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WCDO NEWS TUESDAY 9-12-17

wcdonews — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:14:06 +0000

Primary Elections are being held in some local towns today. Polls will be open from until 9:00 PM Tonight, with primary races locally in Delaware County in Andes, Walton & Hancock, in Chenango County has in Afton, North Norwich, Norwich, Plymouth, Sherburne & Smyrna & in Otsego County in the towns of Butternuts, Hartwick, Middlefield, Morris & Richfield. Anyone with an issue at their polling place can call the Attorney General’s office hotline toll free at 800-771-7755 or email civil.rights@ag.ny.gov through 9:00 PM.
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First responders who served after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks now have unlimited sick leave benefits. Governor Cuomo signed a bill Monday allowing any sick 9/11 first responder from anywhere in the state to take as many sick days as needed, they are eligible for sick leave at 100 percent of their regular salary dating back to the time of their diagnosis.
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The murder trial of Casey Callahan of Norwich is underway in Otsego County Court; He is accused of murdering his wife Elizabeth 17 years ago in Pennsylvania by running her over. Callahan the trial is being held in Otsego County, as it is believed that Callahan had planned to commit the murder there. Callahan is serving a 12-½ year sentence on a criminal sexual act conviction from 4 years ago.
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State Senator Jim Seward and Assemblyman Cliff Crouch called on Governor Cuomo to take action to support Village of Sidney residents waiting for completion of a flood buy-out program related to Hurricane Irene in 2011. Homeowners in Sidney have contacted both Senator Seward and Assemblyman Crouch to express concern over duplicative paperwork requirements and the long wait period in regard to a federally funded home buyout program that is being administered by New York State agencies. In the letter, Seward & Crouch requested that Cuomo appoint a task force or leader to coordinate the state’s efforts, cut red tape, and bring it to a quick conclusion for Sidney Village homeowners.
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State Police arrested 27 year old Jessica Cambier of Bainbridge for DWI and other traffic violations, after a traffic stop for speeding on State Route 205 in the town of Oneonta. Cambier was given tickets returnable to the town of Oneonta court on September 19th.
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Attorney General Eric Schneiderman warned New Yorkers to remain vigilant against possible hacking and phishing attempts by cyber-criminals following the Equifax data breach. Equifax is 1 of the nation’s 3 major credit-reporting agencies; they experienced a massive breach affecting 143 million Americans and over 8 million New Yorkers. Hackers accessed names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers. Approximately 209,000 individuals had their credit card numbers stolen. New Yorkers should be on the lookout for Phishing emails that claim to be from Equifax where you can check if your data was compromised; Phishing emails that claim there is a problem with a credit card, your credit record, or other personal financial information; Calls from scammers that claim they are from your bank or credit union or Fraudulent charges on any credit card.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 44-year-old Robert Owens of Montague, New Jersey with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle, following a traffic stop in the Village of Walton. A check of his driving privileges indicated that Owens license was suspended. He was arraigned at the Village of Walton Court and released upon his own recognizance, scheduled to appear before the same court at a later date for further proceedings.
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The Unadilla Chamber of Commerce will have a regular meeting on Today at 5:30 pm at The Meeting Place, 187 Main Street, Unadilla. All directors and members are urged to attend.

