State Senate & Assembly Republicans have forwarded legislation to tighten up the restrictions on prison inmates, following the Richard Matt & David Sweat escape from the Clinton Correctional facility. Area Assemblyman Pete Lopez comments: (Lopez 6-16-15) The “Prisoner Privileges Limitation … Continue reading
State Police arrested 20 year old Aubree Shoemaker of Nanticoke for Criminal Obstruction of Breathing, Endangering the Welfare of a Child and 2nd degree Harassment, after Troopers responded to a Broome County 911 report of a person punching, slapping & … Continue reading
The State Department of Health has completed its public health review of high-volume hydraulic fracturing and Acting Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker recommended that high-volume hydraulic fracturing should not move forward in New York State. Dr. Zucker announced his findings and … Continue reading
Following yesterday’s widespread internet outage that impacted more than 11 million customers at Time Warner, Governor Cuomo has directed the New York State Department of Public Service to investigate the outage as part of its review of Comcast’s proposed merger … Continue reading
The South New Berlin Fire Department responded to a house fire on State Highway 23, at around 4:00 this morning. Fire fighters from Morris, New Berlin, Norwich & Mount Upton assisted South New Berlin firefighters at the scene. Firefighters … Continue reading
The Amphenol Building Project in Sidney is progressing on schedule. Amphenol Project Manager Tom Czernicki explains: (Tom Czernicki 2-18-14) Czernicki said that they were able to get a roof on the new structure before the winter hit, so … Continue reading
The US House of Representatives have finally passed a Farm Bill, with a variety of protections, promotions and programs to keep agriculture going for another 5 years. Bradd Vickers of the Chenango County farm bureau said that the Food Labeling … Continue reading
The Joint Landowners Coalition continues to monitor the situation with the DEC & the state health department as the February 27th deadline approaches for the final draft regulations for hydrofracking. Coalition Attorney Scott Kurkoski told WCDO News that DEC Commissioner … Continue reading