A.M. NEWS TUESDAY 1-15-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 15, 2013

Voters in the Sidney central school district will decide today on a proposition to renovate the high school auditorium, fix drainage problems at the athletic fields, replace old boilers, plus and on a proposition for a Capital Reserve fund.  Sidney superintendent Bill Christensen told WCDO that he hopes for a big turnout:

 

(Bill Christensen)

 

The vote will take place from 7:00 AM to 8:00 pm in the High School Lobby outside of the Auditorium.

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The state senate passed tough new gun laws yesterday, following last month’s shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in neighboring Newtown, Connecticut.  Governor Cuomo announced late last night that the proposed legislation that made it to the Senate floor after 10:00 PM and passed by a 43-18 vote.    The bill is expected to be taken up by the state Assembly this morning.

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State DMV Commissioner Barbara Fiala will deliver Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address in Norwich this morning.   The presentation will be held at the SUNY Morrisville Norwich Campus at 20 Conkey Avenue beginning at 11:00 AM.

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TCA Vision 21 will hold their next board meeting this morning, the meeting was moved from earlier this month, it will be held at 8:00 AM at the Sidney civic center in the 1st floor board room.  TCA Vision 21 is a Facilitator and organizer for groups, organizations, businesses and local municipalities to coordinate among the tri town communities.

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P.M. NEWS MONDAY 1-14-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 14, 2013

The deadline to submit a comment regarding hydraulic fracturing returning to New York, ended Friday afternoon oat 5:00 PM.  Thousands of comments were submitted over the course of the DEC accepting comments over the last few year’s, they may render their decision on hydraulic fracturing by February 27th.

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Delaware County Public Health will be holding a Flu clinic on Monday, January 21, 2013 from 1:00 PM-2: 30PM by appointment only, at Delaware County Public Health, 99 Main St, Delhi, NY 13753.  Public Health has a limited supply of Flu vaccine for ages 3 and up, the cost of the vaccine is $25.00, and insurances will not be billed.  To make an appointment for the flu shot people must call Delaware County Public Health at 607-832-5200.  More information is available at the State Health Department website at: health.ny.gov/diseases

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Commerce Chenango announced that Development Chenango Corporation has been awarded $250,000 to establish a Main Street Grant Program in the Village of New Berlin.  New Berlin Mayor Terry Potter commented:

(Terry Potter)

 

The funding from the New York State Office of Community Renewal will leverage an additional $84,000 from the owners of the 6 downtown buildings that will be renovated.   4 other Chenango county projects were also funded Sunrise Family Farms in Greene; the Village of Greene to conduct a sewer collection engineering study; DCMO BOCES & Golden Artist Colors.

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State Police at Oneonta arrested 22-year-old Koby Marble of Oneonta for Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs. The arrest resulted from a DWI road check in Oneonta, Marble was issued tickets returnable in the Town of Oneonta Court on February 2nd.

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State DMV Commissioner Barbara Fiala will deliver Governor Cuomo’s State of the State address in Norwich tomorrow.   The presentation will be held at the SUNY Morrisville Norwich Campus at 20 Conkey Avenue beginning at 11:00 AM.  RSVP is required at 721-8605.

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State Police at Sidney arrested 21 year old Michael Brady of Long Beach and 20 year old Jeremiah O’Brien of Wantagh for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. The arrest resulted from a traffic stop on Interstate 88 in Sidney, Both were issued Appearance Tickets returnable in the Town of Sidney Court on February 14th.

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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies investigated a one-car motor vehicle accident that occurred on State Highway 17.  24 year old  Sarah Stenuf of East Syracuse was traveling east when her vehicle left the roadway and struck the guide rail, she was transported to Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris to be evaluated and was released.

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State Police at Sidney arrested 30-year-old John Barriger of Walton, for Unlawful Possession of Marihuana. The arrest resulted from a traffic stop in Masonville, Barriger was issued an Appearance Ticket returnable to the Town of Masonville Court on February 19th.

