State\nPolice and local law enforcement agencies will be stepping up patrols starting today;\nto crack down on impaired driving during the busy holiday travel season. The\nenforcement campaign will run through Wednesday, January 1 & it is part of\nthe national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” initiative. During the 2018 enforcement campaign, law\nenforcement throughout the state arrested 4,142 people for impaired driving and\nissued 144,197 tickets for other vehicle and traffic law violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Governor\nCuomo signed legislation to ensure absentee ballots match ballots used to vote\non Election Day, and that the new simplified absentee ballot applications\ncreated in 2010 are used in school district elections. The New Bill follows earlier legislation\nexpediting party enrollment changes to make it easier for voters to participate\nin primary elections; it removed the October 11th<\/sup> deadline and gives\nvoters until February 14th<\/sup> to make changes to party enrollment and\nstill vote in the April presidential and June congressional and state\nprimaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ———————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oneonta\nPolice & Firefighters rescued an unidentified woman from the spillway near\nOneonta Creek Tuesday afternoon, in an apparent suicide attempt. The 34 year old woman was pulled from the\nwater and taken to AO Fox Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ———————————————–\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n State\nSenator Fred Akshar & Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo are sponsoring the Demos\nFord Act, named after a Binghamton Boy suffering from Lyme disease. The Act would establish specific guidelines\nand protocols for healthcare providers in the proper diagnosis and treatment of\nLyme disease & other tick borne illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n —————————————————<\/p>\n\n\n\n Residents\nin the towns of Sanford & Windsor are banding together to try to stop\nCalpine from placing 25 wind turbines in their towns. The town of Sanford board has passed new\nrestrictions to limit the distance turbines can be placed from personal\nproperty, and for the noise frequencies that they may produce. Calpine is the same company that is also\ntrying to build a similar amount of wind turbines in the town of Guilford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nOtsego County Fair is hosting their 1st Annual Holiday of Lights at the\nFairgrounds in Morris this Thursday, Friday & Saturday Nights. Fair President Joe Kolka explains<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Joe\nKolka 12-11-19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kolka\nsaid that the event will begin at about 5:00 PM each night; more information is\navailable at 287-1325.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ————————————————–<\/p>\n\n\n\n Governor\nCuomo signed legislation establishing a regulatory framework for the production\nand sale of hemp and hemp extract. The measure also requires the hemp industry\nto test and label their products, it creates a registration requirement for\nsellers of hemp extract products; makes regulatory changes to the 2018 Farm\nBill; and defers decision making on hemp extracts, including CBD, as additives\nfor food and beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ——————————————————–<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" State Police and local law enforcement agencies will be stepping up patrols starting today; to crack down on impaired driving during the busy holiday travel season. The enforcement campaign will run through Wednesday, January 1 & it is part of … Continue reading