Video: Weather Words with Frank Ward

WALTON - What is normal? Frank asks; we have exceeded average precipitation again this month, similar to last year and we can expect to see more rain on Saturday, March 30.
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Passport pioneers: students travel to Europe

Ten high school students from Downsville, Walton, Roscoe, and Unatego school districts gathered at the American Legion in Downsville March 28, to embark on a 10-day day trip through Europe.   …

Sidney requests DelCo administer FEMA flood mitigation grant

SIDNEY - In order to complete one of the most crucial components of a flood hazard mitigation project in the village of Sidney, Delaware County Planning Director Shelly Johnson-Bennett is requesting …

DelCo Solid Waste pressures manufacturers to comply with compost regs

DELHI - Delaware County Department of Public Works Solid Waste Management Center (SWMC) will be extending an industrial waste tip fee to two local industries to encourage compliance with the …

CDO Workforce: New satellite offices to focus on youth services

In an effort to establish greater access to employment and training resources and HSED (High School Equivalency Diploma) preparation, CDO Workforce is reestablishing Career Center Satellite Offices …

DelCo Finance: Sales tax, petty cash, corrections

DELHI - Delaware County Finance committee members discussed 2024 sales tax distributions, petty cash increases for the department of social services (DSS), and corrections for board of …

Walton mail carrier retires

Donald Gray retired March 29 after 26 years with the United States Postal Service. Aside from one year of his career as a clerk, he was a city carrier for Walton. Gray graduated from Walton Central …
Sports

WALTON - Delaware Academy Bulldogs varsity softball shut out the Walton/Downsville Warriors, 17-0, in a five-inning game, Thursday, March 28. Bulldogs’ pitcher Ali Ferrara gave up two …

WALTON - The Schenevus Dragons girls softball team shutout Walton/Downsville, 26-0 in an opening match-up, Tuesday, March 26. The game ended in the middle of the fourth inning, with …
Delaware Academy All Stars won the inaugural Sidney Futsal Boys high school division championship on March 23. Pictured from left: Coach Scott Burrows, Bryce Burrows, Ryan Burrows, Tabor Reed, Risdon …
WALTON - The 2024 Walton Central School boys volleyball team finished third in the MAC league but lost in semi-final sectionals to Chenango Valley, 25-22, finishing eighth out of the 17 teams. …
Academics

The Walton Central School guidance department has announced its fifth marking period honor rolls for the 2023-2024 school year. Students on the superintendent’s list have achieved averages …

Delaware Academy elementary students got a musical start to their day Friday, March 22, when performer Jordan Taylor Hill visited the school, introducing them to traditional African drumming and …
DCMO BOCES is launching a new mobile app to help students, parents, and community members know what is happening on campus from their phones.   According to DCMO BOCES Director of Services …
MARGARETVILLE - Fourteen Margaretville Central School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapter students traveled to the New York State Leadership Conference at the Villa Roma …
Arts & Entertainment

Bushel invites the public to a reading and discussion by authors Alissa Quart and Hobart resident Anne Elizabeth Moore, that will take place on Friday, April 12, 6–7:30 pm. This event is free …

Delaware County Historical Association will host Casey Jakubowski, PhD, former Delaware County resident and classroom teacher Saturday, April 13. His presentation will explore the history of the …
The Roxbury Arts Group will welcome young adventurers to set out for adventure camp during spring break. Those attending will explore fantastical and unknown worlds using imagination, storytelling …
Thank you to my friends and family for helping me celebrate my 98th birthday. I am grateful for my cards and gifts. Dorothy Brizzee
Obituaries
Karl F. Bender
Karl F. Bender, 87, of Bovina, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2024, with his loved ones at his side. Born on June …
Jeanne E. Bush
Jeanne E. Bush 82, of Walton, passed away unexpectedly at her home Wednesday, March 20, 2024. She ran 206 Redemption Center and …
James Hawkins
James Kenneth Hawkins died peacefully in his sleep Friday, March 8, 2024. In recent years, when we asked him what we should put …
Real Estate Transactions
March 19-25, 2024 real estate transaction report.
Outdoor Life
Trout fishing in Delaware County is not just a pastime - it’s a tradition steeped in history and lore. Flyfishing was birthed in the Catskills and the famed Beaver Kill, Willowemoc and east and …
The Upper Delaware River watershed is an important part of the long and storied history of trout fishing heritage in the Catskills and includes great angling waters like the East Branch, West Branch, …
DOWNSVILLE - April 1 marks the opening of the harvest season after year-round fishing was greenlit on most New York streams in 2021, with the implementation of an Oct. 16 to March 31 …
Opinion
How incredible that Republican Molinaro is SO brave that he will break with his own party!   Oh, wait a minute, he is running in our more liberal, increasingly Democratic leaning, …
Mark Twain’s well known adage, “Everyone complains about the weather but no one does anything about it,” has found many analogous applications for more than a century, but perhaps …
Letters to the editor
The 45th president has more than earned his place in a ranking of greatest past presidents – 45th from the top .   That historians on the left and right are in agreement is hardly …
After reading the article in the Reporter about the Delaware County Supervisors authorizing 75K from the opioid settlement to fund expenses, I had to simultaneously pick my bottom lip up off the …
Police
DELHI - Donald A. Kern , 34, Walton, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree aggravated harassment as part of a negotiated plea and sentence agreement in Delaware County Court, Monday, March 25. …
Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Samone Wilson, 34, Cooperstown, was arrested Feb. 13 on a Davenport Town Court warrant for failure to appear. Sean Gillespie, 25, Delhi, Marissa Peck, …
DELHI - A Walton man, Robert Smith , 44, pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree burglary as part of a plea and sentence agreement in Delaware County Court Monday, March 25.   The plea …
DELHI - Brandon Hendricks , 50, of Sidney received a sentence of five and a half years in prison with two years of post-release supervision for drug charges, following a plea and sentence deal, in …
Our Community Columns

Looking Back, March 28, 2024

Walton

Holy Week events sponsored by the Walton Ministerium start today, March 28, with Maundy Thursday services: 4 p.m. communion service at the Congregational Church on North Street. At 5 p.m. at the …

Sidney/Unadilla

Sidney Good Friday services March 29 will be held at The First Baptist Church, 30 River Street and the United Methodist Church, 12 Liberty Street. All are welcome to attend - both services are …

Middletown

Perhaps my obsession with spring is annoying. But honestly, did we really need the freezing temperatures, snow, rain, sleet and ice storm that took us from Saturday into Sunday last week? March is …

Masonville

Steph Curry, NBA Great, on how he deals with criticism: “My mom has been telling me since I was a kid: ‘It’s not about proving others wrong; it’s about proving yourself …
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