Delaware County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Sidney Center woman at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in Medford, Oregon. 32 year old Chellie Warner of Sidney Center was wanted on a Bench Warrant issued by the Delaware County Court for failure to appear for a scheduled conference and sentencing following her guilty plea for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance. Warner was originally arrested by Delaware County Sheriff’s Office in December 2017, on a Grand Jury Sealed Indictment Warrant for various drug charges for selling Fentanyl laced Heroin. Warner was returned to Delaware County Wednesday she was remanded to the Delaware County jail without bail.
Changes in the length of the statute of limitations recently passed in the New York Child Victim’s Act, have led to hundreds of lawsuits being filed against members of the clergy & educators who have been accused or convicted of rape or sexual abuse. Former Afton Principal David Curtis now faces a lawsuit after he pleaded guilty for sexually abusing a teenage student over 30 years ago; his accuser has brought a lawsuit against him and the Afton school district. Curtis pleaded guilty to Endangering the Welfare of a child by Sexual Contact, under the terms of a plea bargain arrangement in 1991.
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State Senator Jim Seward will be in Oneonta tomorrow for a Justice for Gillian Gibbons rally at Muller Plaza in downtown Oneonta. Senator Seward opposes the potential release of David Dart, who fatally stabbed Gibbons in the Oneonta Municipal Parking Garage in 1989. Other expected to participate include former Oneonta City Police Chief Joseph Redmond, and Gillian’s sister Jennifer Kirkpatrick. The rally will be held at 3:00 PM.
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The Afton Community Theater presents “Matilda the Musical” this weekend. Clair Sullivan plays Matilda in 2 of the 4 performances this weekend:
(Clair Sullivan 9-27-19)
Marek Rajner also has a key role in this production:
(Marek Rajner 9-27-19)
The shows will be Friday & Saturday nights at 7:00 PM, with Saturday 7 Sunday Matinees at 2:00 PM, at the Margery Secrest Theater at the Afton Central School. Tickets are available at BrownpaperTickets.com.
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A Par 3 Tournament benefitting Bainbridge-Guilford Youth Sports Programs will be held at the Sundown Golf Course in Guilford Sunday, with an 11:00 AM Shotgun Start. The cost is $140 per team; more information is available at 895-6888.
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The 33rd Annual Greene Applefest will be held tomorrow at the Ball Flats in the village of Greene. The event runs from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM & features crafters, entertainment, food vendors, and children’s games, more information is available at 725-3621.
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The West Kortright Centre will hold its third annual Barn Tour fundraiser this Sunday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Tickets for this event are $20 in advance or $23 at the first barn, proceeds benefit The West Kortright Centre’s arts and community programs, tickets & other information is available at 278-5454 or at westkc.org.
34 year old Brock Likens of Greene was sentenced in a federal court room to 78 months in prison for distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography. Likens admitted that he knowingly received and distributed child pornography over the internet using peer-to-peer file sharing software. An undercover law enforcement officer downloaded 87 child pornography video files from Likens’ computer that he shared with others. A subsequent search of Likens’ house revealed that he possessed on various devices, 31 video files and 24 images of child pornography.
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The Broome County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a person who crashed a vehicle into a home at 11 Old State Road in Port Dickinson late last night. The car was left at the scene, the driver left the scene, the investigation is continuing.
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Governor Cuomo announced he has received and reviewed a recommendation from New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to include menthol in the ban on the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes and nicotine e-liquids. He has accepted these recommendations and directed the Commissioner to convene an emergency meeting of the Public Health and Health Planning Council as soon as possible to expand emergency regulations to include menthol flavors in the ban.
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Congressman Anthony Brindisi fought to protect the Bainbridge VA clinic in Chenango County at a House Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee hearing Wednesday, and confirmed with Dr. Richard Stone of the Veterans’ Health Administration that the clinic will not close in December 2019, as was previously proposed. Brindisi invited Stone to visit the Bainbridge facility and see firsthand the need it fills for Chenango County Veterans. More than 3,600 Veterans reside in Chenango County.
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Commerce Chenango will once again host their annual “Chamber Challenge” This Sunday at the Pharsalia State Lands, Chamber President Steve Craig explains:
(Steve Craig 9-16-19)
Craig said that this year’s Chamber Challenge is co-sponsored by Chobani and Preferred Mutual Insurance Company. More information is available at chamberchallenge.itsyourrace.com
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Delaware County Sheriff Craig DuMond announced that on Thursday September 19th, local law enforcement agencies joined forces in the Village of Sidney area to conduct a multi-agency traffic enforcement detail, which resulted in 43 traffic summonses. Also, 36 year-old Mitchell Knapp of Masonville was arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of Marihuana and Violation of Probation. Knapp was arraigned in the Town of Sidney Court and was remanded to the Delaware County Correctional Facility where he was held without bail pending further court action.
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Donors of all blood types are urgently needed to donate today in Wells Bridge & Tomorrow in Sidney. Appointments can be made by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. The Wells Bridge drive would be from 1:00 to 6:00 PM at the Wells Bridge Fire Department, Saturday’s Sidney drive will be from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the First Congregational Church.
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