WCDO NEWS MONDAY 9-11-17

wcdonews — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:11:11 +0000

Governor Cuomo today announced that 10 UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters and 55 Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade have deployed to Florida to assist in the response to Hurricane Irma today. In addition, Airmen from the 105th Airlift Wing deployed a satellite communications with 7 personnel teams on Sunday, to Mississippi as part of the Hurricane Irma response and support to the Florida National Guard. The Joint Incident Site Communications Capability allows the Airmen to rapidly set up Internet and other communications capabilities during disasters.
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The Broome County Sheriff’s office responded to the intersection of Old State Road and Bevier Street in the Town of Kirkwood for a motor vehicle accident. Deputies located the driver, 67-year-old Daniel Clune of Harpursville. Clune was charged with driving while intoxicated as well as driving with a blood alcohol above .08%, he faces court action shortly.
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Tomorrow is Primary Election Day, with a handful of races locally. Polls will be open from 12:00 Noon to 9:00 PM Tuesday, in Delaware county, Party Primary races will be held in the towns of Andes, Walton & Hancock, Chenango County has Primary elections in Afton, North Norwich, Norwich, Plymouth, Sherburne & Smyrna. Otsego County has Primary races in the towns of Butternuts, Hartwick, Middlefield, Morris & Richfield.
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Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reminded voters that his office has created a hotline to help troubleshoot and resolve a range of issues and barriers encountered by voters at the polls during the primary election on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. The Attorney General urges voters experiencing problems or issues at the polls to call the office’s hotline at 800-771-7755 or email civil.rights@ag.ny.gov at any time between 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM on Tuesday. The hotline will be staffed by attorneys and staff in the office’s Civil Rights Bureau.
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Delaware County Sheriff Deputies arrested 39-year-old Chad Guthrie of Brewerton for DWI, after Guthrie was observed traveling at a high rate of speed on State Highway 10 in the Town of Walton. Guthrie was arrested & was processed and released with an appearance ticket for a later date in the Town of Walton Court.
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Governor Cuomo participated in a September 11th Commemoration Ceremony this morning in New York City. Cuomo will joined more than 500 motorcycle riders in the 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride, Groups of riders traveled from Albany, Ulster and Long Island for a ceremonial ride to the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan earlier today.
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State Police arrested 47-year-old Leslie Brewer of Oxford for 3rd Degree Assault and Endangering the Welfare of a Child & Trespass. The arrest occurred after Troopers were advised of an incident that occurred outside a home in the Town of McDonough, Brewer allegedly threatened a man who was outside with his young child & struck another person in the face causing physical injury. Brewer was located by the Norwich Police; He was arraigned and remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $1,000 cash bail or $2,000 property bond.
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Chenango County Sheriff’s Department arrested 37-year-old Eric Carpenter of Plymouth for Harassment for allegedly subjecting 2 victims to physical contact during a Domestic Dispute in the Town of Plymouth. Carpenter was arraigned in the Town of Norwich Court and was remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on bail pending future court action.
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Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Town of Sherburne Man for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance and Promoting Prison Contraband. 40-year-old Nathan Jackson is accused of possessing heroin while being detained in the Chenango County Jail; Jackson was sent back to the jail and is scheduled to appear in Norwich Court at a later date.
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Governor Cuomo is warning New Yorkers to be extra careful when buying used cars in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Cuomo suggests checking the VIN number on any used car to make sure it hasn’t been damaged by flooding. Hurricane Katrina and Super Storm Sandy damaged nearly half-million vehicles combined; early estimates suggest that Harvey may double that number. The VIN report allows consumers to find out if a vehicle has been reported as salvaged or stolen. Checking a car’s VIN is free at dmv.ny.gov/registration/flood-or-stolen-cars
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WCDO NEWS MONDAY 5-2-16

wcdonews — Mon, 02 May 2016 19:19:49 +0000

Fire fighters from several area fire department responded to the report of a structure fire at a garage near Center Street in Oneonta, at about 4:30 this morning. Fire fighters were attempting to keep the garage fire from spreading to nearby structures, Oneonta fire fighters were assisted by fire departments from Otego, West Oneonta, Worcester, Franklin & Sidney. All fire fighters were dismissed at around 8:30 this morning, no injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate “spying billboards”. Schumer’s office reports that the billboards are being used to collect data from any mobile device that passes by them. Schumer said that companies want to use this technology to track peoples travel patterns and behaviors through location services on their cell phones, Schumer is pushing to allow consumers to be able to opt-out of the tracking program and to be notified if this new technology is tracking them.
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On Saturday, Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 23-year-old William Caiati of Walton, for unlawful imprisonment, Petty larceny, harassment and aggravated harassment following a report of a Domestic incident in the Town of Tompkins. Caiati was arraigned and was remanded to the Delaware County Jail in lieu of $1000 bail.
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Plans are continuing to move forward to move childbirths from fox hospital to the Bassett birthing center in Cooperstown, as well as any other services that may be shifted around between fox & Bassett since their agreements began to be forged. Fox CEO Jeff Joyner comments:

(Jeff Joyner 5-2-16)

Joyner said that childbirths are way down at fox rapidly, while the Bassett birthing center has continued to see an increase, fox & Basset transition teams will continue to look at the numbers & see which services best fit each location.
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There are some changes to some of the races at the General Clinton canoe regatta this year. Regatta Chairman John Harmon explains:

(John Harmon 5-2-16)

Harmon said that the final meeting of the Clinton Canoe regatta committees, prior to the Memorial Day Weekend, would meet tomorrow night in Bainbridge.

