State Police issued a total of 16,690 tickets statewide during the Halloween enforcement campaign. Troopers arrested 266 people for DWI, investigated 1,778 accidents with 251 injuries & 3 fatalities. Troopers also wrote over 5700 tickets for Speeding, 448 for Distracted Driving, 475 for Seatbelt violations & 193 for the Move Over Law. During last year’s Halloween enforcement campaign, the State Police issued 9,057 total tickets and arrested 248 people for DWI.
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Law enforcement agencies from Yates County to the Capital District are looking for 71 year old Franklin Herman of Jerusalem, who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease & Diabetes. Herman is described as a white male, 5’6″ about 150 pounds, he is bald & has blues eyes & wears glasses, he is driving a blue GMC Sierra Pick up with New York License number 9093JY, he was last seen this morning in Cohoes at about 9:40 AM. Anyone with information is asked to call local law enforcement or the Yates County Sheriff’s department at 315-536-4438.
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The City of Oneonta is set to unveil the draft vision, goals and recommendations for the Oneonta Comprehensive Plan Update at an open house on Wednesday, November 14th from 3:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The open house will be held at the Oneonta High School cafeteria, the event will build on feedback and information gathered during the first open house held in January. For those unable to attend the Open House, an opportunity to provide feedback will be available at opportunityoneonta.com.
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Next week is the Annual Great American Smoke-out, where people try to give up their tobacco habit. While that event continues, tobacco marketing efforts keep trying to recruit the next generation of tobacco users; Bonnie Peck of the Advancing Tobacco Free Communities told WCDO news about her local findings about tobacco advertisement placement.
(Bonnie Peck 11-9-18)
The Great American Smoke out will be held next Thursday November 15th. More information about local efforts to lower smoking rates is available by calling the Advancing tobacco Free Communities at 518-255-5364.
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1st responders from the Afton Fire department and the Sidney Emergency Squad responded today, to the report of a 2 vehicle accident on I-88 East Bound between Mile Marker 21 & 22 in Afton. A Tractor trailer went over the guard rail and rolled over; WCDO News will have more information as it become available.
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Delaware County Department of Public Works announced that they will close County Route 44 today, for bridge repairs on the bridge about 1/4 of a mile from the intersection with State Route 357. The road will be closed through December 7th; motorists can use a detour on Covered Bridge Road to State Route 357 during the project.
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SFCU CEO Jim Doig announced his plans to retire at the end of 2018. The public is invited to Join the SFCU staff at Jim Doig’s Retirement Open House today SFCU Corporate Headquarters, 42 Union Street in Sidney, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM.
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A.O. Fox Hospital was awarded an “A” from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade, placing the organization among the top facilities nationwide for patient safety excellence. The Safety Grade assign grades to hospitals based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms among patients in their care. The Fox Hospital’s report is available at hospitalsafetygrade.org.