Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies investigated a complaint at the Charlotte Valley School Thursday, relating to a threat made by an elementary student at dismissal time that day. Deputies issued a juvenile appearance ticket to an unidentified 8-year-old Davenport youth, who allegedly threatened to burn down the School, the student was charged with making a terroristic threat, & will appear at the Delaware County Probation Department at a later date to answer that charge.
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New York State Police and the Utica Police Department are investigating a threat at Utica College earlier today. Staff and students at Utica College received an alert at about 11:00 AM today, that the campus was on lockdown because of the threat, everyone was ordered to stay where they were while the threat was investigated. There is no confirmation of any shots fired on campus, and there are no injuries reported. Law enforcement continues to investigate threat. Local, state, and federal law enforcement are on scene.
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State Police arrested 26-year-old Christopher Neumann of Castleton in connection with a collision that injured 2 troopers & 2 tow truck operators early Sunday on Interstate 90. Troopers Brent Karow and Shane Swartz were investigating an unrelated 1-car crash on I-90 in North Greenbush at approximately 5:15 a.m. Sunday, when Neumann’s vehicle struck their patrol car, which then hit both troopers and tow truck operator, Jeffrey Waite. Trooper Karow was thrown 70 feet into the median, while Trooper Swartz and Waite were thrown under the tow truck, all 3 were taken to Albany Medical Center, a 2nd Tow Truck employee was hit by flying debris & was treated at the scene. Neumann was charged with 1st degree vehicular assault, DWI and numerous other traffic violations, he was arraigned & was remanded to the Rensselaer County Jail.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 49-year-old Daniel Fisher of Franklin Sunday on charges of Criminal Contempt & Harassment, for allegedly violating an Order of Protection. Fisher was arraigned in the Town of Franklin Court and remanded to the Delaware County Correctional Facility, pending action in Town of Franklin Court & Delaware County Family Court at a later date to answer the charges.

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State Lawmakers are waiting for Leadership to come to an agreement on available revenue so that a state budget can be put together by the deadline, local Assemblyman Cliff Crouch comments:

(Crouch 3-5-18)

Lawmakers are working on the assumption that the state’s final budget will come in at around the 2% above last year’s final budget number.
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Governor Cuomo announced that the state has moved its fall primary election date back 2 days so it doesn’t interfere with the anniversary of 9/11 or a Jewish holiday. Cuomo signed the law Friday to move the primary to Thursday, September 13th.
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The State University of New York has established a task force to focus on food security issues at its 64 campuses. The SUNY system reported that 70% of its campuses have a food pantry for students or partnerships with community organizations that provide meals. SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson said the goal is for all campuses to have food pantries or arrangements with community groups that provide resources for food.
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Congresswoman Claudia Tenney announced her re-election campaign Saturday; she is running against Democratic State Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi of Utica for the 22nd Congressional District. Tenney was elected to the seat in 2016, replacing retiring Congressman Richard Hanna.
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NYSEG made progress following the significant winter storm on Thursday. The storm resulted in more than 188,000 outages, as of Sunday morning, 117,000 customers had power restored. The company expects more than 90% of customers affected by the storm in the Catskills region to restored by 11:45 pm tonight.
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State Police arrested 49 year old Harvey Scott of Oneonta for Petty Larceny, after Scott allegedly walked out of the Oneonta Walmart with a cart full of items totaling $676. Harvey was remanded to the Ostego County Jail on $1,000 cash bond or $2,000 bail.
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The Oneonta Parks & Recreation Committee will meet later today for their regular meeting. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM at Oneonta City Hall.
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