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The Greater Afton Area Chamber of Commerce will host Afton Sidewalk Day tomorrow around the village of Afton. Melissa Matthews of 6ZERO7 Advertising Concepts of Afton explains:

(Melissa Matthews 8-24-18)

The event will take place from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. More information is available at aftonsidewalkday.com or (607) 208-4064.
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The Franklin Chamber Of Commerce presents “Old Franklin Day” will be held around the Village of Franklin Saturday, spokesperson Trish Tyrell explains:

(Trish Tyrell 8-24-18)

The full schedule is available at franklinny.org.
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The Sidney American Legion will be giving away school supplies to area children on Saturday. The giveaway will be held at the Legion Hall on Union Street Saturday from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.
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(Ray Pucci 5-22-18)

The Job and Resource Fair is hosted by DCMO BOCES in collaboration with CDO WorkForce Development, Delaware County Office for Employment and Training, more information is available at delawarecounty.org or 746-2281.
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The Chenango County DPW announced that they will close County Route 37 between County Road 36 & Keach Road in the town of Guilford, on Tuesday May 29th. Crews will be replacing a large culvert, which could take between 7 & 10 days to complete. Detours are suggested along Marble Road & Keach Road, more information is available at 337-1710.
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The General Clinton Canoe Regatta will have a full lineup of activities on Sunday, including the Regatta Music Festival, and the popular Regatta’s Got Talent, Regatta Chairman John Harmon explains:

(John Harmon 5-22-18)

Harmon also announced that the 3 on 3 soccer tournament scheduled for Sunday May 27 at the general Clinton canoe regatta has been cancelled.
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Nick Libous, the son of the late State Senator Tom Libous, announced his candidacy for the 122nd State Assembly Seat today. Libous currently resides in Deposit & is Vice President Wireless Construction Solutions in Binghamton; he is seeking the seat occupied by Republican Incumbent Assemblyman Cliff Crouch, who is seeking re-election for the seat he has held since 1995.
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Both major political parties will have their convention Wednesday & Thursday of this week. Democrats are holding theirs on Long Island, as actress Cynthia Nixon tries to push her way past incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is expected to be endorsed at the convention by Hillary Clinton. Republicans are holding their convention in New York City, where Marcus Molinaro appears to be unchallenged in his party for the gubernatorial nomination.
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A Chenango County Grand Jury indicted 39 year old Regina Donovan of Norwich for making a terrorist threat. Donovan is accused of making a threat against a Norwich Middle School employee on March 20th in response to the alleged bullying of her daughter at the Middle School.
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The City of Oneonta Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee meeting will be held tonight at City Hall. The workshop will be held in the 2nd floor Common Council Chambers to finalize the writing of the vision statement, the meeting begins at 7:00 PM & is open to the public.
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The Next Chenango County Free Rabies Clinic will be held this evening for dogs, cats & domesticated ferrets. The clinic will be held at the Columbus Town Garage on State Highway 80 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
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The Unatego Central School District announced that the will be soliciting proposals for repurposing the former Otego Elementary School. The community-based Repurposing Committee, & the Unatego Board of Education is inviting developers and others who are interested in purchasing the property, a Request for Proposals is available online at unatego.org or at 988-5038. The Property consists of a 47,800 square foot 2-story building and 4.8 acres of land.
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State Police conducted a traffic stop on I-88 in the town of Milford for a traffic violation. An investigation by Troopers and CNET resulted in the seizure of approximately 4 pounds of marihuana and approximately $3,500 cash. Troopers arrested Javice Lawrence, Ronnie Smith and Toshaun Guthrie of Albany for Criminal Possession of Marihuana, they were arraigned in the Town of Hartwick Court and remanded to the Otsego County Jail.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies, arrested 46 year old James Henderson of Walton, for Reckless Driving, Failure to keep right, moving unsafely from lane, and parking on pavement. Henderson is alleged to have not stopped his vehicle during Walton Police Department’s attempt to execute a traffic stop, after driving erratically, nearly colliding with 3 vehicles. Henderson was arraigned and was remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond,.
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State Senator Jim Seward joined officials from the Village of Cooperstown and the Friends of Doubleday Field to announce a $1 million state grant to help fund major renovations and improvements at Doubleday Field. The grant will fund a portion of a $5.8 million renovation project to Reconstruct the third base bleachers; build a multi-purpose building behind the third base bleachers with office space, press box, and public space for event rental; Pedestrian friendly entrance from Main Street, potential relocation of the Sandlot Kid statue closer to the grandstand area; Improvements to the field; & Americans With Disability Act accessibility improvements.
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Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care announced that ZZ Top will headline “The Upstate Food Truck Festival,” benefit for the hospice on August 25th at the 6th Ward Booster Club Field in Oneonta. Tickets will go sale at 9:00 AM Thursday at hospicetickets.com.

