P.M. NEWS THURSDAY 5-18-23
Delaware County District Attorney’s Office announced that 36 year old Thomas Wright of Sidney was convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell in Delaware County Court this week. Wright was sentenced to 4 years in state prison, to be followed by 2 years of post-release supervision, he was remanded to the Delaware County Correctional Facility without bail, pending his transfer to State Prison. Wright was indicted with co-defendant Alexa Tefft, who previously pleaded guilty to Reckless Endangerment, During Tefft’s plea proceedings, she admitted to recklessly endangering the life of her 1-year-old child by permitting the baby to be near the methamphetamine that Wright was selling. Sidney Police are currently pursuing additional unrelated charges against Thomas Wright, if he is convicted of the new charges, he would face an additional consecutive state prison sentence.
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The State Labor Department announced that the number of private sector jobs in New York State decreased over the month by 25,700, or 0.3%, to 8.22 Million in April. New York State’s unemployment rate decreased from 4.1% in March to 4.0% in April, the labor force participation rate increased 1/10th to 60.8% in April.
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The tickets sales are going well for the 1st Southern Tier Music Festival, to be held July 1st at the Sidney Airport, Ed Curley is one of the organizers of the event
(Ed Curley 5-18-23)
Curley said that anyone interested in getting the tickets for the show should go to Brownpapertickets.com
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The Sidney Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual dinner will be on Thursday June 1st at the Sidney Fire Hall, Chamber President Teri Schunk explains:
(Teri Schunk 5-18-23)
The Sidney Chamber will honor Dr. Rohan Jayasena as the Citizen of the Years, Waste Recovery Enterprises as the Business of the Year, Kyle Westcott for the Commitment to Community Award, and their will be a special recognition for Andy Matviak for his years served as Mayor of Sidney.
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The Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force executed search warrants in Binghamton Wednesday, resulting in the arrests of Valentino & Dominick Mondolfi. Investigators recovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, pills and over $8300 cash from drug sales, assault rifles and items used to prepare drugs from sale. Valentino Mondolfi was charged with 8 counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance & 4 counts of Criminal Using Drug Paraphernalia, Dominic Mondolfi is charged with 3 counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon. Both will face court action shortly
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Delaware County Public Health Services and Friends of Recovery- Delaware Otsego will be sponsoring a Science of Addiction and Recovery 1 day training on June 30, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 84 Main St. Delhi, New York, to register for this course, contact Friends of Recovery Coordinator Kyle LaFever at (607) 376-4388. The deadline to register is June 23,
Commerce Chenango will hold another local Hiring Event today from 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM for students and 3:30 – 5:30 PM for adults. The event will take place at the High School on Midland Drive in Norwich. The Hiring Event is specifically for employers with immediate entry-level job openings, more information is available at 607-334-1401.
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