Delaware County News

A Delaware Jail corrections officer supervisor resigned Friday after an investigation revealed he took sexually explicit pictures of himself while in uniform at his place of work, and then sent them to a woman.

Several area officials who address drunken-driving issues applauded passage of a state law that increases the penalty for people who drive drunk with children.

ONEONTA _ The Delaware County District Attorney's Office will review the city's investigation into alleged police misconduct only for potential criminal activity, Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl said.

DELHI _ A Downsville man who admitted breaking into his sister and brother-in-law's house to steal a gun pleaded guilty to fourth-degree grand larceny in Delaware County Court on Monday.

ONEONTA _ Delaware County's district attorney has been asked to review the city's investigation into the alleged misconduct of three current or former Oneonta police officers.

No charges were filed by a Delaware County grand jury against one of those arrested during an investigation into a series of suspicious fires in the county, an official said.

DELHI _ The Delaware County Public Health Service will hold a free H1N1-flu clinic for Delaware County residents Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a media release.

DELHI _ Edith Marie Gonder Pernice said she remembers learning about volunteerism as a child when she helped raise money for the Police Benevolent Fund in Hastings-on-Hudson and learned to fly a plane at age 15 as a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol.

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.

DELHI _ The Delaware County Board of Supervisors approved two grants from the state Office of Homeland Security to cover the cost of purchasing communications and animal-sheltering equipment.

WALTON _ A 38-year-old Walton woman was arraigned on 22 felony counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance Monday in Delaware County Court.

DELHI _ The Delaware County Board of Elections completed the re-canvassing of the votes in Middletown, Sidney and Bovina on Monday and announced winners in three close races.

Delaware County Public Health will offer clinics for both H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccinations this week in Delhi.

Six days into November and turkey tips are already clogging the collective consciousness.

An upstate New York man who hid his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashed her Social Security checks has been sentenced to six months in jail.

26. Meredith was 29, and yet, it is apparent from the outpouring of praise that came in the days after his death that he accomplished a great deal in his short life and left an indelible impression.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 1:35 pm US/Eastern MONTICELLO, N.Y. An upstate New York man who hid his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashed her Social Security checks has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Delaware County, along with 18 other counties statewide, undertook a full rollout of new voting machines in Tuesday's general election, state Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin said.

Four Delaware County towns had supervisor races this year, with residents electing two new supervisors and returning two incumbent supervisors to office.

A 67-year-old man was charged with felony reckless endangerment Oct. 25 after he fired a gun twice during a dispute in Franklin.