Governor Cuomo announced more than 14,000 tickets were issued by Police during this year’s “Operation Work Brake,” a yearly campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of reckless driving in work zones. This year’s enforcement efforts took place from April 22 to April 26th; Police wrote 411 tickets statewide for violating the Move Over Law, over 5200 for Speeding, 683 for speeding in a work zone and 579 for distracted driving.
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The Afton central School district will be holding a 2nd public informational meeting on their proposed Capital Project on May 16th. District Superintendent Tim McNamara said that the project will not raise taxes:
(Tim McNamara 5-6-19)
The Project will be voted on by Afton District residents on May 21st from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM at the Afton School.
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May 5 to May 11, 2019, is National Small Business Week. Since 1963 this week has been designated to recognize the impact of America’s entrepreneurs and small businesses. Steve Craig of Commerce Chenango comments:
(Steve Craig 5-6-19)
Statistics show that small businesses create two out of every three net new jobs in the private sector & over half of all Americans own or work for a small business, According to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 32-Year-Old Samantha Roupp of Bloomville Sunday for DWI, Driving with a BAC of .08% or higher, Uninspected Motor Vehicle, Failure to Keep Right, Moving from Lane Unsafely, and Consumption of Alcohol in a Motor Vehicle. Roupp was stopped on State Highway 10 in the Town of Walton, she was arrested & was arraigned in Hamden Town Court and is scheduled to appear at Walton Town Court at a later date.
The Chenango County Sheriff’s deputies, State Police & Village of Greene responded to the report of a suspicious death Friday evening in Smithville Flats. The victim has been identified as 16-year-old Amelia Wakefield of Oxford, after authorities responded to a Water Street residence at about 6:50 PM Friday. Wakefield was removed & was brought to Lourdes’ Hospital in Binghamton for an autopsy. Oxford Academy officials announced that the School’s Crisis Team was available for students today; the investigation in Wakefield’s death is ongoing.
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117 packages of fentanyl and 35 packages of crack cocaine were seized by the Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force during a search warrant in Binghamton Friday. 34 year old Sean Dingle was charged with several counts of Criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, Dingle is being held at the Binghamton Police Department until he can be arraigned in Binghamton City Court.
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State Police arrested 25 year old John Clark of Oneonta for Assault & Resisting Arrest after Troopers were dispatched to a dispute at the Lantern Hill Trailer Park. Clark is accused of punching a person in the face. Troopers located Clark hiding in the residence, He was found to have active warrants in the town of Morris and the city of Oneonta. Clark was arraigned in the town of Oneonta Court and remanded to the Otsego County Jail on $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 bond pending court action on June 6th
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The Sidney Central School District is now registering children for their September 2019 kindergarten class. Parents should call 561-7728 to set up an appointment to register their child, who must be 5 years old on or before December 1st in order to be eligible for kindergarten this September.
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The Village of Sidney Spring Brush & Leaf Pick Up is running today through Friday, Village residents can also drop off appliances, tires & metal at the Sidney Village Garage on Friday & Saturday May 10th & 11th. More information is available at 561-2329.
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