Former Norwich Police Chief, Fire Chief & Marine Joe Angelino of Norwich announced his candidacy for the 122nd Assembly District, following Assemblyman Cliff Crouch’s announcement that he will not seek re-election this November, Crouch endorsed Angelino’s candidacy, Angelino talked to WCDO News about his decision to run:
(Joe Angelino 1-28-20)
Angelino & Nick Libous both announced their intentions yesterday to seek the Republican Party Nomination for the 122nd Assembly District race; so far no Democrats have announced a run for the seat.
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State Senator Fred Akshar held a press conference at the Broome County Sheriff’s Department yesterday, vowing to fight to overturn or fix some of the portions of the Bail Reform law that just went into effect that is sending some violent criminals back out onto the streets:
(Akshar 1-28-20)
Akshar said that numerous cases have occurred already where someone has been released on an appearance ticket, and almost immediately committed a crime that they would not have been able to commit if they had been remanded to jail like they would have last year.
The opening of the 2020 personal income tax filing season has begun, with a dozen free tax filing assistance sites across New York State. Taxpayers who earned $69,000 or less in 2019 are eligible to file both their federal and New York State income tax returns at these locations at no cost. Eligible taxpayers may also prepare and file their returns for free by using tax preparation software available through the State Tax Department’s website. More information is available at tax.ny.gov/fsa.
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Today’s UHS Chenango Women’s Health talk will focus on Healthy Habits, to be held at Bohemian Moon, 103 East Main Street in Norwich. Physical Therapist Allison O’Neill of UHS Therapies Norwich and Registered Dietician Nicole Wake from UHS Chenango Memorial will present during the event, the evening will begin at 6:00 PM, with the presentation and discussion to follow at 7:00 PM. More information is available at 337-4283.
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The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce will hold their next First Friday networking Breakfast on February 7th from 8:30 to 10:00 am at the Belleayre Mountain and Ski Center in Highmount. The featured speaker for the event is New York State Senator James Seward, representing the 51st Senate District.
Governor Cuomo today announced the Executive Budget includes record funding for the Environmental Protection Fund at $300 Million. The Budget appropriations include $39 million for solid waste programs, $89 million for parks and recreation, $152 million for open space programs and $20 million for the climate change mitigation and adaptation program.
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Commerce Chenango has teamed up with SFCU to host a series of Roundtable Workshops, with the 1st one scheduled for this morning in Norwich, Commerce Chenango CEO Kerri Green explains:
(Kerri Green 1-28-20)
The workshop will be held in the Commerce Chenango Community Room at 15 South Broad Street in Norwich, starting at 7:30 AM through 9:00 AM, more information is available at 334-1400.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Gary Warfield Jr. of East Branch on 1 count of endangering the welfare of a child. Deputies allege that Warfield did knowingly act in a manner injurious to the physical, mental, or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years of age. Warfield was released on an appearance ticket returnable the Town of Hancock court at a later date.
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The American Red Cross announced that there are 2 blood drives being held in Broome County today in Harpursville from 2:30 to 6:30 PM at the Eastern Broome Senior Center, another is being held in Binghamton from 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM at the Binghamton State Office Building, 44 Hawley Street. Donors of all blood types, especially types O positive and O negative are needed. Donations can be made with the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.
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