Governor Cuomo announced more than 14,000 tickets were\nissued by Police during this year’s “Operation Work Brake,” a yearly\ncampaign to raise awareness of the dangers of reckless driving in work\nzones.  This year’s enforcement efforts\ntook place from April 22 to April 26th; Police wrote 411 tickets statewide for\nviolating the Move Over Law, over 5200 for Speeding, 683 for speeding in a work\nzone and 579 for distracted driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Afton central School district will be holding a 2nd\npublic informational meeting on their proposed Capital Project on May\n16th.  District Superintendent Tim\nMcNamara said that the project will not raise taxes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Tim McNamara 5-6-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Project will be voted on by Afton District residents on\nMay 21st from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM at the Afton School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 5 to May 11, 2019, is National Small Business Week.\nSince 1963 this week has been designated to recognize the impact of America’s\nentrepreneurs and small businesses. \nSteve Craig of Commerce Chenango comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Steve Craig 5-6-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistics show that small businesses create two out of\nevery three net new jobs in the private sector & over half of all Americans\nown or work for a small business, According to the U.S. Small Business\nAdministration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s\nDeputies arrested 32-Year-Old Samantha Roupp of Bloomville Sunday for DWI,\nDriving with a BAC of .08% or higher, Uninspected Motor Vehicle, Failure to\nKeep Right, Moving from Lane Unsafely, and Consumption of Alcohol in a Motor\nVehicle.  Roupp was stopped on State\nHighway 10 in the Town of Walton, she was arrested & was arraigned in\nHamden Town Court and is scheduled to appear at Walton Town Court at a later\ndate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chenango County Sheriff\u2019s deputies, State Police &\nVillage of Greene responded to the report of a suspicious death Friday evening\nin Smithville Flats.  The victim has been\nidentified as 16-year-old Amelia Wakefield of Oxford, after authorities\nresponded to a Water Street residence at about 6:50 PM Friday.  Wakefield was removed & was brought to\nLourdes\u2019 Hospital in Binghamton for an autopsy. \nOxford Academy officials announced that the School\u2019s Crisis Team was\navailable for students today; the investigation in Wakefield\u2019s death is\nongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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117 packages of fentanyl and 35 packages of crack cocaine\nwere seized by the Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force during\na search warrant in Binghamton Friday. \n34 year old Sean Dingle was charged with several counts of Criminal\npossession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, Dingle is being held\nat the Binghamton Police Department until he can be arraigned in Binghamton\nCity Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Police arrested 25 year old John Clark of Oneonta for\nAssault & Resisting Arrest after Troopers were dispatched to a dispute at\nthe Lantern Hill Trailer Park.  Clark is\naccused of punching a person in the face. \nTroopers located Clark hiding in the residence, He was found to have\nactive warrants in the town of Morris and the city of Oneonta.   Clark was arraigned in the town of Oneonta\nCourt and remanded to the Otsego County Jail on $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 bond\npending court action on June 6th  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sidney Central School District is now registering\nchildren for their September 2019 kindergarten class.  Parents should call 561-7728 to set up an\nappointment to register their child, who must be 5 years old on or before\nDecember 1^{st<\/sup> in order to be eligible for kindergarten this\nSeptember. <\/p>\n\n\n\n}

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The Village of Sidney Spring Brush & Leaf Pick Up is\nrunning today through Friday, Village residents can also drop off appliances,\ntires & metal at the Sidney Village Garage on Friday & Saturday May\n10th & 11th.  More information is\navailable at 561-2329.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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