Afton News

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.

Each year, the not-for-profit organization donates venison and ground beef to food banks in the two counties.

Without a DNA match, police Capt. Alex Minor wonders if the 12-year-old murder of a Binghamton woman would ever have been solved.

MIDSTATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 4:15 p.m. unless noted Afton at Windsor Delhi at Hancock Oxford at Walton Owego at Greene, 6 p.m. Maine-Endwell at Vestal, 7 p.m. SOUTHERN TIER ATHLETIC CONF.

Arson fires destroyed an 1896 church and a barn in the Sidney Center fire district Thursday morning, Delaware County Undersheriff Douglas Vredenburgh said after a daylong investigation.

Rebecca M. Baudendistel was nominated this spring by Afton Central School administration to attend the National Student Leadership Conference for a week in Washington, D.C. in August.

OXFORD -- There's never a good time to get a flat tire, but this was really bad timing.

Friends of the Oneonta Theatre recently helped put new letters on the marquee as part of the renovation of the theater, which, through community support and state funding, is going to be made into an "art house," according to FOTOT Board President Patrice Macaluso.

An 11-year-old boy was charged with rape Wednesday, state police at Sidney said.

Fire departments from Chenango and Broome counties responded to a two-story house fire near the county line on Tuesday.

Farewell to Summer BBQ Dinner to be held at North Afton United Methodist Church on County Rd.17Afton, NY.Saturday August 29 from 4:30-7pm. ake out available by calling 607-639-2400 3-4:30pm day of dinner.

Among Winans' accomplishments are helping the Crimson Knights to the Class D state championship in June, Daily Star Player of the Year honors for four straight seasons and state Class D Player of the Year honors for the second consecutive year.

A 24-year-old motorcyclist was arrested Monday after he allegedly drove more than 100 mph on State Route 7 in Afton and Bainbridge, the Chenango County Sheriff's Office said.

This from NEW YORK STATE POLICE, TROOP a oeCa HEADQUARTERS: Subjects Arrested On Way to Festival On July 10, 2009, the New York State Police arrested DAVID WEISS, age 26, MEIR SHAUL, age 33, and GUY TAMARI, age 26, all from New York City, N.Y. for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class B felony.

Attendance at the Afton Fair, which runs through Sunday, is on track to match last year's total, an officer said Friday.

Crumbling flood-damaged trailers in Afton may finally be cleaned up next month, three years after the Flood of 2006 destroyed them.

ONEONTA _ Hundreds of people staked their claim to seats under a white tent at the Foothills Performing Arts Center on Wednesday night to watch 20 singers perform during the second round of the "Ultimate Idol" contest.

AFTON _ A Sanford man was arrested June 15 for allegedly taking a firearm from his father's Afton village residence, Afton police said.