State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico announced that Service arrangements for Trooper David Cunniff have been set for today and tomorrow. Calling hours will be today from 3:00 to 8:00 PM at the Grace Fellowship Church in Watervliet, the Funeral Service will be tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM, also at the Grace Fellowship Church in Watervliet. Trooper Cunniff died from injuries sustained while conducting a traffic stop on the Thruway Monday night in Amsterdam.
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State troopers of Sidney, Oneonta and Richfield Springs conducted an Underage Drinker Initiative detail, checking 8 convenient stores in Otsego County, the City of Oneonta, and in the towns of Oneonta, Otsego, Hartwick and Otego. All 8 stores were in full compliance with all State laws, they were Hess Express, Main Street in the City of Oneonta, all Mirabito Quickways, in the Towns of Hartwick, Oneonta & West Oneonta, the Pit Stop in Cooperstown, Taylor’s Mini Mart in the Town of Laurens, & Sunoco in the Town of Otego.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 28-year-old Amber Armstrong of Walton for 2nd degree Harassment & on an arrest warrant from the Walton Village Court for 2nd degree Coercion. The charges stem from an incident with a male acquaintance in the Town of Walton. Armstrong will appear in Walton Town Court at a later date.
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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced his office completed an audit of the Village of Deposit. The audit found that the village board did not effectively oversee and monitor their financial operations. The board did not have accurate information for their financial decisions and did not adopt reasonable budgets for the general, water and sewer funds. The report also said that the board cannot be sure that only authorized disbursements were made, that all moneys received were properly deposited, or that all transactions were properly recorded and reported.
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New York State’s unemployment rate decreased from 7.7% to 7.4% in November, the lowest level since January 2009, according to the preliminary figures released today by the State Department of Labor. the state’s economy added 4,300 private sector jobs, to a record high of almost 7.5 million.
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Governor Cuomo signed a law to increase state oversight of special education programs for preschoolers with disabilities. The law authorizes the state comptroller to audit all of the independently run programs at least once in the next 5 years. It establishes new reporting requirements for committees that place children in programs and for providers. Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says fraud in the $1.3 billion program has cost taxpayers millions of dollars while depriving children of needed help.
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It took just a fraction of New York voters to approve private casinos in the state. About 14.3 percent of the state’s 11 million registered voters cast a ballot in favor of the Nov. 5 casino referendum, according to the state Board of Elections. Nearly 1.19 million New Yorkers voted against it, or about 10.8 percent of the total electorate. More than 512,000 ballots left the casino section blank or void. The casino referendum, which allows the state to permit up to seven private casinos, was the first of six proposals on the back of all the ballots and received the most total votes
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The American Red Cross of the Southern Tier will host a Babysitters Training Class for youth ages 11 to 15 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM this Saturday, at the Red Cross office at 620 East Main Street in Endicott. The cost of the class is $75, which includes a certificate from the American Red Cross, handbook and CD ROM. Space is limited and advanced registration is required at 1-800-733-2767, or at redcross.org.
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The group is also pushing for rebates on sales tax already paid on such purchases.
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Governor Cuomo announced that the Department of Health would issue proposed regulations to ensure that the unique needs of pediatric patients are respected by requiring that hospitals communicate critical test results in plain language to parents before a child is discharged from the hospital. The regulations also require hospitals to post a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” letting parents and patients know of the important protections provided by these regulations.
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Chenango County Sheriff Office arrested 27-year-old JoVonne Woolever of Sherburne for criminal possession of a controlled substance. Woolever was charged as deputies were investigating a domestic dispute it was found that Woolever was in possession of prescription pills that she did not have a prescription for, she was taken into custody without incident, processed and released on an appearance ticket to appear at a later date.
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State Senator Jim Seward has received his senate committee assignments. Seward will once again chair the senate insurance committee, and will serve on the senate committees for agriculture, Education, finance, Health, Higher education, Mental Health and Rules.
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Springbrook announced that they would be building community homes in the village of Sidney this spring. Springbrook CEO Patricia Kennedy and her staff hosted an event at Angus & Ale this afternoon about the project:
(Patricia Kennedy 1-30-13)
The 2 new community homes will be located in the Sherwood Heights section of Sidney on Johnson Circle & Bird Avenue; Kennedy said that they should be open this summer.
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Governor Cuomo today announced that more than 280 groups across the state have signed on to support the Women’s Equality Agenda. New Yorkers can go to NY4Women.com to sign up to support the 10-point plan, calling for Pay Equity, Stopping Sexual Harassment in All Workplaces, Allow for the Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in Employment and Credit and Lending Cases, Strengthen Human Trafficking Laws, End Family Status Discrimination, Stop Source-of-Income Discrimination, Stop Housing Discrimination for Victims of Domestic Violence, Stop Pregnancy Discrimination, Strengthening Order-of-Protection Laws & Protecting a Woman’s Freedom of Choice.
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The Chenango county sheriffs department arrested 20-year-old Mark Neubauer of Greene for Unlawful Possession of Marihuana. Neubauer was charged following a traffic stop in the Town of Oxford where he was found to be in possession of marihuana. Neubauer was given an appearance ticket for a later date in the Town of Oxford Court.
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