State police arrested 24-year-old Ivan Potocnik of Laurens for DWI & leaving the scene of a property damage accident.   Potocnik is accused of hitting a parked car on county route 10 in Laurens & driving away from the accident, he was stopped by state troopers a short time after the incident.  Potocnik faces court action shortly.

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57-year-old Binghamton fire fighter John Janos was found dead inside a Binghamton firehouse early Saturday morning, after responding to a false alarm Friday night.  Janos was a member of Binghamton’s Fire Department since 1988; an autopsy revealed that the cause of death was heart failure, Calling hours are scheduled for 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, at McCormick’s Funeral Home, Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 AM Wednesday, at St Thomas Aquinas Church in Binghamton.

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The Crime Victims Program of Chenango County is holding various activities this month, to bring awareness to victim’s rights, with crime victim’s rights week, child abuse awareness month & sexual assault victim’s month.  Child Advocacy center supervisor Mike Middaugh explains:

(Mike Middaugh 4-8-13)

Those who are interested in the schedule of events can log on at cc of cc.com or call 334-KIDS.

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The Norwich Police are investigating the theft of bottles of liquor from a city business Friday night between the hours of 7:00 to 7:30pm. The two males entered the store and hid bottled liquor in their clothing, then left the store, fleeing the scene in a black GM 4 door sedan car with the old New York State white license plates with blue letters & numbers. Anyone with information can report it at npdtips.com; or at 336-8477 or 334-1212.

More information is available at 561-2311 or at bgcsidney.com.

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New York voters have responded to a poll to chose a theme for this year’s New York State Fair.  The winning entry was: “Sharing the Bounty and Pride of NY.” After the results of a facebook poll was tabulated.  The fair is scheduled to run for ten days at the end of august until Labor Day in September.

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Classes at the Robert W. Harrold BOCES campus in Masonvillle were dismissed at around Noon today, due to a recurring water main problem.  Officials hope to have the issue fixed by tomorrow.

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Governor Cuomo nominated Sheila Abdus-Salaam to serve on the New York State Court of Appeals. Justice Abdus-Salaam has served as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, since April 2009. She was elected Justice of the state Supreme Court in 1993 and was re-elected in 2007. The nomination moves onto the state senate for approval.

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