There will be a public meeting in the Sidney high school auditorium tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 PM to give an overview of Buyout and Elevation programs. Sidney mayor Andy Matviak explains:

(Andy Matviak 12-14-16)

Representatives from Delaware County Planning Department, the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, 2+4 Construction, Delaware Opportunities & the Village of Sidney Grant Administrative Staff
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The Bainbridge Development Corporation has sent out surveys for town of Bainbridge businesses & residents, as they seek to update the Bainbridge town Comprehensive Plan. Dave DeClue is president of the Bainbridge development Corporation:

(Dave DeClue 12-14-16)

DeClue said that they would like to get the surveys back as soon as possible in the coming weeks, and they hope to tabulate all the results and bring them before the Town Board early next year. The Last Town of Bainbridge Comprehensive Plan update was in 2002-2003.
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State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli today urged New Yorkers to read the fine print on gift cards this holiday season for details about fees and expiration dates. While some gift card sellers have done away with inactivity fees, consumers should still ask whether fees apply when purchasing a gift card. As a rule of thumb, DiNapoli said New Yorkers should register the card with the retailer and use gift cards within a year of purchase to avoid inactivity fees. Money from unused gift cards issued by New York businesses is turned over to the State Comptroller’s office as abandoned property after five years of dormancy. In State Fiscal Year 2015-16, $11 million from gift cards was turned over to the state’s Abandoned Property Fund.
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Lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul announced today planning grants are being made available for Brownfield Remediation projects around the state. The grant applications are due in March; there are currently 38 designated Brownfield Opportunity Areas in the state.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Arrested 36 year old Chad Walters formerly from the Sidney, at the Texas State Penitentiary. Walters was released from the Delaware County Correctional Facility in November, 2014, after posting a $50,000 bail bond, he was arrested on a Bench Warrant issued for failure to appear on a charge of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance. Walters is currently serving a 4 1/2 year prison sentence in Texas on a felony conviction for evading police officers, Walters was extradited from Texas to New York on Tuesday after waiving extradition proceedings, he is being held in the Delaware County Correctional Facility without bail pending trial.
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