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NYSEG is beginning a new round of stray voltage testing their service area, it involves hundreds of thousands of pieces of equipment from transmission, distribution, streetlight poles and traffic signals to substation fences, pad-mounted transformers and manhole covers.  Stray voltage is an electric current in the earth, or in ground water, resulting from the grounding of electrical equipment or an electrical distribution system. This testing is required by the New York State Public Service Commission.

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A.M. NEWS MONDAY 1-14-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 14, 2013

Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared the State of New York in a Public Health Emergency in response to the severe flu season.  The Executive Order that will allow pharmacists to give flu shots to anyone between the ages of six month and 18 years.  More than 19,000 cases of the flu have already been reported in New York, 2 children have died as a result of the flu.

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On Friday, Sidney school officials announced that during one of the high school lunch periods, 7- .22 caliber shells were found and given to a school administrator.  At the time the shells were found, students were at lunch and contained in the cafeteria.  Principal Eben Bullock was able to track down the source of the shells and was able to bring quick closure to the situation.  At no time was there a threat, nor was there any reason to believe there was any type of weapon.

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40 year old Robert Wilsey of Harpersfield was arrested following a joint investigation by the Delaware and Otsego County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Divisions and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration in cooperation with State Police.  Deputies charged Wilsey with 2nd degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance following the execution of a search warrant, for allegedly possessing over five ounces of Oxycodone powder, with a street value of $50,000.  Wilsey was arraigned in the Town of Stamford Court and remanded to the Delaware County Correctional Facility without bail. Wilsey is expected to face additional charges shortly as the investigation continues.

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The Chenango County Sheriffs Office arrested 57 year old Gregory Manwarren of Smyrna for 4th degree Criminal Mischief 4th and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.  Manwarren was charged after a domestic dispute in which he caused damage to a motor vehicle, He was arraigned in the Town of Plymouth Court and was released on his own recognizance to appear in the Town of Smyrna Court at a later date.

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Police agencies in Tompkins County executed a search warrant in the Town of Lansing, leading to the seizure of crack cocaine and the arrest of a Lansing resident. The New York State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team, Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office, and the Groton and Ithaca Police Departments announce the arrest of 27 year old Travis Anderson of Lansing, for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree  after police discovered 2 ounces of crack cocaine, a small amount of marihuana, a loaded 12 gauge shotgun, digital scales, and materials used to package and sell crack cocaine.  Anderson was arraigned & was remanded to Tompkins County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash / $50,000 property bond.

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P.M. NEWS FRIDAY 1-11-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 11, 2013

The American Red Cross urges people who have not yet gotten a flu vaccine to get vaccinated now due to widespread flu activity across the country. The flu has been reported in 41 include New York, & the centers for disease control recommends a yearly flu vaccine for everyone 6 months of age and older.    More information is available on redcross.org.

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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies investigated a one-car motor vehicle accident on Rathbun Road in the Town of Meredith.  84-year-old Edward Mills of West Davenport slid on the snow covered shoulder of the road and entered a ditch causing the car to flip on its right side.  Mills was not hurt in the accident & No tickets were issued.

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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies investigated a one-car motor vehicle accident that occurred on Meredith Street in the Village of Delhi.  28-year-old Justin Nilsson of Delhi was traveling south on Meredith St. when he lost control of his vehicle on the snow covered road and slid into an embankment.  Nilsson was not hurt in the accident.  No tickets were issued.

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The Chenango County Sheriffs Office arrested two Smyrna residents and one Norwich resident for 6th degree Conspiracy & Petit Larceny.  Charged were 18-year-old Tyler Campbell, 18-year-old Tiffany Robbins and 18-year-old Deanna Kirwin for allegedly stealing items from the Norwich Wal-Mart store.  Campbell, Robbins and Kirwin were issued appearance tickets and ordered to appear before the Town of Norwich Court on January 17th.

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The Chenango county sheriffs department arrested 25-year-old Andrew Scheiner of Richmondville on an active family court warrant for failure to obey a child support order.  Scheiner was taken into custody and was taken to the Chenango county jail without incident, he will be held for 15 days or until a $100 purge is paid.

