{"id":7415,"date":"2019-12-26T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/?p=7415"},"modified":"2019-12-26T14:33:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:33:41","slug":"wcdo-news-thursday-12-26-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wcdoonline.com\/localnews\/wcdo-news-thursday-12-26-19\/","title":{"rendered":"WCDO NEWS THURSDAY 12-26-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

State Police responded last night to a fatal crash\ninvolving a car and a tractor trailer on State Route 8 and County Road 35 in\nthe town of Guilford.   The passenger of\nthe vehicle, 73 year old William Brett of Kenoza Lake, was killed during the crash\nand the driver, 78 year old Patricia House of Kenoza Lake was transported by\nambulance to Wilson Medical Center and is in serious condition.  The unidentified driver of the tractor\ntrailer was not injured.  The\ninvestigation revealed that the tractor trailer was northbound on State Highway\n8 when the House vehicle, traveling on Chenango County Route 35, went through\nthe Stop Sign, through the intersection and wound up underneath the trailer\nportion of the tractor trailer.  The\ninvestigation is continuing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The State Department of Labor released preliminary\nlocal area unemployment rates for November. \nThe State\u2019s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.0% in November,\nLocally; Chenango County had 3.9% unemployment, Delaware county 4.1% &\nOtsego County 3.7% in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Otsego County Sheriff’s Department arrested 33 year\nold Aaron Willey of Oneonta for 2 counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled\nSubstance. Wiley was arrested on December 23rd, after the issuance of a sealed\nindictment from Otsego County Court. Willey allegedly sold crack cocaine in\nOneonta on 2 separate occasions; he was arraigned in the Otsego County Court\nand was released on his own recognizance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Senator Jim Seward announced that $323.6\nmillion was awarded to the 4 regions that he represents through the Regional\nEconomic Development Council awards. \nREDC grant award winners in Senator Seward\u2019s district included $200,000\nto establish the Otsego County Microenterprise Program; $50,000 to assist\nOtsego County prepare a community energy plan & $800,000 for Springbrook to\nrevive the Ford Block in downtown Oneonta.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that Christmas has passed, many area families\nwill be taking down their trees, Delaware county Solid Waste Coordinator Tyson\nRobb told WCDO News that the trees can be recycled:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Tyson Robb 12-26-19)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delaware County will also accept other Christmas\ntime items for Recycling such as Corrugated cardboard, Magazines, Gift Wrap\nPaper, the full list of recyclables is available at co.delaware.ny.us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood as Holiday travel and winter weather led to a decline in blood donations.\u00a0 The next blood drive will be held in Norwich today from 3:00 to 7:00 PM at the Holy Family School for the Savannah Williams Memorial Blood Drive, to make an appointment download the American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS or enable the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governor Cuomo has proposed making the “New York Buy American” Act permanent.\u00a0 The Act requires all structural steel and structural iron used in all state road and bridge construction projects with contracts worth more than $1 million to be made in America. The current law is set to expire April 2020. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delaware County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies arrested 18 year\nold Sebastian Swift, of Franklin for DWI following a motor vehicle accident\nwhere Swift struck a parked vehicle on Center Street in Franklin.  Swift was processed and released with\nappearance tickets made returnable to the Town of Franklin Court at a later\ndate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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