(Cliff Crouch 1-24-18)

The Assembly Minority Conference will introduce a package of bills this session to address the issues facing victims of domestic violence and their families.
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State Senator Fred Akshar will continue with his “Akshar’s All-Stars” student recognition program Thursday at the Greene High School as well as the Union-Endicott High School & the Owego Free Academy. Each month, Senator Akshar recognizes three or four local students selected by their school districts in the 52nd Senate District who have shown great leadership, compassion, & school spirit. Akshar will appear at the Greene High School at 12:15PM Thursday.
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The Tri-Town Coalition On Substance Abuse Prevention will hold their next meeting at the Sidney High School Library on Wednesday, January 31st from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Topics of discussion will be the “Truth Pharm” Parental Education Program, a Review of the “Chasing the Dragon” documentary & planning for the 2018 year.
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Magic City Productions announced today that Daughtry will play at the Broome County Forum on March 30th at 8:00 PM. Tickets will g o on sale on Friday morning at 10:00 AM at the Arena Box office, ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.
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The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office has completed its investigation of Monday’s fatal fire at 553 German Hollow Road in the Town of Plymouth. Investigators have determined the fire started in the area of a wood stove being used to heat the residence. It was also determined from autopsies that Debbie Pfeiffer, Amber Morrow and Benjamin Pfeiffer all died from smoke inhalation.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 22 year old Nicholas Corrao of Stamford on 1 count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child following a report of child abuse in the village of Stamford. Deputies allege that Corrao acted in a manner which was injurious to the mental and moral welfare of a child less than 17 years of age. Corrao was issued an appearance ticket and is scheduled to reappear at the Town of Stamford court at a later date.
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The State Labor Department released local unemployment rates for the month of December. Locally, Chenango County was up to 5.8%, Delaware County had 5.7% unemployment & Otsego County had 5.2% unemployment, the state rate was at 4.4% for December.
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The Unatego School District Board of Education is holding a special vote today from 12:00 noon to 8:00 PM, in the Unatego Middle/High School building in Wells Bridge. Eligible voters in the Unatego district will vote on the leasing of 3 large and 1 small passenger school buses.
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Governor Cuomo today announced that New York residents and visitors may fish for free without a fishing license in any of the state’s 7,500 lakes and ponds or 50,000 miles of rivers and streams during the weekend of June 28-29 or at any of the free fishing events to be held throughout the state this summer. Saltwater anglers may also fish in marine waters or for migratory marine fish species without enrolling in the Recreational Marine Fishing Registry from June 28-29.

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Graduation ceremonies will begin tonight for high school seniors in the WCDO listening area. Tonight’s ceremonies begin at 6:30 for Charlotte Valley & Winsdor High School seniors, 7:00 PM graduations exercises will be held for seniors in Afton, Unatego, Franklin, Deposit, Laurens, Milford & Morris.

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Governor Cuomo today announced that New York residents and visitors may fish for free without a fishing license in any of the state’s 7,500 lakes and ponds or 50,000 miles of rivers and streams during the weekend of June 28-29 or at any of the free fishing events to be held throughout the state this summer. Saltwater anglers may also fish in marine waters or for migratory marine fish species without enrolling in the Recreational Marine Fishing Registry from June 28-29.

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Family Planning of South Central New York, Inc. will mark National HIV Testing Day by offering free confidential rapid HIV testing and counseling on Friday, June 27^th from 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. at their health centers located at 117 Hawley Street, Binghamton, 5 Cortland Street, Norwich or 37 Dietz Street, Oneonta. The rapid HIV test is a painless finger prick for a drop of blood. Results are ready in 20 minutes.   more information is available at fpscny.org or 723-8306.

, Inc. will mark National HIV Testing Day by offering free confidential rapid HIV testing and counseling on Friday, June 27^th from 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. at their health centers located at 117 Hawley Street, Binghamton, 5 Cortland Street, Norwich or 37 Dietz Street, Oneonta.  The rapid HIV test is a painless finger prick for a drop of blood. Results are ready in 20 minutes.   more information is available at fpscny.org or 723-8306.

High graduation ceremonies will be held in the tri county area today through Sunday.  Commencement exercises begin tonight in the Windsor district at 6:30 PM, followed by the Afton graduation at 7:00 PM in the gymnasium, Franklin at 7:00 PM in the High School auditorium, in the Unatego at 7:00 pm at the High School Football field or the gymnasium if the weather turns.  Also holding 7:00 PM commencement exercises, the Laurens, Milford, Morris & Deposit school districts.

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The House of Representatives voted against a new 5-year farm bill with a vote of 195 in favor and 234 opposed.  Area congressman Chris Gibson voted in favor of the bill, which would have helped upstate dairy farmers meet the growing demand for liquid 1 milk by the growing yogurt industry, it also called for increased funding to combat Lyme disease.  It’s the 2^nd straight year that Congress has failed to get a farm bill passed; agriculture is New York State’s top industry.

School district budget votes will be held tomorrow throughout the state, with many of the districts also voting on school board seats.  Most of the area school district are proposing budgets that come in at or under the state’s 2% tax cap. Locally, Afton, Charlotte Valley, Edmeston, Franklin, Laurens, Milford, Norwich, Oxford Unadilla Valley, Unatego & Walton are asking residents to pass budgets with total spending  more than 2% above last year.

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State Police in Deposit arrested 21-year-old Onif Chamberlain of The Bronx, for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. Also arrested was 20-year-old Gregory Ewer of The Bronx for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. The arrests resulted from a traffic stop on State Route 17 in Hancock; both subjects were issued Appearance Tickets returnable to the Village of Hancock Court on May 22^nd.

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State Police at Oneonta arrested 20-year-old John Rundblad Jr., of Worcester for Driving While Intoxicated with a BAC result of .13%. The arrest resulted from a traffic accident in Westford; Rundblad was issued tickets returnable to the Town of Westford Court on June 4^th.

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Police in Delhi & Walton are investigating alleged threats to the Delhi & Walton school districts Friday there was no actual incidents based on the Internet posted threats, both schools remained on lockdown, and police presence was beefed up at dismissal times. Franklin also went on lockdown for a short period at dismissal time, to insure the students’ safety, even though they were not mentioned specifically in the Internet threats.  The investigations are continuing.

(Debbie Bowers 5-20-13)

Bands scheduled to perform include Woodshed Prophets, The Beadle Brothers, and The Jason Wicks Band & Cassidy Lynn.

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The Women’s Fund, of the Community Foundation for South Central New York, is accepting grant proposals for amounts of $1,000 to $4,000 from qualified organizations in Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego and Tioga counties. Funding is available for projects or programs to improve the well being of women and/or girls throughout their lives.   The Deadline is Wednesday, July 10^th by 4:00 PM, in Foundation offices; application guidelines are available at donorswhocare.org.  More information is available at 772-6773.

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