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A.M. NEWS FRIDAY 1-11-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 11, 2013

Governor Cuomo discussed enacting gun control legislation, during his state of the state address Wednesday in Albany.  The governor said that he is a gun owner himself, and this bill will have nothing to do banning legitimate hunting rifles:

(Cuomo on Gun control)

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said that he agrees with the governor’s proposal:

(Silver on Gun Control)

The gun control legislation follows the sandy creek elementary school massacre in neighboring Connecticut several weeks ago.

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The Sidney town board met last night, with supervisor Bob McCarthy, councilman Eric Wilson, and Town Attorney Joe Ermeti not in attendance.  The remaining board members Tobias Whitaker, Bill Heath and Pete Cordes passed a resolution to enact a 1-year moratorium on gas drilling by hydrofracking.  The resolution is being sent to the county for consideration.

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The Chenango county sheriffs department is still investigating the disappearance of 36-year-old Jennifer Ramsaran of New Berlin December 11th.  Ramsaran was heading to Syracuse for a shopping trip, her cell phone was found in the Town of Plymouth the following day, her minivan was found in the city of Norwich 4 days later.  Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriffs department at 337-1924; all calls will be kept confidential.

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State senator Jim Seward will be at the Sidney central school district today.  Seward will speak with students in the particiption in government callas starting at 9:30 that will be followed by a tour of the facilities with school officials.

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The joint landowners coalition of Central New York announced that they have submitted their last set of comments to the DEC on natural gas development in the state.  The comments were on the topics of protecting the environment, communities, and residents, and were compiled from input by environmental scientists, petroleum & civil engineers, chemists, toxicologists, organic & traditional farmers, medical doctors & attorneys, the complete comments are available at JLCNY.org.  The DEC has received thousand of comments both for and against hydrofracking, as they get ready to release the final draft regulation in the coming months.

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P.M. NEWS THURSDAY 1-10-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 10, 2013

Reactions were favorable on both sides of the aisle for Governor’s Cuomo’s ambitious agenda that he forwarded in his state of the state address in Albany yesterday.  State senator Jim Seward responds:

 

(Seward 1-10-13)

 

Assemblyman Cliff Crouch also responded:

 

(Crouch 1-10-13)

 

Assemblyman Pete Lopez also commented:

 

(Lopez 1-10-13)

 

Lawmakers get back to work in Albany, they will receive the governors executive budget proposal by the end of the month.

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Governor Cuomo relayed his disgust during his state of the state address yesterday, regarding receiving about 14% of the federal aid requested, which took congress more than 2 ½ months to send after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the state:

 

(Cuomo to Congress)

 

Cuomo pointed out that Hurricane Katrina is widely viewed as a slow response with aid to Louisiana in 2005, that response was 10 days; the Hurricane Sandy partial response is 74 days.

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A winning candidate did not emerge from the Hall of Fame balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America with 569 ballots cast, none of the 37 candidates gained mention on the required 75% for election to the Hall of Fame.  Craig Biggio, received 388 votes, 39 less than needed, followed by pitcher Jack Morris with 385, Jeff Bagwell with 339, Mike Piazza with 329 & Tim Raines with 297.  The Induction ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 28th at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, honoring umpire Hank O’Day, old-time New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and 19th-century player Deacon White.

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Governor Cuomo announced the appointment of Richard Kauffman to lead the state’s energy policy and energy finance efforts.  Kauffman will join Governor Cuomo’s Cabinet as the Chair of a newly formed Energy Policy and Finance Sub-Cabinet. Among Kaufman’s top priorities will be the establishment of the state’s first “green bank” within the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which will offer grants to further clean energy deployment, coordinate and leverage the State’s clean energy spending and alleviate financial market barriers that currently impede the flow of private capital to clean energy projects.

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The Knights of Columbus are hosting a free throw championship this Saturday at 10:00 AM at the Sidney High School Gym.  Knights Spokesman Vic Tartaglia explains:

 

(Vic Tartaglia)

 

More information about the event can be obtained at 563-3920 or 369-4474.

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State Troopers arrested 59-year-old Diane Reynolds of Afton for Driving While Intoxicated with a BAC of .20%. The arrest resulted from a vehicle stop in Greene; Reynolds was issued tickets returnable in the Village of Green Court on January 22nd.

