Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s\nDepartment arrested a Sidney Center woman at the Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s\nOffice in Medford, Oregon. 32 year old\nChellie Warner of Sidney Center was wanted on a Bench Warrant issued by the Delaware\nCounty Court for failure to appear for a scheduled conference and sentencing\nfollowing her guilty plea for Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance. Warner was originally arrested by Delaware\nCounty Sheriff\u2019s Office in December 2017, on a Grand Jury Sealed Indictment\nWarrant for various drug charges for selling Fentanyl laced Heroin. Warner was returned to Delaware County\nWednesday she was remanded to the Delaware County jail without bail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Changes in the length of the statute of limitations recently\npassed in the New York Child Victim\u2019s Act, have led to hundreds of lawsuits\nbeing filed against members of the clergy & educators who have been accused\nor convicted of rape or sexual abuse. \nFormer Afton Principal David Curtis now faces a lawsuit after he pleaded\nguilty for sexually abusing a teenage student over 30 years ago; his accuser\nhas brought a lawsuit against him and the Afton school district. Curtis pleaded guilty to Endangering the\nWelfare of a child by Sexual Contact, under the terms of a plea bargain\narrangement in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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State Senator Jim Seward will be in Oneonta tomorrow for a\nJustice for Gillian Gibbons rally at Muller Plaza in downtown Oneonta. Senator Seward opposes the potential release\nof David Dart, who fatally stabbed Gibbons in the Oneonta Municipal Parking\nGarage in 1989. Other expected to participate\ninclude former Oneonta City Police Chief Joseph Redmond, and Gillian\u2019s sister\nJennifer Kirkpatrick. The rally will be\nheld at 3:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Afton Community Theater presents “Matilda the\nMusical” this weekend. Clair\nSullivan plays Matilda in 2 of the 4 performances this weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Marek Rajner also has a key role in this production:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The shows will be Friday & Saturday nights at 7:00 PM,\nwith Saturday 7 Sunday Matinees at 2:00 PM, at the Margery Secrest Theater at\nthe Afton Central School. Tickets are\navailable at BrownpaperTickets.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A Par 3 Tournament benefitting\nBainbridge-Guilford Youth Sports Programs will be held at the Sundown Golf\nCourse in Guilford Sunday, with an 11:00 AM Shotgun Start. The cost is $140 per team; more information\nis available at 895-6888.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The 33rd<\/sup> Annual Greene Applefest will be held\ntomorrow at the Ball Flats in the village of Greene. The event runs from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM &\nfeatures crafters, entertainment, food vendors, and children\u2019s games, more\ninformation is available at 725-3621. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n The West Kortright Centre will\nhold its third annual Barn Tour fundraiser this Sunday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM,\nTickets for this event are $20 in advance or $23 at the first barn, proceeds benefit\nThe West Kortright Centre\u2019s arts and community programs, tickets & other\ninformation is available at 278-5454 or at westkc.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 34 year old Brock Likens of Greene was sentenced in a\nfederal court room to 78 months in prison for distributing, receiving and\npossessing child pornography. Likens\nadmitted that he knowingly received and distributed child pornography over the\ninternet using peer-to-peer file sharing software. An undercover law\nenforcement officer downloaded 87 child pornography video files from Likens\u2019\ncomputer that he shared with others. A\nsubsequent search of Likens\u2019 house revealed that he possessed on various\ndevices, 31 video files and 24 images of child pornography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n —————————————–<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Broome County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a\nperson who crashed a vehicle into a home at 11 Old State Road in Port Dickinson\nlate last night. The car was left at the\nscene, the driver left the scene, the investigation is continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————<\/p>\n\n\n\n Governor Cuomo announced he has received and reviewed a\nrecommendation from New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to\ninclude menthol in the ban on the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes and\nnicotine e-liquids. He has accepted these recommendations and directed the\nCommissioner to convene an emergency meeting of the Public Health and Health\nPlanning Council as soon as possible to expand emergency regulations to include\nmenthol flavors in the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ——————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congressman Anthony Brindisi fought to protect the\nBainbridge VA clinic in Chenango County at a House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Health\nSubcommittee hearing Wednesday, and confirmed with Dr. Richard Stone of the Veterans\u2019\nHealth Administration that the clinic will not close in December 2019, as was\npreviously proposed. Brindisi invited Stone to visit the Bainbridge facility\nand see firsthand the need it fills for Chenango County Veterans. More than 3,600 Veterans reside in Chenango\nCounty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commerce Chenango will once again host their annual\n“Chamber Challenge” This Sunday at the Pharsalia State Lands, Chamber\nPresident Steve Craig explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Steve Craig 9-16-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Craig said that this year’s Chamber Challenge is\nco-sponsored by Chobani and Preferred Mutual Insurance Company. More\ninformation is available at chamberchallenge.itsyourrace.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n —————————————————–<\/p>\n\n\n\n Delaware County Sheriff Craig DuMond announced that on Thursday September 19th<\/sup>, local law enforcement agencies joined forces in the Village of Sidney area to conduct a multi-agency traffic enforcement detail, which resulted in 43 traffic summonses.\u00a0 Also, 36 year-old Mitchell Knapp of Masonville was arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of Marihuana and Violation of Probation.\u00a0 Knapp was arraigned in the Town of Sidney Court and was remanded to the Delaware County Correctional Facility where he was held without bail pending further court action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————————–<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donors of all blood types are urgently needed to donate\ntoday in Wells Bridge & Tomorrow in Sidney. \nAppointments can be made by downloading the free Red Cross Blood Donor\nApp, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or enabling the Blood\nDonor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. The Wells Bridge drive would be from 1:00\nto 6:00 PM at the Wells Bridge Fire Department, Saturday\u2019s Sidney drive will be\nfrom 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the First Congregational Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Department arrested a Sidney Center woman at the Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Medford, Oregon. 32 year old Chellie Warner of Sidney Center was wanted on a Bench Warrant issued by the Delaware County Court for failure … Continue reading