Helios Care is the new name for the previous “Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care”; President & CEO Dan Ayres discussed the name change and slight change in the emphasis in their care with WCDO today:
(Dan Ayres 10-15-19)
Ayres said that they are looking into being able to bring the services into more of the area counties, to service the rural & aging population, more information is available at Helioscare.org or432-6773.
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A new calendar of area business women is now on sale, with the money raised going to Spaying & Neutering area cats, Erin Insinga of Delaware Valley Humane Society explains:
(Erin Insinga 10-15-19)
Calendars are available at the Humane Society in Sidney, as well as House of Consignment in Unadilla, More information is available at the “I’m Into S&N (Spaying & Neutering) Facebook page or by calling 563-7780.
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The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office arrested 34 year-old Lenard Cox of Masonville, who is a registered sex offender & who is accused of failing to register 5 separate email and or internet accounts. Cox was charged with 5 counts of Sex Offender Failure to Report a Change of Address, he was arraigned in the Town of Delhi Court where he pled guilty to one count of Attempted Failure to Register an Address Change, he remains in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
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Governor Cuomo today announced the launch of the 3rd round of the Energy to Lead competition with $5 million available for New York colleges and universities to lower their carbon footprint & reduce energy use. The competition is open to 2 or 4-year colleges or universities that are REV Campus Challenge members and it is administered through NYSERDA. Proposals will be accepted through February 20, 2020. Ongoing projects under previous rounds include the Broome Community College’s “Geothermal Learning Laboratory” to install a closed loop geothermal system that uses the heat energy stored in the earth.
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Registration is now open for the 6th Annual DCMO BOCES Mountain Mover 5K race on October 26th at 10:00 am in Norwich. The money raised at this event directly contributes to school and career success for area youth. The 5k is a trail run through the woods behind the BOCES campus in Norwich. More information is available at 335-1384.
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Delaware County Sheriff Craig DuMond and Sidney Central School District Administrators remind motorists that passing stopped school buses is illegal & it creates a grave danger to children that use the Busses to & from School. The Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer assigned to the Sidney Central School received 2 complaints recently from the School District’s Transportation Director regarding motorists passing stopped school busses. Sidney School buses are equipped with state of the art video cameras capable of capturing images of passing vehicles and their license plate numbers during the 2 incidents, the drivers were identified & were ticketed.
Firefighters from Sidney Center & Surrounding communities responded to an outdoor furnace fire at the Fieldstone House on Wheat Hill Road in Sidney Center. The fire was reported at about 12:30 PM, the shed was a total loss, the house itself was untouched, and no injuries were reported.
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