Voters in the Walton Central School District decided to pass its budget Tuesday by a slim vote of 511 people in favor and 510 opposed. The $20.5 million spending plan lowers the tax levy by 5%.
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Tri-Town Boys and Girls Club is having a Theater Production: “Sidney: Past, Present & Future”, today & tomorrow at The American Legion on Union Street. Today, a Spaghetti Supper will be served from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, with a Curtain Call at 7:00 pm, on Friday; the Curtain call will be at 7:00pm with appetizer plates available. Tickets are available at Sidney Flower and Gifts and Video Entertainment Plus, or by calling The Sidney Boys and Girls Club at 561-2311.
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The Chenango County Health Department will hold another free rabies clinic today. The clinic will be held at the Greene fire station at 8 North Canal Street from 5:00 to 6:00 PM.
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The Bainbridge-Guilford Central School will hold a Board of Education Meeting Today in the District Conference Room at 5:30 PM. The Open session will start at 7:00 PM
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This week, State Senator Tom Libous returned to the Senate for Legislative Session. In the past few months Senator Libous had two back surgeries and a staph infection that kept him away from the Senate Chamber.
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State Senator Jim Seward announced senate passage of legislation he sponsored which will enhance women’s health care in New York State to include pregnancy as a qualifying event for women to enroll in any health insurance plan at any time.

(Seward 6-18-15)

Under current law, New Yorkers can only purchase insurance coverage through the exchange outside of an open enrollment period when certain “qualifying events” such as marriage, divorce, becoming a U.S. citizen, or giving birth occur, Seward’s legislation adds pregnancy to the list of qualifying events. The bill has been sent to the assembly where companion legislation has been introduced.
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In May the State’s private sector job count grew by 47,400, or 0.6%, to 7,783,800, according to preliminary figures released today by the State Department of Labor. The statewide unemployment rate in New York was unchanged at 5.7% in May.
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“Fireworks Over The Fairgrounds” will be held on July 4th at the Chenango county fairgrounds in Norwich, Terry Potter of Millennia Entertainment comments:

(TERRY POTTER 6-18-15)

Tickets are available at Hummel’s in Norwich, Video Entertainment Plus in Sidney, The Artist’s Palette in Norwich & the New Berlin branch of NBT Bank, or at brownpapertickets.com.
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