(Cliff Crouch 6-28-17)

In the last weeks of the legislative session, state lawmakers had to decide on what Crouch called “Home Rule” issues, like allowing for counties to continue to collect sales tax, in addition to the issue of New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio overseeing the City schools.
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The Catskill Area Hospice is holding their annual fundraising concert in Oneonta this evening. The headlining act will be Daughtry, with opening acts Brett Young & Night Ranger, at the 6th Ward Booster Club Field at Scramling Avenue off of River Street in Oneonta. Tickets for the 5:45 PM show are available at hospicetickets.com; proceeds will help the Catskill area Hospice, serving those with end of life issues.
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Chobani unveiled its 1st entry into non-Greek, classic yogurt today with Chobani Smooth. Chobani’s attempt to break into the traditional yogurt market, after making their Greek Style Yogurt the number 1 style since they opened their first plant in Chenango County ten years ago in New Berlin. Yogurt sales top $8 billion dollars a year currently in the US.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies & local EMT’s responded to a 1 car roll-over accident with entrapment, at approximately 2:00 PM Tuesday on State Highway 28 in the Town of Middletown. 78 year old Doris Hubar of Margaretville was extricated from the overturned vehicle & was transported to Margaretville Memorial Hospital and was transferred to Albany Medical Center for further treatment. Hubar may have experienced a medical emergency while driving, causing her to lose control & flip her vehicle after striking a tree. No tickets have been issued, the investigation is continuing.
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The Guernsey Library of Norwich will host a “Movies Under the Stars” event tonight with a showing of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” in conjunction with the Norwich Merchants Association. The movie will start at about 8:30 PM; movie goers are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs & blankets for tonight’s presentation.
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The Tri-Town Coalition On Substance Abuse Prevention meeting will be this evening at 6:00 pm in the Sidney Middle School Cafeteria-Gym. The agenda for the meeting will be action planning for the upcoming 2017/2018 coalition year. This meeting will be led by the Prevention Resource Center and the National Guard Counterdrug Task Force.
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Delaware County municipal leaders will listen to suggestions on ways in which they might be able to save money by sharing services or eliminating duplicated services at a public hearing today. The hearing will begin at 3:00 PM at the Delaware County Office Building on Main Street in Delhi. Delaware County Chamber staff will present cost-saving initiatives to those who have been tasked with presenting ideas to the Governor’s office. Governor Andrew Cuomo has encouraged municipalities to come up with ways to share services to save taxpayer dollars.
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The 75^th anniversary of the national baseball hall of fame is next year.  Hall of fame president Jeff Idelson told WCDO News about their plans:

(Jeff Idelson 11-20-13)

Idelson announced that some of the activities for the 75^th anniversary next year include the 6th annual Hall of Fame Classic on May 23rd through the 25th, the 75th Anniversary Birthday Celebration on June 12th through the 14th, the Hall of Fame Weekend will be on July 25th through the 28th, and a Concert on August 2nd at the Clark Sports Center, featuring a the Boston Pops and former big leaguer Bernie Williams, with more names to be announced early next year.

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The Oneonta Common Council approved a 2014 budget by a vote of 5 to 2. The $15.3 million dollar general fund budget for 2014 carries buy cipro 250 a tax levy increase of 1.57 percent. The council will hold a public hearing on the plan Monday at City Hall at 7 p.m. and will vote on adopting the budget December 3^rd.

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The Empire Energy Forum will hold the first event in a new “Women and Energy” series. The event will start with lunch and feature a discussion of hydraulic fracturing and natural gas development in New York State. More information on the forum and natural gas development is available at empireenergyforum.com.  The event runs from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm today, with Registration beginning at 11:30 am, at the Downtown Binghamton Holiday Inn.

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State Senator Jim Seward announced introduction of legislation he is sponsoring that will extend the emergency medical technician five-year recertification demonstration program. Senator Seward’s bill provides active volunteer emergency medical technicians EMT’s in certain counties with additional time to meet recertification requirements.

(Seward 5-29-13)

Seward said that if the bill is approved, it would extend the demonstration program until July 1st  2018. The program is limited to EMT’s who practice in the following counties: Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie an 5 other counties around the state.

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The local office of the Alzheimer’s Association is having a full day caregiver’s conference in Oneonta, sponsored by Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care on Wednesday, June 12th at the Holiday Inn in Oneonta.   Those interested must RSVP before June 7th at 547-1650.  A Walk to support the programs and services is scheduled in Otsego, Delaware & Schoharie Counties on June 15.  Money raised stays local to serve local families.

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The Sidney Federal Credit Union Delhi branch official ribbon cutting was held this afternoon.  The new branch is a state of the art facility according to SFCU President & CEO Jim Doig:

(Jim Doig 5-29-13)

The Delhi branch is located at 5 main street in Delhi, it is the 9th branch location of SFCU.

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Governor Cuomo today announced a complete review of the State’s electric regulations and policies to support the expansion of New York’s market for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The review and the removal of regulatory barriers supports the Governor’s Charge NY initiative to create a statewide network of up to 3,000 public and workplace charging stations over the next five years and to put up to 40,000 plug-in vehicles on the road by 2018 and one million in 2025.

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Molly Youngs of Sidney was knocked out of the Scripps national spelling bee this morning in Washington DC.  Molly went out in Round 2 on ‘apparatchik’, she will remain in Washington for the remainder of the competition as a spectator.

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The Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 29th Annual Food & Fitness Conference will be held at the Foxcare Center Conference Room in Oneonta on Monday, June 17th from 2:00 to 4:30 pm. A presentation of the School Breakfast Program Changes is the topic, with a representative from the State Education Department Child Nutrition Program discussing the issue.  The Registration deadline is June 12, online at www.delawarecountyhealthalliance.org or nc225@cornell.edu or at 865-6531.