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A motion to disqualify the Chenango County District Attorney from prosecuting the murder case against Ganesh Ramsaran of New Berlin woman has been denied. The motion would have required the appointment of a special prosecutor from outside the district attorney\u2019s office, due to an alleged conflict of interest with the defendant.\u00a0 Chenango county judge Frank Revoir denied the motion.\u00a0\u00a0 Ramsaran has been charged with 2nd<\/sup> degree murder in connection with the murder of his wife Jennifer late last year, she had been reported missing by her husband, her body was found several months later in a wooded area in the town of Pharsalia.<\/p>\n

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The Chenango County Sheriff\u2019s department investigated a 1-vehicle accident on county road 2 in the town of Greene, at about 11:45 Tuesday morning.\u00a0 24-year-old Jesse Ehlers of Greene left the pavement while operating a Jeep Cherokee, he struck an embankment & a tree.\u00a0 Ehlers & his passenger, 19 year old Makayla Heisler of Greene were not wearing seatbelts & were ejected from the vehicle, and suffered serious head and back injuries.\u00a0 Both were transported to Wilson memorial hospital in Johnson city, the cause of the accident was from unsafe speed for the curve in the road and road conditions.<\/p>\n

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State Police at Oneonta arrested\u00a029-year-old David Sparaco<\/strong> of Oneonta for Criminal Possession of Stolen Property.\u00a0 The arrest resulted from a complaint originating at Searle\u2019s Garage in Davenport, who reported that several brake rotors & a radiator from a 1958 Mercury was stolen.\u00a0\u00a0 Sparaco was arrested at Otsego Auto Crushers in Oneonta, when he tried to sell the stolen property as scrap metal.\u00a0 Sparaco faces future court action on the charges.
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A federal judge has set a trial date of December \u00a02nd<\/sup> for a new fraud trial for former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. \u00a0The 84-year-old Bruno\u2019s 2 fraud convictions from 2009 were overturned on appeal. Bruno is accused of accepting $440,000 from a businessman for helping with state grants.<\/p>\n

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Governor Cuomo announced the launch of\u00a0 \u201cEvery Student Present,\u201d Tuesday, which is a public awareness campaign to help school leadership,\u00a0parents, and communities promote school attendance. The campaign is focused on creating\u00a0engaging school environments, using data to identify chronically absent\u00a0students, and exploring ways to provide support that can help students\u00a0 and families. \u00a0\u00a0More information is available at everystudentpresent.org\u00a0or governor.ny.gov.<\/p>\n

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The state Public Service Commission is urging income-eligible consumers to sign up for a discount telephone service through a program aimed at making New Yorkers safer at home. The Lifeline program provides discounts for monthly residential phone bills for basic telephone service.\u00a0 New Yorkers already receiving other benefits including Food Stamps, Veterans\u2019 Disability, SSI and Home Energy Assistance Program help are eligible. more information is available at AskPSC.com.<\/p>\n

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Despite an overall drop in attendance at New York parks, Chenango Valley State Park had a steady flow of swimmers, campers, hikers, golfers and guests this summer. The park, in the Town of Fenton, recorded attendance of 94,136 from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends \u2014 a decrease of just 158 from the same time period last year.\u00a0 At Oquaga Creek State Park, in northeastern Broome and Delaware counties, attendance dropped 10.2 percent this summer. Overall, officials attributed the slight attendance decline at parks across the state to a rainy start of the summer season.<\/p>\n

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