P.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 9-3-25
Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested 49 year old Christopher Prosser of North Norwich for Disseminating indecent material to minor’s. Prosser is a registered sex offender, a complaint was filed that he was having a sexually motivated conversation with a teenaged female, while using an alias. Investigators discovered that Prosser sent a nude photo of himself and solicited the minor to do the same, he also made arrangements to meet up with the female for sexual relations. Prosser was taken into custody at his home without incident and transported to the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office for processing, he was arraigned & was held on $15,000 cash bond.
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The City of Norwich is one of this year’s Preserve New York grantees, with a grant of $20,000 will fund the Broad Street-Main Street Historic District Nomination. Norwich Community Development Director Erik Scrivener explains:
(Erik Scrivener 9-3-25)
Scrivener also said that most of the big projects that received money from the 10 million dollar Downtown Revitalization Initiative will go out to bid this fall, some of the projects have already been completed.
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State Police announced that their Service Day open house scheduled for Saturday, at the State Police Academy in Albany, has been canceled due the weather forecast. No new date has been announced.
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A new report identifies which States are investing most in manufactured housing as an alternative to existing homes. In New York State, 13.4% of all new single-family houses built were manufactured homes, the 13th highest share in the nation. New York State shipped 1,616 manufactured homes last year, and issued 10,453 permits for single-family site-built homes. Manufactured homes in New York State sold at an average price of $120,900, versus the median $466,085 for all single-family homes in 2024. The full report can be found at constructioncoverage.com.
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Otsego County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37 year old Nicolas Martinez of Milford has been arrested for Offering a False Instrument for Filing. Martinez was charged following an investigation into information he provided on paperwork submitted to the Otsego County Civil Office, a background investigation in to Martinez’s pistol permit application, found that he intentionally failed to disclose sensitive information required by law for the application, he was processed and released with an Appearance Ticket returnable to the Town of Middlefield Court at a later date.
A.M. NEWS Wednesday 9-3-25
Bassett Healthcare Network’s FoxCare Center is hosting a blood drive with the American Red Cross today, from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM, in Conference Room 1 at FoxCare Center in Oneonta. Appointments are available by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS, visiting redcrossblood.org, or using the American Red Cross Blood Donor App.
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The Peila View Farms in Oxford announced that they will hold their annual Autumn Family Fun will be held on September 20th & 21st this year, in conjunction with the state Health Department. More information is available at 607-821-0707 extension 2942.
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