Delaware County Sheriff Deputies arrested 63 year old Alan Brown of East Meredith for Criminal possession of a controlled substance & promoting Prison Contraband, Brown is accused of possessing cocaine while being processed into the Delaware County Jail on unrelated charges. Brown was arraigned in the Town of Delhi Court and remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $10,000.00 cash bail. Brown is to reappear in the Town of Delhi Court at a later date.
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There is 1 week to go to get a State Budget finished on Time, local Assemblyman Cliff Crouch comments:
(Cliff Crouch 3-25-19)
The state budget is due to be passed April 1st, and is expected to be around 175 Billion Dollars.
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Rockland County ranked 1st among New York’s Counties in a ranking from Smart Assets on effective spending by County Governments of the Tax Dollars that they collect. Otsego County ranked 2nd in that ranking, Delaware County ranked 26th & Chenango County was 35th. The source can be found at smartasset.com/taxes.
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The City of Norwich will hold a public hearing on April 2nd at 6:30 PM, on a proposal to fine city residents that feed feral cats. The public hearing will take place at 1 City Court Plaza in Norwich.
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A presentation for the public will be hosted by the Unatego Central School District Board of Education at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, on a future capital building project. The meeting will be in the high school cafeteria at 2641 State 7 in Wells Bridge.
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A Free 7-Week Smoking Cessation Course will start on Tuesday April 2nd at the O’Connor Hospital Board Room in Delhi. The weekly class will run from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, registration, or more information is available at 431-5692 or bassett.org/quit-today.
State Police issued 13,038 tickets and arrested 259 people for impaired driving during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend impaired driving crackdown. The STOP-DWI initiative started on Friday, March 15 and continued through Monday, March 18th. During the 2018 campaign, Troopers issued nearly 12,959 total tickets and arrested 243 motorists for impaired driving.
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Governor Cuomo reiterated that he will not sign a new State Budget Plan unless there is a permanent 2% Tax Cap. He made the announcement yesterday on Long Island; the budget is due April 1st.
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The next Bainbridge United meeting will be held this evening. The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM at Bob’s Diner, Bainbridge residents are urged to attend & participate.
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