Delaware County News

No evidence of tornadoes was found in Delaware County on Tuesday, a National Weather Service official said, and an observer for Oneonta reported June as the second-coldest recorded.

A Walton teen was killed in an early morning accident Thursday on State Route 10 after possibly falling asleep at the wheel, state police said.

The National Weather Service has cancelled its tornado warning for north central Sullivan County and central Delaware County.

The Franklin Stage Company will open its 13th season of theater when it presents the J.B. Priestley drama, "An Inspector Calls," from July 1-19. The play, which has seen a recent revival in New York and London, will be presented 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 5 p.m. Sundays.

All voters in Delaware County and thousands in Otsego County will cast ballots the new-fashioned way this year, on optical scanners.

UPDATE: Delaware and Otsego counties are under a flash-flood warning until 10 p.m. At 7:45 p.m., according to the National Weather Service, law enforcement reported flash flooding in the Otego area, as 3-5 inches of rain has fallen in the Oneonta, Otego, Franklin and North Franklin areas.

DELHI _ A second case of swine flu has been identified in Delaware County after a camp counselor tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

The state Department of Transportation will apply striping and pavement markers to State Route 17 east and west from Exit 80 in Broome County through Delaware County to the Sullivan County line beginning at 7 a.m. Monday.

A fire that gutted a vacant Meridale house Friday morning is being investigated as suspicious in origin, a Delaware County fire official said.

Tara Campoli and Elayne Mosher fell in love after meeting as college students in Oneonta, where they live and work.

ROXBURY _ A noncommercial educational FM-radio station will soon be broadcasting from the hamlet of Roxbury.

WALTON _ A 37-year-old Walton woman was charged with two felony counts of criminal sale of a prescription on June 5. Jill L. Butler, 37, was arraigned in Walton Village Court and was released on $3,000 bail to reappear Wednesday.

Six students at Morris Central School tested positive for "swine flu" on Wednesday, school and health officials said Thursday.

MONTICELLO The State health Department has confirmed another positive case of swine flu in Sullivan County.

Sullivan County has a fourth confirmed case of swine flu. A student in the Roscoe School District, but who lives in neighboring Delaware County has tested positive for swine flu.

Although HIV/AIDS is less prominent in our local newspapers, we should not operate under the illusion that living with HIV or AIDS is less onerous than ever.

A 43-year-old Delaware County man is recovering Thursday night after he was ejected from his motorcycle to avoid hitting a deer Tuesday.

This is in response to Mr. Reinbach's Henny Penny, the-sky-is-falling, roads-are-crumbling response against my solutions for state tax problems.

DELHI _ Petitions to run for town and county offices will begin to circulate Saturday, but sources said the only countywide race in Delaware County could be uncontested.

DELHI _ A Walton man who admitted breaking probation by drinking five beers was sentenced to 2 1/3-to-7 years in jail in Delaware County Court on Monday.