Whitney Point school district will be closed today, following vandalism to 19 busses and the bus garage over the weekend. District officials announced that school is closed as there are not enough vehicles to collect the students this morning, the busses will be checked & out repaired today, surrounding district have offered to loan Whitney Point busses for Tuesday’s commute, officials hope to have classes open again Tuesday, & the state police are investigating.
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The Chenango County Sheriff’s Department arrested 19-year-old David Gavett following traffic stop in North Norwich, where Gavett was pulled over after being observed driving at a speed of 72 mph in a 55 mph zone. Gavett failed to pull over, and attempted to drive off, he was stopped & was found to be possessing alcoholic beverages while being under the age of 21, plus Gavett’s motor vehicle had no valid insurance and was not legal to be driven on the road. Gavett was charged with Obstruction of Governmental Administration, Resisting arrest, & several traffic offenses, he was arraigned in the Town of North Norwich Court and remanded to the custody of The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office in lieu of $1,000 cash bail to reappear at a later date.
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State arrested 60-year-old Virginia Reichhold of Oneonta for 2nd degree Grand larceny, after troopers received a report of fraud. Trooper accuse Reichhold of fraudulently opening new credit card accounts under another name and illegally charging over $70,000, in November 2014 through October 2015. Reichhold was arraigned in the Town of Richfield court and was remanded to the Otsego County jail in lieu of $2,000 cash bail or $4,000 property bond.
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State Police arrested 24-year-old Andrew Kaiser of Norwich for aggravated DWI, with a B.A.C. result of .19%. This arrest resulted from a traffic stop when Kaiser was seen driving with an inadequate muffler while on State Route 320, in the Town of Norwich. An investigation determined that he was driving while intoxicated. Kaiser was issued tickets returnable to the Town of Norwich court on May 19th.
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The State DOT today announced that debris clean up will be performed today and Tuesday,from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, on the right lane on State Route 17 westbound between the Route 17/Interstate 81 interchange and Exit 72 Prospect Street, that section will be closed. The left lane on Interstate 81 southbound to Route 17 westbound between the I-81/Route 17 Interchange and Exit 72 Prospect Street, will also be closed. All work will be performed weather permitting.
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The city of Oneonta will be sweeping all 3 levels of the parking garage tonight at 10:00 pm until Tuesday morning at 11:00 AM. The parking garage will be closed at that time, all other city lots plus the Clarion Hotel lot may be used. More information is available at 432-6465.
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There will be a Red Cross blood drive at Tri-Town Regional Hospital conference room, Sidney on Monday, 5/2. Donation time will be between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. You may make an appointment at RedCrossBlood.org, or by calling 1-800-RedCross. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. There currently is an urgent need for donations, please come out and make a donation.

P.M. NEWS MONDAY 5-4-15

wcdonews — Tue, 05 May 2015 16:45:11 +0000

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam turned themselves into federal authorities today following a federal investigation. Dean Skelos has been arrested on a 6-count indictment charging him with extortion & conspiracy; he becomes the latest high-ranking New York Lawmaker facing charges, the most recent being his former assembly counterpart Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges. Skelos has not yet given up his position as Senate leader. Deputy Senate Leader Tom Libous of Binghamton is currently recuperating from back surgery in Florida, he is also facing charges for allegedly lying to FBI Investigators regarding a position his son received at a Westchester law firm.
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Jury deliberations continued again today in Schoharie County Court, in the 3rd Cal Harris murder trial. The latest trial lasted over 11 weeks, it had been moved to Schoharie County after 2 convictions in Harris’ home county court in Tioga County, where the September 2001 Murder of Michelle Harris allegedly took place. Both previous convictions were overturned on appeal.
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State Police responded to a Broome County 911 report of a fatal motor vehicle accident involving 2 race vehicles on the dirt track at the Broome Tioga Raceway in the Town of Lisle. The investigation determined that 38-year-old Michael Smith of Owego, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer when he lost control of his vehicle on a turn and rolled over coming to rest on the driver’s side. His vehicle was then struck by approaching racer 35 year old Mitchell Quail of Richfield, who was unable to avoid a collision. Smith suffered a head injury from the collision and was transported to Wilson Memorial Hospital were he died. An autopsy is pending; Mitchell Quail was not injured in the collision. The investigation is ongoing.
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Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride has announced his campaign for re-election in the 2015 election cycle. McBride has served 16 years as District Attorney, he was first elected DA in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2011.
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Oneonta city officials announced water system work that will begin tomorrow. Between 8:00 AM and 1:00 PM, the Oneonta Department of Public Service will be repairing a water valve on River Street, there will be a temporary water outage for users between Gilbert & Van Woert, water could be cloudy for a brief period after the work if completed, but it should clear up after a short time. Those with questions can call 432-6465.
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Temporary weight restrictions implemented in March on several Delaware county roads have been lifted, according to the Delaware county department of pubic works. County routes that have had the restrictions removed were routes 7, 10, 16, 20, 23,26 35 & 67.
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Hunters harvested approximately 238,670 deer during the 2014-15 hunting seasons, slightly less than the statewide take the previous year, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The estimated take included 130,068 antlerless deer and 108,604 adult bucks. Regionally, hunters in the Southern Zone took 206,106 deer.
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The 25th annual Ed Wessels Canoe Race will be held this Saturday, starting at the Otego Boat Launch. Spokesman Ed Curley explains:

(Ed Curley 5-4-15)

Curley said that the race is considered a key tune up for the Pro racers prior to the General Clinton Canoe Regatta on Memorial Day weekend.

P.M. NEWS FRIDAY 4-17-15

wcdonews — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:46:06 +0000

State Police have released information in a fatal Otsego County motor vehicle accident that occurred yesterday on US Route 20 in the town of Richfield. 20 year old Kaitlin Mercier of Huntington, Massachusetts was pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident. 22-year-old Amanda Conley of Brattleboro Vermont was a passenger in the vehicle; she was taken to Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown with a broken right leg and bruises. The investigation is continuing, the results of an autopsy are expected shortly.
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State Police arrested a Broome county man after uncovering another meth lab in Endwell today. 21-year-old Dakota Askew is charged with unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine. State Police executed a no-knock search warrant at Askew’s home at 38 North Avenue B in Endwell, chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine were located & removed, Askew was
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Governor Cuomo has been seeking a new way to evaluate teachers the last 2 years, by tying test scores to teacher effectiveness. Area Assemblyman Cliff Crouch said that this whole controversy about evaluating teachers was unnecessary:

(Crouch 4-17-15)

Governor Cuomo said earlier this year that the students were passing state tests at a 40 percent rate, but the teacher evaluation was at 98%, he contended that those numbers don’t add up, the state’s teachers union disagrees.
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The Norwich Dollars For Scholars 5K Event will be held tomorrow at the Norwich High School Track, on Midland Drive. The event will begin at 10:00 AM, Prizes, water and snacks will be provided. more information is available at 334-5653 extension 3
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The Sidney Federal Credit Union is offering free paper shredding services at their Sidney headquarters on Saturday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Those who would like to shred any unwanted papers, documents, junk mail cancelled checks or similar paper items can bring those in to have them destroyed. The service is for any interested area resident, it will be held at the 42 Union Street SFCU only.
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The Chenango United Way is seeking donations to create a locally based Chenango County board game. This game will be similar to Monopoly and will highlight businesses and nonprofits across the county. 500 of the games will be produced by the Chenango United Way and sold at local events. Interested business can get more information at 334-8815.
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A.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 11-12-14

wcdonews — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 19:00:49 +0000

State Police arrested 3 people for manufacture and possession of methamphetamine after a search of a Johnson City residence lead to the discovery of a meth lab. Police arrested 22 year old Joshua Diaz 20 year old Desiree Buckley & 16 year old Stanley Conklin, all from Johnson City, with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance; Unlawful Manufacture of Methamphetamines, and other charges related to the possession and use of a controlled substance. All three subjects arraigned in the Village of Johnson City Court and remanded to the Broome County Jail.
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Otsego County will host four public forums between November and February where farmers can speak directly to the Otsego County Farmland Protection Plan Committee regarding the 2014 update to the Otsego County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan. The 1st forum will be tonight at 6:30 at the Burlington Baptist Church, 2225 St Hwy 80, Burlington, other meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, December 17 at the Otego Town Building, Wednesday, January 14 at the Richfield Community Center, and Wednesday February 18 at the Town of Worcester Town Building. RSVP’s are requested at 547-8337 extension 4.
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