P.M. NEWS THURSDAY 8-14-25
The Military Medical free services, known as “Innovative Readiness Training”, is available to all area residents, at the SUNY Broome Campus now through next week, it’s the same program that has been held in recent years in Norwich & Walton, Jen Gregory of Southern Tier 8 explains:
(Jen Gregory 8-14-25)
The services are available from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM through wednesday August 20th, including on Saturday & Sunday.
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State Police and local law enforcement will be out in force through Labor Day weekend as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign to prevent drugged and drunk driving. The national enforcement period started on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, and runs through Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2025. Labor Day weekend traditionally results in heavy traffic throughout the state. During last year’s enforcement campaign, which ran from Wednesday, August 16, 2023, through Monday, September 4, 2023, State police issued 47,173 total tickets and arrested 632 individuals for DWI.
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Governor Kathy Hochul launched a new website: ny.gov/phonefree, for New York parents and students to look up their school’s plan for implementing the new smart phone restrictions this fall. The website has more than 1,050 public school districts, charter schools and BOCES that have already published their policy for the coming school year, that’s about 96% of schools state-wide.
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The Walton Theatre Preservation Association looking to raise money for newer LED lights, plus fixtures & a digital control board to upgrade the 110 year old Theater’s lighting, Association President Jim Rice explains:
(Jim Rice 7-30-25)
Rice said that as part of the fundraising effort, they will be at the Delaware County Fair, August 11-16, 2025, with materials, donation info, and an example of the lighting display. For more information, visit waltontheatre.org.
A.M. NEWS THURSDAY 8-14-25
The Chenango County Board of Supervisors voted this week to allocate $1.5 million for consultation services from LeChase Construction, The Board is looking to go forward with a 35 Million dollar plan to build a new County Office Building in Norwich.
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Binghamton University officials reported a record breaking number of applications, to almost 75 thousand. Over 3,000 were from Prospective Freshman, 850 from transfer students and 13 hundred new graduate students are expected, Move-in weekend is this weekend.
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An American Red Cross Blood Drive is being held today from 1:00 to 6:00 PM at the SACRED HEART HALL, 27 HARPER STREET IN STAMFORD. Appointments can be made at redcrossblood.org, 1-800 Red Cross or with the Blood Donor App.
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