Chenango County News

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The Chenango County Sheriff's Office arrested 38-year-old Ganesh Ramsaran of New Berlin in connection to the death and disappearance of his wife Jennifer Ramsaran.

Despite the recent cold snap that brought frost to parts of the region Monday night, plans to get the Chenango County Farmers Market underway for another season have not been detered as Farmers Market coordinators make final preparations for opening day in just a few weeks.

Aurelia Speziale poses with the NHS Varsity Baseball Team during Monday's practice.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is accepting bids from homeowners to cut firewood on state forests in Chenango and Madison counties.

Lauren L. McMaster, 76, of New Berlin, appeared in Chenango County Court on Friday, his fourth appearance since being indicted by a Chenango County grand jury in May of 2012 for the alleged shooting and killing of six horses belonging to his neighbor.

A Chenango County man has been charged after authorities say he had sexual contact with a female under the age of 13.

Authorities have charged four adults after police found 12 people, including six children, living in squalid conditions in a rural North Norwich, New York home.

Hundreds turned out to the Canasawacta Country Club Thursday night to honor retired Chenango County Judge W. Howard Sullivan, this year's recipient of the Chenango District of the Baden-Powell Council Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award.

Nearly one year after the City Council heard the proposal from a private development firm to build an affordable housing complex in the State Street neighborhood, it was announced Tuesday that $3 million in financing for the project has been secured.

Authorities have charged four adults after police found 12 people, including six children, living in squalid conditions in a rural North Norwich home.

Hospice and Palliative Care of Chenango County held one component of its annual Spring Plant Sale Wednesday in Weiler Park, pick-up times for those individuals and businesses who placed their plant orders in advance running from mid-morning through the early afternoon.

Two people from Norwich have been charged in the alleged sex abuse of a child under the age of 15.

Despite some evidence of a slowly recovering local economy, a first glance of first quarter sales tax figures released by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance for Chenango towns and villages might indicate otherwise.

The Chenango County Sheriff's Office responded to the Valley View Trailer Park on May 5th, where they found six children, ages 9 to 17, living in unsuitable and unsanitary conditions.

A Norwich couple is facing a slew of charges following the conclusion of a sexual abuse case by the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.

Notwithstanding a popular notion held by many in the community that Chenango County is a haven for welfare recipients, it is a misconception, says Chenango Department of Social Services Bette Osborne - one that she and the fraud department staff at DSS are working to correct.

Advocates for Opportunities for Chenango, a local not for profit action agency committed to helping others help themselves, are calling on Chenango County residents to help update the organization's community needs assessment for the first time in nearly five years.

Males: American Pit Bull mix, brindle/white, 6 months; Greyhound mix, white/black, 7 years; Bull Terrier/Bassett Hound mix, tan, 3 years; Shepherd mix, brown/black, 11 years.

If nothing else, it was nice to see a little sunshine brighten things up around the newsroom - and the county, in general - this week, thanks to Mother Nature.