P.M. NEWS MONDAY 9-27-21
The Annual Spiedie Fest has been moved to October this year, at the Otsiningo Park in Binghamton, organizer Dave Pessagno told WCDO News that they still have a full line up of events & activities:
(Dave Pessagno 9-27-21)
Pessagno said that more information & updates will be posted at spiedie fest .com.
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Catholic Charities in Sidney will hold another Community Mass Food Distribution tomorrow in Sidney at 11:00 AM, spokesperson Penny McKnight explains:
(Penny McKnight 9-28-21)
McKnight said that they have averaged between 9 & 12 tons of food at the previous 4 food distributions At the Sidney River Street Fire Station.
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Funeral Services were held this morning in Utica, for long time area Congressman Sherwood Boehlert. Boehlert served as the Oneida County Executive before running for Congress, where he served for 24 years before retiring in 2006. Boehlert is survived by his wife Marianne, 4 children, and 6 grandchildren, Boehlert was 84.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Thursday Betty Brook Road in the Town of Kortright to investigate a complaint of property damage reportedly caused by cattle. The Investigation revealed that loose cattle owned by 60-year-old Joseph Wyble, Jr., had caused damage to victim’s lawn on that day and at least 3 previous occasions. On Friday, Deputies located and arrested Wyble and charged him with criminal mischief for recklessly causing damage to the property of another after having been previously warned by Deputies. Wyble was issued an appearance ticket directing him to appear in the Town of Kortright Court on a later date to answer that charge.
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41 year old Jeremie Hoyt of Davenport appeared in federal court last week on charges that he sexually exploited a child. Hoyt is accused of producing a sexually explicit photograph and video of a 14-year-old child, and distributing the image and video on the Internet to other users on a messaging application. Hoyt was ordered to be held pending a trial, if convicted, Hoyt faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a term of supervised release of between 5 years and life.
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Otsego County Department of Health reported its 69th death last week, with 115 active cases and 4 people hospitalized. The 7-day rolling average positive rate was 2.8%.
A.M. NEWS MONDAY 9-27-21
The State Health Department reported over 180,000 COVID tests were reported Saturday, with over 4300 positive tests, a positivity rate now down to 2.39%. Hospitalizations were down to about 2300, patients in ICU beds declined to 548 & patients on ventilators are down to 317, there were 31 deaths & 55,911 Vaccine Doses were administered Saturday.
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Delaware County reported 46 new COVID cases Thursday & Friday, with a positivity rate over 9%, they reported 185 active cases, 363 quarantined 7 hospitalized & 54 deaths. Just over 50% of Delaware County residents are vaccinated, while 77% of positive cases were unvaccinated. 25% of the cases are school aged children & school district employees.
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Chenango County Sheriff’s Office announced that 13 year old Charlotte Heier of the Town of Smithville has been located successfully. The Office announced this morning that Charlotte was located in good health, & they thanked the public for help with the successful investigation.
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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Cortland County DA’s office and State Police announced that former Pharsalia Town Supervisor Dennis Brown was sentenced to serve 2 to 3 years in a state prison. Brown pleaded guilty for 2nd degree Grand Larceny, for stealing $240,000 in public funds, he was ordered to pay $240,000, and he has already paid $125,000. Brown charged personal items on the town’s credit card to pay for groceries, vacations, clothes, jewelry, home utilities, and work on his property.
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