P.M. NEWS MONDAY 8-26-24
State Police, the Office of Cannabis Management, the Department of Tax and Finance & local law enforcement, have deployed 150 investigators to inspect, reinspect, padlock, and seize products from of illegal cannabis storefronts. Since May 21st, More than 700 inspections, resulting in 7,485 pounds of illegal cannabis seized, 345 stores were padlocked and 596 Notices of Violation issued. One of the stores was Sidney Exotic on Main Street, There are currently 166 legitimate adult-use retail dispensaries across the Empire State.
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State Police arrested 23 year old Brandon Fancher of Cobleskill, last week, for DWI, in Oneonta. While on roving patrol during a DWI Sobriety Checkpoint, a Sergeant observed a vehicle speeding on Main Street in Oneonta and made a traffic stop, the Sergeant smelled an odor of an alcoholic beverage and observed other characteristics associated with impairment. Fancher failed a Standardized Field Sobriety Test, he was arrested, he was processed and issued appearance tickets to the Oneonta Town Court on September 3rd.
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Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the U.S. that were found to contain potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic. The recall applies to 9,535 cases of Great Value brand apple juice sold in 25 states, including New York State, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Florida-based manufacturer Refresco Beverages voluntarily recalled the contaminated 6-packs of 8-ounce juice bottles after discovering levels of the chemical contaminant that exceeded industry standards.
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Colorscape Chenango will take place next Saturday, September 7th and Sunday, September 8th in East and West Parks, downtown Norwich. In addition to the displays of Arts, there will also be plenty of live performances, according to director Michele Erickson:
(Michele Erickson 8-26-24)
The performance schedule for all the live acts can be found on www.colorscape.org.
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The TOPS Club, Inc. which stands for “Take Off Pounds Sensibly”, picked Barbara Rifenburgh of West Davenport, who lost 117.25 pounds, she was the 2023 New York Queen or TOPS, & was honored at a ceremony last year, WCDO Spoke with Barbara Rifenburgh about her journey with the TOPS program
(Barb Rifenburg 8-21-24)
Today there are about 65,000 TOPS members, spread out over all 50 states and Canada, The Oneonta Chapter that Barb attends meets Mondays at 5:00 PM at the Elm Park Methodist Church on Chestnut Street. More information about the TOPS program & locations can be found at tops.org, the full interview with Barbara Rifenburg will be aired Thursday Morning at 8:40AM.
A.M. NEWS MONDAY 8-26-24
State Police responded to Otsego County Road 23 and Wing Hill Road in the town of Exeter Friday Afternoon for a two vehicle crash. A 4 door sedan was making a left turn on a sharp curve onto Wing Hill Road when the driver did not see an SUV from the opposite direction, The vehicles collided and both caught fire, A passerby with a fire extinguisher assisted in getting a family out of the sedan and another person assisted the driver of the SUV out of their vehicle. 3 LifeNet helicopters responded to the area. 3 children & the driver of the sedan; Nicole Rinaldo of Ilion were transported to various hospitals, The driver of the SUV, 52 year old Michael Salon of Herkimer, was transported by helicopter to Albany Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
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State Police Troop “C” Traffic Incident Management unit in partnership with the Department of Transportation held an Operation Hard Hat enforcement in Windsor along State Highway 17 east between exits 78 and 79. In just over four hours, 75 tickets were issued, 58 for Speeding, including 1 person was observed and ticketed for traveling 92 mph in the 55 mph active work zone.
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Otsego County Sheriff’s office arrested 41 year old Justin Ingalls of Milford for Reckless Endangerment of Property, Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance, Trespassing & Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, following an investigation following an incident at Apple Foods Store in Milford. Ingalls was held at the Otsego County Correctional Facility.
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2 people escaped a fire in Laurens Saturday afternoon, after a passerby reported the blaze to authorities, at 299 Crawford Road. Firefighters from Laurens & West Laurens responded, the 2 occupants were not injured, The fire is under investigation.
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The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce will hold their networking Breakfast this morning at 8:30 am at the Stonewall at the Meredith Inn, chamber members will get a chance to network with each other & possibly make new business connections.
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