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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Friends of the Upper Delaware River, and the Upper Delaware River Tailwaters Coalition will hold a public information meeting to discuss the 2023 Delaware Aqueduct shutdown. DEP officials will be discussing the details of the upcoming shutdown and repair project and how it will impact the management of the Delaware River basin reservoirs and the Upper Delaware River. The Meeting will be held on April 11th from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at the Hancock Town Hall, 661 West Main Street, Hancock, a Zoom Link can also be obtained from one of the organizing agencies.

The Jericho Arts Council will bring back David Davis & The Warrior River Boys this Saturday night at the Bainbridge Town Hall Theater, spokesman Phil Wade explains:

(Phil Wade 3-24-23)

Reservations can be made at 607-288-3882, tickets can also be purchased at the door prior to the show.

A.M. NEWS Friday 3-24-23

Delaware County District Attorney's Office announced that 24 year old Patrick Combs of Grand Gorge pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny and Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, in Delaware County Court. Combs stole over $3,000.00 from the Roxbury Country Store, also, on January 15th, he operated a motor vehicle on State Highway 30, while impaired by drugs. Combs will be sentenced to 1-3 years in state prison for his conviction of Grand Larceny & 364 days in jail for driving while his ability was impaired by drugs, the sentences will run concurrently.

The Otsego County Sheriff's Office arrested 35 year old Rex Jordan for Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, DWI, Unlawful Fleeing in a Motor Vehicle, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation & Numerous other Vehicle and Traffic violations. An Otsego County Sheriff’s deputy and State Parks Police officer observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on State Highway 205, Jordan failed to comply and became involved in a 1 car motor vehicle accident, he was taken to Bassett Hospital. Police discovered that the vehicle had been reported stolen out Oneonta. Jordan was discharged from Bassett before charges were filed, A warrant was issued & he was located by the Oneonta City Police Department who arrested him on unrelated charges. Jordan was processed and lodged in the Otsego County Correctional Facility, Additional charges are pending.

The Otsego County Sheriff's Office arrested 34 year old Emario Lynch of the Bronx in the town of Morris for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance & Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia. Deputies observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. Deputies stopped the vehicle a short time later and found it to have switched plates and no insurance, Lynch was also found to possess crack cocaine and MDMA. Lynch was released on an appearance ticket & is set to appear in the Town of Morris Court at a later date.

The Chenango County Department of Public Health is offering a free rabies clinic for Chenango County pet owners on Saturday, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Guilford Highway Department, located at 223 Marble Road in Guilford. The clinic is for Dogs Cats & Domesticated Ferrets.

New York State has tested over 32,000
people, & there are more than 7100 cases of the Corona Virus with 35
deaths, so Governor Cuomo today announced that that 100% of employees of non-essential
must now stay home:

(Cuomo 3-20-20)

Cuomo said that they are
concentrating on acquiring more hospital beds in existing facilities, hospital
beds for makeshift sites that are not in use for their usual purposes and above
all, Ventilators for those in the ICU Units with the Coronavirus.  New York will implement a 90-day moratorium
on evictions for residential and commercial tenants.

On Monday, a Red Cross EMERGENCY
Blood Drive will be held at the Sidney Fire Department Training Center on River
Street.  Blood supplies are extremely low
as a number of Blood Drives were cancelled due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, the
blood drive will be held from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday.

Delaware County
Officials announced today that the Solid Waste Site is still open, but that are
asking visitors to visit as little as possible and to get in and out as quickly
as possible.  Also, Effective Saturday
March 20 the SWMC will operate on a cashless pre-paid debit basis only, for
customers wishing to dispose of construction & demolition debris,
furniture, and any waste items subject to tipping disposal fee. More
information is available at the Solid Waste Department page on at the Delaware
County Website.

The Small Business Administration
announced that the statewide disaster declaration for New York is now in place,
Commerce Chenango CEO Kerri Green comments:

(Kerri Green 3-20-20)

Eligible businesses can apply for the
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans online at disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.  Green also said that those businesses that
want to get the exemption forms that want to be considered as
"Essential" can get it at Commercechenango.com.

The Jericho Arts Council announced
that the David Davis & the Warrior River Boys concert scheduled for
Saturday March 21st has been cancelled due to concerns about the Coronavirus.

The Sidney Shade tree Commission held their annual Arbor Day Celebration this morning at the Walking Trail Pavilion in Keith Clark Park, Shade tree Commission Chairperson Lorrie Roach comments:

(Lorrie Roach 4-27-18)

The Sidney school District 5th grade band played at the ceremony & young sapling trees were distributed.

Tomorrow in Bainbridge, the “Regatta Row” Folk Art Chairs, Side Tables & Canoe paddles will be on display along North main Street & at the Town Hall, where the decorated items will be displayed, along wi5th other planned events, Spokesperson Nancy Kitchen explains:

(Nancy Kitchen 4-27-18)

Kitchen said that tomorrow, there will be live music and Wine & food Tastings & The public can start voting for the "People's Choice" for their favorite table or chair, they are also holding their "Fine Arts Show" in the gallery at the Town hall starting Saturday through May 5th, featuring various pieces on display from local artists & photographers.

The Jericho Arts Council presents David Davis & The Warrior River Boys Saturday night at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available in advance at 288-3882, or at the box office before the show, information about this & other shows are available at JerichoArts.com.

RecruitNY is an initiative of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York & it is being held this weekend. Firehouses across the State will participate in Recruit New York, including the Unadilla Fire Department, Spokesman Kyle Short explains:

(Kyle Short 4-27-18)

A list of Fire Departments participating across the state can be found at recruitny.org/participation-area.

The Sidney Police Department will be taking part in the National Drug Take Back event Saturday, Chief Jan Gorshack explains:

(Jan Gorshack 4-27-18)

The event is held every year nationwide to remove expired unwanted and potentially dangerous medications out of people's homes, and also out of the waste stream when they can seep into aquifers & waterways, tainting water supplies.