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Delaware County partnered with local towns and villages, fire departments and EMS & they deployed 10 weather stations across the county to monitor various weather conditions. The data being collected is transmitted through a third party contractor to a server used by the national weather service to help with forecasting, issuance of weather alters and tracking climate change. Delaware County Planning Director Shelly Johnson Bennett comments:

(Shelly Johnson-Bennett 1-23-26)

All of the stations can be viewed by the public at delcony.elements360.aem.eco, The site provides a map with each station’s location and a link to click on the individual stations, all of the statistics are gathered every 10 minutes by sensors at each site.

The Unatego Hall of Distinction will honor this year’s inductees tonight at the Unatego High School Cafeteria with a reception 5:30 & the induction during halftime at tonight's basketball game. The Inductees are William Mitchell, a 1973 graduate, who will be honored posthumously, he earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, followed by a career working with applied mathematics and numerical analysis, 1983 graduate Trisha Souders-Rubin became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, specializing in eating disorders in adolescents and adults & was a tenured faculty member at Georgetown University.

51-year-old Joyce Mitchell was ordered to pay nearly $80,000 in restitution to New York State, for helping to get 2 inmates out of the Clinton Correctional facility earlier this year. Mitchell is being ordered to pay for repairs needed at the jail after she provided tools to Richard Matt and David Sweat to cut their way out. Mitchell pleaded guilty to charges related to the escape and was sentenced to 2-1/3rd to 7 years in prison. Matt was shot dead, Sweat was located, shot & wounded 2 days after Matt’s death, both men were on the run from police for about 3 weeks.

Pathfinder Village of Edmeston, announced that a Donor & press event for the new $1.2 million Dr. William Streck Community Health Center would be held on Friday November 6th from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. The new 3,800 square foot Health Center is just east of Pathfinder Village, off of State Route 80, Pathfinder Village will lease the new facility to Bassett Healthcare Network, which will oversee medical operations. The new health center replaces an older, smaller clinic in Edmeston, and is expected to offer expanded access to healthcare services to area residents.

An Amber Alert issued early Tuesday afternoon in Binghamton ended late yesterday afternoon, with the child returned and the suspect in custody. 3 Month Old Lucios Mitchell was taken by 26-year-old Veronica Mitchell from the Chenango Street area at around 12:30 PM, at around 6:00 PM, Mitchell was in custody, and the child was safe.

49-year-old William Danielson of Oxford changed his plea today in Chenango County Court, to guilty, as his murder trial was schedule to begin in Norwich. Danielson was charged with murder for the death of Lucinda Knoll of Norwich in 2013. The court has accepted the change in plea and sentencing will be scheduled shortly.