WNBF 1290 AM » chenango county http://wnbf.com WNBF News Radio 1290 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:16:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Chenango County Receives Grant For Rail Repairs http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-receives-federal-funds-for-rail-repairs/ http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-receives-federal-funds-for-rail-repairs/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:49:41 +0000 Bob Joseph http://wnbf.com/?p=62972 A federal grant will help pay for some repair work to railroad lines in Chenango County.

Congressman Richard Hanna says the Economic Development Administration will provide $4.7 million dollars to fix sections of the rail system damaged by flooding in 2006 and 2011

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Authorities say 38-year-old Ganesh Ramsaran of New Berlin was arrested Friday.

The arrest came more than five months after the man reported his wife, 36-year-old Jennifer Ramsaran, missing

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]]> http://wnbf.com/ramsaran-charged-with-murder-in-wifes-death/feed/ 0 Chenango County Sheriff's Office Chenango County Man Jailed After Dispute http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-man-jailed-after-dispute/ http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-man-jailed-after-dispute/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:05:20 +0000 Bob Joseph http://wnbf.com/?p=45764 A Coventry man faces several charges after a reported dispute.

Authorities say 25-year-old Robert Robertson III was arrested following an investigation into an incident on Route 206 in Coventry

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]]> http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-man-jailed-after-dispute/feed/ 0 Broome County Woman Dies in I-88 Crash http://wnbf.com/broome-county-woman-dies-in-i-88-crash/ http://wnbf.com/broome-county-woman-dies-in-i-88-crash/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:00:55 +0000 Bob Joseph http://wnbf.com/?p=41789 A 31-year-old Nineveh woman died after the minivan she was driving was struck by a tractor-trailer in Chenango County.

Authorities say Noel Pike lost control of a 2005 Suzuki XL-7 as the vehicle entered Interstate 88 in the town of Afton

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]]> http://wnbf.com/broome-county-woman-dies-in-i-88-crash/feed/ 0 Bob Joseph/WNBF News Chenango County Pair Accused of Attempted Burglary http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-pair-accused-of-attempted-burglary/ http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-pair-accused-of-attempted-burglary/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:55:13 +0000 Sean Holbert http://wnbf.com/?p=38045 Two Chenango County men are in jail on 10-thousand dollars bail after allegedly attempting to break into a drug store in the Village of New Berlin to steal prescription medication.

Chenango County Sheriff's officials say that 33-year-old Jeb Davis of Norwich and 33-year-old Nathan Diamond of New Berlin are charged with attempted burglary, criminal mischief and conspiracy

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]]> http://wnbf.com/chenango-county-pair-accused-of-attempted-burglary/feed/ 0 Bob Joseph/WNBF News Norwich Man Charged With Felony DWI http://wnbf.com/norwich-man-charged-with-felony-dwi/ http://wnbf.com/norwich-man-charged-with-felony-dwi/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:26:16 +0000 Sean Holbert http://wnbf.com/?p=32043 A Norwich man is being charged with felony drunk driving after Chenango County Sheriff's Deputies attempted to pull him over for speeding in the Town of Preston.

Officials say 48-year-old Christopher Lorimer would not stop for patrols last Saturday and sped away

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]]> http://wnbf.com/norwich-man-charged-with-felony-dwi/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Libous, Orzel Spar in Lively "Binghamton Now" Debate http://wnbf.com/libous-orzel-spar-in-lively-binghamton-now-debate/ http://wnbf.com/libous-orzel-spar-in-lively-binghamton-now-debate/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:02:14 +0000 Bob Joseph http://wnbf.com/?p=24884 New York State Senate candidates Thomas Libous and John Orzel engaged in a spirited discussion of the issues in a live radio debate Wednesday on News Radio 1290 WNBF.

The incumbent Libous, a Binghamton Republican, again is being challenged by Orzel, a Whitney Point Democrat, for the 52nd district State Senate seat. The district in

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]]> http://wnbf.com/libous-orzel-spar-in-lively-binghamton-now-debate/feed/ 0 Bob Joseph/WNBF News Thousands of NYSEG Customers Without Power http://wnbf.com/thousands-of-nyseg-customers-without-power/ http://wnbf.com/thousands-of-nyseg-customers-without-power/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:59:00 +0000 Bob Joseph http://wnbf.com/?p=24147 More than 12,000 New York State Electric and Gas customers were without electric service early this afternoon.

The utility reported 12,635 customers were affected by outages. Most were in Westchester County, where almost 4,000 had no electric service

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]]> http://wnbf.com/thousands-of-nyseg-customers-without-power/feed/ 0 Allison Shelley/Getty Images Broome State of Emergency Ends at 4:30 am http://wnbf.com/broome-county-state-of-emergency/ http://wnbf.com/broome-county-state-of-emergency/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:15:08 +0000 Bob Joseph http://wnbf.com/?p=24117 The powerful storm resulted in states of emergency in Binghamton-area counties.

A State of Emergency has been declared in Broome County, starting at four o'clock Monday afternoon.

County Executive Debra Preston's office announced the declaration at noon

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]]> http://wnbf.com/broome-county-state-of-emergency/feed/ 0 Bob Joseph/WNBF News Aubertine to Speak at Chenango County Farm Bureau Meeting http://wnbf.com/aubertine-to-speak-at-chenango-county-farm-bureau-meeting/ http://wnbf.com/aubertine-to-speak-at-chenango-county-farm-bureau-meeting/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:05:33 +0000 Jim Sargent http://cnynews.com/?p=13608 The commissioner of NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets, Darrel Aubertine, will be the guest speaker at the Chenango County Farm Bureau annual meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at the Silo restaurant in Greene.

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