P.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 8-13-25
The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested 51 year old Thendara Hartwell of Plymouth for Making a Terroristic Threat and Falsely Reporting an Incident. On August 5th, the County’s 911 Center received a call from Community Bank in Norwich stating that they received a bomb threat from an anonymous phone number. The Sheriff’s Office responded & evacuated multiple businesses, a State Police Explosives Detection Canine and bomb technician conducted a search of the entire premises and did not locate any signs of explosive devices & the businesses re-opened. After an investigation and execution of a search warrant, it was found that Hartwell made the threatening phone call from a blocked phone number and caused public alarm and inconvenience. Hartwell was taken into custody today & was arraigned & she was
remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $1,250 bail.
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The Tri Town Theatre’s next performance will be the “Wizard of Oz” August 22nd through the 24th in Sidney, 11 year old Miles Holland will be in his 4th production with the Tri Town Theatre:
(Miles Holland 8-13-25)
Miles appeared with his Mother Amanda Holland on the WCDO Morning show today, she is hitting the stage for the 1st time in this production:
(Amanda Holland 8-13-25)
Tickets are available at tritowntheatre.com, more information is also available on their Facebook Page, the Friday & Saturday shows will be at 7:00 PM at the Sidney High School Auditorium, with the Sunday Matinee at 2:00 PM.
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The Chenango Blues Fest will cover parts of 4 days in Norwich Thursday night through the Saturday all day event, spokesman Eric Larsen explains:
(Eric Larsen 8-13-25)
The year will the 32nd Chenango Blues Festival, more information is available at chenagobluesfest.org.
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The family of legendary Binghamton Native Rod Serling announced that “SerlingFest 2025” will be held from Friday, September 19, through Sunday, September 21, at the Broome County Forum Theatre. Tickets are available at rodserling.com or at the Forum on event day.
A.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 8-13-25
18 year old Kenneth Santiago-Pepin of Johnson City, was convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon, and was sentenced to a state prison term of 6 years, followed by 5 years of post release supervision. On January 30th, Johnson City Police responded to 22 Sanford Street for a report of shots fired, Santiago-Pepin approached the residence, produced a handgun, and fired at the building multiple times, officers apprehended Santiago-Pepin after a brief chase on foot, Police found that he possessed a 2nd weapon.
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Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested 38 year old Justin Quakenbush of Oneonta Monday for Grand Larceny, Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer and Reckless Endangerment. Deputies arrested Quackenbush following a report of a stolen vehicle, Deputies were able to locate the stolen vehicle in the City of Norwich, they initiated a traffic stop and Quackenbush failed to comply and led Deputies on a pursuit through the City and into the Town of New Berlin. Quackenbush stopped in South New Berlin where he was taken into custody, he was transported back to the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office for processing and was arraigned & he was remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $10,000 bail.
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