Delaware County EMS Director Steve Hood recently made a\npresentation to the County Board of Supervisors regarding the lack of Ambulance\nservices to less populated area of the county, Hood Told WCDO News that the\nsituation has become very serious:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Steve Hood 7-31-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hood said that currently, Sidney\u2019s model of ambulance\nservice is working and is breaking even; he would like to see a regional &\nconsolidated service like that covering the underserved parts of Delaware\nCounty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Delaware County Fair returns to the fairgrounds in\nWalton August 12th through the 17th, spokesman Jason Craig comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Jason Craig 7-31-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The full schedule of events & tickets are available at\nDelaware county fair.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Ed Curley of Sidney finished his bicycle trek across the\ncountry, arriving in Saint Augustine Florida this morning, the purpose of the\ntrip was to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; he told\nWCDO News about how much was raised:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Ed Curley 7-26-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donations in Ed\u2019s name can still be made online to\nJDRF.org. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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State Police responded to a crash on I-88 in the town of\nFenton Tuesday. 55 year old Douglas Peters of Amsterdam rear-ended an\nunoccupied attenuator truck that was stopped in the passing lane on Interstate\n88 just west of exit 2. The truck did\nhave its emergency lights and arrow stick activated. The operator of the attenuator truck was collecting\nsignage and not in a work zone. Peters\nwas ejected after his vehicle struck the concrete barrier, he was transported\nto Wilson Memorial Hospital and is in stable condition, he was ticketed for\nFailure to Exercise Due Care When Passing a Stopped, Standing or Parked Hazard\nVehicle and not wearing a Safety Belt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies arrested 31-year-old John\nMahler of Walton Tuesday for obstructing government administration and harassment. Mahler is accused of intentionally\ninterfering with a Walton Fire Department investigation into a report of a tree\non utility wires in the Village of Walton; he was arraigned in Walton Village\nCourt and was released on his own recognizance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Governor Cuomo today signed legislation limiting an\neducational institution’s ability to authorize any person who is not primarily\nemployed as a school resource officer, law enforcement officer or security\nguard to carry a firearm on school grounds. Cuomo also directed State Police to\nestablish statewide regulations aimed at strengthening existing gun buyback\nprograms and create new programs for the safe removal of illegal, unsecured,\nabandoned or unwanted firearms. This is\nthe 3rd signing by Governor Cuomo this week to tighten gun laws, he signed a\nlaw extending the background check waiting period, banned bump stocks and\nbanned undetectable 3D Printed guns and expanded firearm safe storage laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Local sales tax collections for\nthe first 2 quarters of 2019 grew at a moderate pace compared to last year,\naccording to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. \nCollections during the 1st & 2nd quarters grew by 3.4 &\n3.2%, most regions upstate showed weak\ngrowth, with Central New York, the Mohawk Valley and North Country growing by\nabout 1%, the Southern Tier fared better with a growth rate above the statewide\naverage of 3.3 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday morning, Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies were\ndispatched to the scene of a tractor trailer rollover accident at the\nintersection of County Highway 26 and East River Road in the Town of\nHamden. 51 year old Ronald Greene of\nWillow Grove, Pennsylvania was operating a trailer with liquid sugar on County\nHighway 26 when the truck experienced brake failure, Greene lost control &\noverturned. Greene was not injured; the\nroad was closed to traffic during the accident investigation and cleanup. Greene was ticketed for failure to stop at a\nstop sign and inadequate brakes and was directed to answer those charges in the\nTown of Hamden Court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The American Red Cross will hold 2 blood drives in Oneonta\ntoday. Donors of all blood types,\nespecially type O, are urged to make an appointment to donate using the Blood\nDonor App, at RedCrossBlood.org or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS. The blood drives will be held from 1:00 to\n6:00 PM at BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club, on State Route 32 & from 2:00 to 6:00 PM at\nthe American Legion Post 259, at 279 Chestnut Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Delaware County EMS Director Steve Hood recently made a presentation to the County Board of Supervisors regarding the lack of Ambulance services to less populated area of the county, Hood Told WCDO News that the situation has become very serious: … Continue reading