Oneonta Police responded Wednesday to a vehicle fire on Burnside Avenue in the City of Oneonta. Police said that a 2009 Subaru Forester was fully engulfed, The Oneonta Fire Department extinguished the blaze & officers conducted a neighborhood canvass. 31-year-old Jonathan Delgado, of Oneonta, was charged with 3rd degree Arson & Criminal Mischief. Delgado was arraigned in Oneonta City Court & was remanded to the custody of the Otsego County Sheriff Department. The investigation is continuing
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Plans are in the works to transport the mobile Veterans wall to be displayed in Oneonta over the Memorial Day weekend, spokesman Gene Schmidt explains:

(Gene Schmidt 2-23-17)

Schmidt said that they need over 150 to 200 volunteers to man the facility, those wishing to volunteer can sign up at 607-610-4030, or FriendsofOneonta.com
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The inaugural season of the Binghamton Rumble ponies will begin in April, with many upgrades at NYSEG Stadium, according to team spokesman Ed Saunders:

(Ed Saunders 2-23-17)

Details & tickets are available at 722- FUNN, BingRP.com. or at the stadium box office.
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U.S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will promote a bill to protect seniors form financial scams, by changing the way senior financial abuse if reported, and to establish a national hotline for seniors. Gillibrand said that she wants to have those services provided to fight the financial exploitation of seniors, who have been especially targeted by scammers in recent years.
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Governor Cuomo plans to dedicate $32 million dollars in federal funding to improve public transpiration in the state’s rural areas. Como said that the funding will be targeted for small city bus lines, regional transportation authorities and public transportation programs, in order to connect rural residents to their nearest small cities.
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Many members of the Congress & Senate have cancelled “Town Hall Meetings” in their home district while they are off this week. Freshman Congress members John Faso of the 19th District, and Claudia Tenney of the 22nd district have not scheduled town hall meetings this week, Tenney’s Washington office announced that they have received threats, they announced that Tenney was looking to set up a telephone conference call town hall meeting in the coming months.
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Fire departments in & around Chenango county were kept busy Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a house fire at 266 Kilroy Road in Oxford, a stove fire at 11 South Main Street in Bainbridge, and another house fire at 389 County Road 27 in Coventry, all toned out within a 30 minute time frame. Chenango County EMS stated that firefighters from Coventry, Afton, Greene, Sidney, Bainbridge, Masonville, Oxford, Guilford, Norwich, Brisben, Preston and the Chenango County Bureau of Fire responded to all calls, no injuries were reported.
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State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman responded to a congressional inquiry, making clear that there was not one single substantiated claim of voter fraud in New York last year. Schneiderman wrote that the state’s voting system actually has restrictive laws, rules and procedures, as well as administrative errors, that both legally and illegally keep many New Yorkers from voting. Schneiderman also recently filed suit against the New York City Board of Elections for widespread violations that illegally purged over 200,000 New Yorkers from the voter rolls.
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Governor Cuomo is calling for cuts in state funding for $25 million from 39 public health programs that fight cancer, diabetes and other conditions. Cuomo’s administration said it will be up to state health officials to decide where to make the reductions, which are intended to make public health spending more efficient. Cuomo’s $152 billion budget proposal actually increases health care spending overall.