P.M. NEWS FRIDAY 7-21-23
National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies will be held this weekend in Cooperstown. The festivities start with the Parade of Legends Cooperstown at 6:00 PM Saturday. The parade originates at Lake Street and Chestnut Street, proceeds down Chestnut Street toward Main Street and onto Main Street to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Parade of Legends will feature more than 4 dozen returning Hall of Famers as well as Class of 2023 members Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen. The Induction Weekend will conclude with the inductions of McGriff and Rolen Sunday at 1:30 at the Clark Sports Center.
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the bipartisan Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act, so that the American voters know that their elected leaders are putting the public first & not using their power to line their own pockets:
(Senator Gillibrand 7-21-23)
The bill is sponsored in the US House of Representatives by Republican Josh Hawley, it follows a study that showed that 1 in 3 Members of Congress traded stocks from 2019 to 2021, 1 in 7 violated the STOCK Act of 2012 by failing to properly report their stock trades & that 17.5% was Average amount by which members of Congress’ stock portfolios outperformed the S&P 500 in 2022.
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State DEC Officers have charged an unidentified man in Roxbury for illegally shooting a bear at the Stratton Falls Campground in the town of Roxbury July 10th. DEC Officers found the dead bear hidden under a swimming pool in a backyard on the property, the man admitted to shooting the bear as it was walking by his home. The unidentified man was charged with shooting and killing a bear illegally, killing a bear out of season, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, the tickets are returnable to the Town of Roxbury Court.
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The Delaware County IRT Military Medical program concluded on Wednesday, after 9 days of services offered for free at the Walton High School. The military was able to serve 1,079 patients, performing 7,181 procedures for a total cost savings to the community of $585,141.81. Delaware County Director of Planning & Watershed Affairs Director Shelly Johnson Bennett said that Delaware County will apply again in the future to bring these needed Medical, Dental, Vision & Veterinary services back to the County.
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The Oneonta RC Flyers will have an open house Sunday from 12:00 Noon until 4:00 PM in Milford. The event will be held at the Milford BOCES Field, there will be demonstrations of a variety of radio controlled aircraft, more information is available at ONEONTARCFLYERS.Com.
A.M. NEWS FRIDAY 7-21-23
43 year old Thomas Stanley of New Berlin appeared in Delaware County Court Thursday & was arraigned on a sealed indictment. The 6 count indictments was unsealed, the Indictment alleges that Stanley intended to sell the heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine that was discovered in the trunk of a car on April 30, 2023, in the Village of Sidney. After being arraigned, Stanley was released from custody under the supervision of the Delaware County Probation Department, each of the felonies carry a maximum 9-year sentence. The Village of Sidney Police arrested Stanley Thursday for 3 counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
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The Cullman Child Development Center will hold their next Summer Series event This Sunday, for Dairy day, Spokesman Larry Halbert explains:
(Larry Halbert 7-21-23)
The event will be held at Keith Clark Park on Sunday, from 12:00 Noon until 3:00 PM