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A.M. NEWS THURSDAY 1-10-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 10, 2013

Members of the Governor’s cabinet will deliver Regional STATE OF THE STATE Messages today around the state.  Locally, state DMV commissioner Barbara Fiala will deliver the state of the state message at 11:00 AM at the Broome County Legislative Chambers at 60 Hawley Street in Binghamton.

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The Chenango county sheriff’s department arrested 33 year old Jeb Davis and 33 year old Nathan Diamond on charges of 3rd degree attempted burglary, 3rd degree criminal mischief and 5th degree conspiracy.  The two suspects are accused of Attempting to break into the Service Pharmacy in the Village of New Berlin to steal prescription medication, they were later arrested in Otsego County.  Both were arraigned in the Town of New Berlin Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $10,000 cash bail.

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The Chenango county sheriffs department arrested 36 year old Veronica Donahue of Utica for Practicing Or Appearing As Attorney-at-law Without Being Admitted And Registered.  Donahue alleged represented herself as an attorney on behalf of a client in the Town of North Norwich Court, and she is not an admitted or registered attorney.  She was issued an Appearance Ticket and is scheduled to appear in the Town of North Norwich Court at a later date.

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The Sidney town board has called a special meeting for tonight at 7:00 PM in the Sidney civic center board room.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the draft moratorium on gas drilling, it will be distributed to board members, if it is acceptable to the majority of the board, it will be sent to Delaware county for a general municipal law review.

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P.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 1-9-13

by wcdonews Posted on January 10, 2013

Governor Cuomo delivered his annual state of the state address this afternoon, to a joint session of the legislature in Albany:

 

(Cuomo)

 

The state of the state address kicks off the 2013 legislative season, the governor will deliver his executive budget proposal in the next couple of weeks.

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Bainbridge officials announced that village crews have found the source of the leak, in a field behind the former Borden plant on Guilford Road.  The leak has been repaired, all water has been turned back on, and the conserving of water is no longer necessary.  Officials appreciated the cooperation from village residents & they suggested that only those who had dirty water in the last few days could voluntarily boil water for the remainder of the day today only.

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Binghamton Fire Department officials believe that the fire that destroyed the former Pa’s Woodshed building last week was arson.  Officials have determined that at least 3 separate fires were started at about the same time inside the building on Montgomery Street last week.   The building had been vacant at the time of the fire; investigators will try to determine who may have started the fire that completely destroyed the structure.

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Following the January tax law changes made by Congress under the American Taxpayer Relief Act, the Internal Revenue Service announced today it plans to open the 2013 filing season and begin processing individual income tax returns on January 30th.  The IRS originally planned to open electronic filing this year on Jan. 22; more than 80 percent of taxpayers filed electronically last year. Updated information will be posted on IRS.gov.

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The Chenango county sheriff’s department arrested 37-year-old Jared Backus of Afton on an active bench warrant out of the Town of Norwich.   Backus was arrested for failing to appear for a scheduled Court date last month to answer to a Petty Larceny charge, he was arraigned in the Town of Oxford court & was remanded to Chenango County Jail on $1,000 bail and scheduled to appear in the Town of Norwich court at a later date.
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State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has won litigation against retailers selling deceptively labeled designer drugs. The Supreme Court decision holds business owner John Tebbetts responsible for selling deceptively labeled drug products to consumers from his 8 upstate head shops, & for denying that the products were meant for human consumption.    Schneidermann’s lawsuit attempted to stop the sale of “Bath Salts” and “Synthetic Marijuana” in violation of the state’s labeling laws.

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Chenango County Health Department is providing Free Flu shots for anyone age 6 months and older. Due to the early onset and increasing number of flu cases occurring in Chenango County and surrounding Counties, the County Health Department will be waiving the $10.00 fee for a flu shot. More information is available at 337-1660.

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The Otsego County Chamber announced that Nominations are now being accepted for The Distinguished Business Award sponsored by NBT Bank & for The Eugene Bettiol Distinguished Citizen Award.  The nominations will be accepted until January 31st, the forms can be found at otsegocountychamber.com.  The award winner will be announced the night of the chamber’s annual dinner later this year.

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