Afton News

An early morning structure fire at 2 Terrace Hill Road in the Village of Bainbridge was reported under control shortly before 9 a.m., according to Chenango County's Emergency Management Office.

Science helped put two more area killers behind bars in 2009, years after they committed their crimes.

Here is a list of what is open and closed in observance of the Christmas and Yew Year's holidays.

Four Chenango County residents are facing charges this week following a welfare fraud investigation by the Chenango County Sheriff's Office and Department of Social Services Welfare Fraud Investigations Unit.

The Afton Medical Center will soon have an expanded facility with which to serve the patients it draws from Chenango, Broome and Delaware counties, thanks to the efforts of the Afton Town Board and the financial support of New York State Senator Thomas Libous and NBT Bank.

A man recently tried to do the right thing and have a woman, who he met that night at a bar, drive him home because he had too much to drink.

A 37-year-old Harpursville woman is facing felony charges after she was accused Sunday of stealing a Windsor man's car, state police said.

* Andes schools are closed. * Bainbridge-Guilford schools are closed. * Binghamton schools are closed.

The Upper Susquehanna Watershed Project will hold its sixth annual conference at 8:30 a.m. today in the Sidney High School Community Room.

Three people have been accused of burglarizing the Afton Country Store. Steven C. Barrows, 19, of Unadilla; Heather A. Wrench, 22, of Bainbridge; and Arnie J. Roe, 27, of Bainbridge, were charged with third-degree burglary, a felony.

The Electricians Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of Binghamton, Local Union #325, will conduct a recruitment from November 23, 2009 through September 27, 2010 for five electrician apprentices, State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced today.

Afton Central School received a $750 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance on Friday.

Last night the Broome County Legislature made some changes to county exec Barb Fiala's budget.

At the start of the year, the Chenango County District Attorney's Office will say farewell to one of its veteran prosecutors and welcome a new one.

Returning to the Afton District schools, bear in mind and this has been written previously, that the Afton School District encompassed not only in Chenango County but spilled over to both Broome and Delaware counties.

Afton, NY is a very small town/village with a population of about 3000. There is not much to do but they have one of the best Italian restaurants in the area.

We begin with a Sidney and Afton native in critical condition after being shot at Fort Hood in Texas yesterday.

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.

Registered voters across Chenango County will take to the polls today to determine the outcomes of town races all throughout the county.

The operator of a Chenango County bluestone mine must pay $400,000 in civil penalties for illegal mining, according to a judgment issued by Chenango County Supreme Court Justice Kevin M. Dowd.