Walton News

Cooperstown elected a mayor during Tuesday's voting. Republican Joseph Booan Jr.

WALTON _ Two young men who began attending Walton town and village board meetings when they were teenagers have decided to try to find out what it's like to sit on the board.

BY PATRICIA BREAKEY DELHI NEWS BUREAU DELHI _ The Delaware County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Wednesday to apply for federal funds through the American Reinvestment Recovery Act of 2009 to join several other counties in developing a fiber-optic broadband network.

WALTON _ Identity theft, Internet scams and telephone schemes were the subject of a forum presented by Assistant Attorney General Dennis McCabe and Delaware County Sheriff Thomas Mills at Danny's Restaurant in Walton on Tuesday.

BY PATRICIA BREAKEY DELHI NEWS BUREAU TREADWELL _ The Bright Hill Literary Center's Word & Image Gallery season will open with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday for an exhibit titled "A Celebration of Winter: Snowflakes, Groundhogs, Valentines, and Other Oddities." The exhibit marks the 16th year of the Word Thursdays Literary Workshops Program.

WALTON _ The last pickup of orthopedic equipment bound for Haitian relief will be Friday, Andrea Paternoster, spokeswoman for National Bank of Delaware County, said this week.

Because of the snowstorm that hit the area, several area sporting events have been shuffled.

From the Delaware County Sheriff's Department: Sheriffs Deputies investigated a Personal Injury accident that occurred on E. River Road in the Town of Walton.

Step Back in Time features community news from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

It has practically become a rite of spring around here. That is, going to the polls to elect members of our school board and voting to approve or reject a school budget for the next academic year.

BIG FLATS -- Stephanie Dover served in the U.S. Navy and knows what it's like to be away from loved ones.

What are the ingredients for success when blending business with marriage? Married couples who double as business partners agree success in both requires similar factors - respect, shared goals, commitment, different but complementary skills, following established rules and above all, communication.

From the New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs: Soldiers of the 827th Engineer Company, who drill at the Walton Armory, will hold a short ceremony Thursday morning to mark their mobilization for active duty in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Step Back in Time features community news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.

Body text"/}There are few races in the March 16 elections in Delaware County's 10 villages.

Body text"/}A collection is under way to assist people injured in the Haitian earthquake.

Senior Airman Jeffrey Ball, 23, of Walton, grew up in a house at 187 Prospect Ave., across the street from The Arc of Delaware County's Resources for Industry facility.

When I became a reporter in the late 1980s, we were using word-processing machines that seemed particularly prone to losing files and had few other functions.

Staten Island Assemblyman Matthew Titone co-sponsored a new bill geared for discouraging deaccession.

Thursday: Right Westchester-bound lane closed for maintenance from milepost 15 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. NEW CITY Indictment: A 20-year-old Spring Valley man was indicted in County Court on Monday on four counts of first-degree criminal contempt after police accused him of threatening a female victim multiple times, violating a court ...