Walton

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office has found the driver accused of leaving the scene of an accident last month in Delhi.

Thomas H. Kern, 35 of Walton, was found through matching broken car parts found at the accident scene with the vehicle at a car auction in Ulster County.

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Jennifer I. Morris, the woman who allegedly used Facebook to threaten Walton students and still faces those charges, was arrested on separate charges Feb. 25.

She was arrested by Walton Village Police on charges of nine counts of aggravated harassment and second degree criminal contempt.

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State Police revealed more information Tuesday afternoon about an investigation into two deaths last week and the discovery of another body in Walton.

Officials say 51-year-old Dominick Bosco had been dead for days before his remains were found in the basement of his home at 294 John Lockwood Road in the Town of Walton.

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The January cash report released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli states that tax collections from April through January totaled $55.9 billion, a growth of 3.3 percent from the same period last year.

Tax collections to date are $538.2 million more than projections updated in the Executive Budget last month.

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Assemblyman Cliff Crouch has launched an online petition to repeal the controversial NY SAFE Act, the new gun control legislation pushed through the legislature by governor Andrew Cuomo last month.

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State Police along with Walton Police are continuing to investigate a suspicious fire in Walton that led to the discovery of two bodies.

State Police responded to a suspicious fire in Walton on Tuesday afternoon. Upon arrival, they found Walton Police Chief Brian Laauser and senior investigator Karl Vagts. The two officers said they had heard two shots being fired inside the residence and responded to find a deceased female on the 2nd floor.

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A Walton teacher accused of having sex with students pleaded not guilty in Delaware County Court on Tuesday.

Stephanie Fletcher, 28, remained quiet during her arraignment, speaking only to the judge when asked

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The 35,000 State University of New York employees represented by the United University Professions has reached agreement on a new contract, the union has worked without a contract since 2011.

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Over 200 hundred people attended the Tuesday evening Citizen Voices meeting at the Elks Club in Oneonta.

They were there to voice their concerns with the NY SAFE Act gun law. There were numerous speakers including Tom King, president of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Assemblymen Cliff Crouch and state senator James Seward.

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Hartwick College student Ilona van der Ven of Lincolnville, Maine, has received one of the two scholarships available for the 2013 student policy summit, sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Van der Ven was chosen to receive the award from a highly competitive pool of applicants from AACN member schools across the country.

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