Chenango County News

In a rare move, Chenango County Board of Supervisors Chairman Richard B. Decker, R-N. Norwich, called for a motion before the full board on Monday that would expedite the creation of an ethics commission.

November 9, 2009 A driver and two passengers from Tompkins County faces charges after leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car this weekend.

Two men have been arrested in connection with six recent burglaries in Chenango County including the theft of copper wire, currency and other property, a media release issued Tuesday said.

Saturday, November 07, 2009 at 12:02 p.m. UPDATE:A A Groton man and two men from Ithaca were arrested today afterA a high speed chase that began in the Town of Cortlandville and ended in the Town of Taylor.A A State Trooper clocked the 2005 Chevrolet MalibuA on radar at 92 MPH A while it was traveling north bound on I-81 in the Town of ...

State police have arrested three Tompkins County residents today after an hour-long pursuit that covered 75 miles.

Saturday, November 07, 2009 at 12:02 p.m. State Police, other law enforcers and ambulances ended up just north of the Town of Taylor, on Route 26 after a high-speed pursuit of a car that troopers tell Action News was stolen.A The chase went through Cortland and Madison Counties before ending in Chenango County, about 11:30 Saturday morning.A ...

A soldier from Afton, NY, Chenango County, was shot multiple times trying to help another wounded soldier in the chaos of the Fort Hood massacre, his father said Friday.

From dhamburg@dot.state.ny.us : PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ON ROUTE 206, TOWN OF BAINBRIDGE, CHENANGO COUNTY Meeting slated for November 19, 2009, in the Town of Bainbridge, Chenango County The New York State Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting to discuss the replacement of the bridge carrying State ...

Southern Tier residents accused of stealing more than over $20,000 in collector's coins and jewelry face felony burglary charges.

A North Norwich man has been accused of growing and selling marijuana. Walter J. Russell, 57, was charged Thursday with third-degree criminal possession of marijuana and unlawfully growing marijuana, said Chenango County deputies, who executed a search warrant at his home.

It took more surplus than members of the Chenango County Finance Committee were comfortable with, $1.34 million to be exact, but proposing a 2010 budget that calls for only a slight burden on taxpayers was deemed more important.

The point is driven home every election season: Your vote won't count unless you vote.

Voters in the 6th Ward went to the polls with a landslide support for incumbent Alderman Robert Jeffrey Tuesday, giving him just under 90 percent of the ballots in his favor.

Michael B. VanDerWeert, 23, of Drachler Road, Guilford, has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual act, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, after he had sex with a 16-year old girl, according to the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.

A 22-year-old Oxford man and 18-year-old Kirkwood resident are facing felony burglary charges in connection with incidents on four separate dates, the Chenango County Sheriff's Office said early Tuesday.

Leaders in Otsego, Delaware, Chenango and Schoharie counties say they are working on 2010 budgets that will raise property taxes moderately, if at all.

A two-year perusal of the attendance at Chenango County's board and standing committee meetings shows a few town supervisors who were routinely absent and a number of committee meetings canceled for either a lack of a quorum or an agenda.

Hospice of Chenango County offers a six-week grief support group focused on surviving the holiday season.

A 24-year-old Edmeston man is facing a felony burglary charge after he was accused of stealing pills from a Smyrna residence, the Chenango County Sheriff's Office said.

Chenango County's financial leaders are estimating a nearly 5 percent increase on the tax levy next year in order to keep government running and services provided.