For the third year in a row, 13\nYear old Melodie Loya of Bainbridge won the regional Scripps National Spelling\nBee in Oneonta, & she will once again be heading to Washington DC, and a\nfundraiser has begun to help meet expenses, DCMO BOCES spelling bee coordinator\nMartha Ryan explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Loya placed 18th and 25th in her\ntwo previous years of national competition, and made it to the final 41 of last\nyear\u2019s 516 spellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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33 year old Kevin Wilcox of\nHarpursville pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular assault and driving\nwhile impaired by drugs, at his arraignment Tuesday. Wilcox was arrested following the\ninvestigation into Monday afternoon’s incident in Binghamton, where he\nallegedly drove onto the sidewalk on Beethoven Street and struck 17-year-old\nHarper Stantz and 19-year-old Britney Laserinko. Both were taken to Wilson Hospital with a\nvariety of serious injuries, including internal injuries & fractures. Wilcox is being held in the Broome County\nJail pending future court action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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18 year old Alec Zarkower’s\ndeath has been ruled as a suicide, following an autopsy performed Tuesday. Zarkower’s body was found in his dorm room at\nSUNY Delhi Monday morning, SUNY Delhi officials said that counselors are available\nfor students in need. Zarkower was a\nfreshman at SUNY Delhi, and was originally from Cortlandt Manor in Westchester County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Trial of Heather Franklin will begin on Aprils 1st in Chenango County Court, for the murder of her special needs son Jeffrey in 2017.\u00a0 Heather & Ernest Franklin were accused of killing the teenager and setting fire to the family home in the town of Guilford, after they had watched “Manchester by the Sea” which contained a similar plot.\u00a0 Ernest Franklin was convicted on Murder 7 Arson charges last week; he will be sentenced on May 3rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Last year was the deadliest for\npedestrians in decades, according to a new report from the Governors Highway\nSafety Association. More than 6,200\npedestrians were killed in motor vehicle accidents in 2018, which was a\ncontinuation of an upward trend over the last 10 years; it was the highest number\nsince 1990. unsafe driving behaviors\nlike speeding or distracted or drowsy driving; alcohol consumption and\nsmartphone use by both drivers and pedestrians; and a rise in the number of\nlarger SUVs, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Governor Cuomo today announced\nthat he will not sign a state budget without a permanent 2% property tax cap,\nand he also wants to lower the state tax rate again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cuomo has been in disagreement\nwith some of the Democrat members of the legislature, who do not want the tax\ncap to become permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The CDC announced that Flu\nactivity remains high across the nation, and there’s a second wave of severe\ninfections striking some states. Over\n26.3 million flu illnesses, 12.4 million medical visits and 347,000 flu\nhospitalizations were reported nationwide between October 1st & March 2,\nwith 64 children dying from the flu during that time. The H1N1 virus strain has dominated this\nseason, but H3N2 viruses have been recirculating in the Southeast, the CDC still continues to recommend getting\na flu shot for those who have not, even though it is late in the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Delaware County Sheriff Deputies arrested 39 year old\nKenneth Schuler of Boca Raton, Florida on charges of felony DWI and felony\naggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, following an investigation\ninto a property damage motor vehicle accident on Lower Third Brook Road in the\nTown of Walton. Schuler was additionally charged with speed not reasonable and\nprudent, unlicensed operator, refusal to take a breath screening test and\noperating a motor vehicle without a required ignition interlock device. Schuler\nwas arraigned and was remanded to the Delaware County Jail on $5,000 cash bail\npending future court action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies arrested 39 year old\nLeAnne Taggart of Franklin, for possession of a Dangerous Dog in Violation of\nthe New York State Agriculture and Markets Law. \nThe arrest is a result of an investigation into a report of an\naggressive dog in the Town of Sidney. Taggart is scheduled to appear at Sidney\nTown Court at a later date to answer the charge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jody Zakrevsky, who is the CEO of Otsego Now, will be\nholding a series of “town hall” meetings throughout Otsego County in\nthe coming weeks. The first of these meetings will be held today at Hartwick\nCollege in the Shineman Chapel from 5:30pm – 7:00pm. The second one will be\nheld on Thursday, at Oneonta Town Hall from 5:00pm – 6:30pm Topics to be\ndiscussed range from grant opportunities available under the next consolidated\nfunding application process, economic and community development interests, and\nenergy. Questions and comments from the public are welcomed and encouraged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a Farmers\u2019 Market\nCommunity Meeting at their Hamden office this morning from 9:30-11:30 am. The goal of this meeting is to create and\/or\nstrengthen relationships among individuals and groups that support farmers\u2019\nmarkets in Delaware County. More\ninformation is available at 865-6531 or ccedelaware.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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