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A heads up if you use State Route 10 in Jefferson. Beginning in about a month the state DOT is closing the road for a culvert replacement. A signed detour will be in place. The work is expected to take 10 weeks.

Bail is set at $2,000 cash or $4,000 bond for a man who broke into a Jefferson home violating an order of protection. Police say the man was waiting at the victim’s home for them to return then fled after the arrived. The man was apprehended on Monday and booked.

Charges are brought in a Delaware County welfare fraud investigation. Prosecutors say a man from Hobart is accused of failing to accurately state his gross annual income on public assistance benefits receive public assistance to which he was not entitled. He pleaded not guilty and was released.

(DEC) and Agriculture and Markets (AGM) have announced the State’s 10th annual Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) begins Monday, June 5. Free events and invasive species challenges are offered from June 5 through 11 across the state and online, including daily webinars at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Find out more on … Read more

A Chenango County resident has been identified as the victim of a crash in Broome County last month. The sheriff’s office there identifies the person as 54 year old Giovanna Criscitello of Afton. At about 4:30 on the morning of May15th, Criscitello was killed in a one vehicle accident on I-88 westbound near Exit 6 … Read more

The City of Norwich Police are warning residents about a deadly batch of meth and heroin laced with fentanyl in the aftermath of four suspected drug overdoses late last week. All four occurred within 45 minutes of each other, between 9:15am and 10am Friday morning. and Norwich Fire Department responded to four separate suspected drug … Read more

SUNY Oneonta has joined an inaugural group of 26 colleges and universities pledging Federal Work Study (FWS) funds to help K-12 schools close achievement gaps heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, answering a call from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of college students employed as tutors, mentors, success coaches and in other … Read more

32 year old Antonio S. Escobar-Boria of Sidney pleaded guilty to Attempted Reckless Endangerment in Delaware County Court. The indictment charged that the defendant acted recklessly, and with a depraved indifference to human life, when he permitted a 2-year-old child to be near illegal drugs located at 62 East Main Street. After State Police executed … Read more

A man is charged with stealing a dump trailer from a Hasrtwick residence. Police say the man who is from Waterford sold the trailer via social medial and it was recovered in the City of Troy. The trailer was returned to the owner.

Literacy Volunteers of Otsego and Delaware Counties receives a $10,000 grant to support its programs. According to a news release the grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation is part of more than $13 million throughout the 47 states where the retailer operates.