Governor Cuomo introduced legislation that establishes a financial restructuring board for local governments. Under this plan, the Board would consist of the State Budget Director, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller, and one private sector restructuring professional. The Budget Director will establish the standards to determine which local governments qualify as fiscally distressed. Once identified as fiscally distressed, local governments would be able to request the assistance of the Board, and work together to identify a specific restructuring plan. This restructuring plan would be an option for the local government to accept or reject, however once the municipality accepts funding for the plan, they can no longer unilaterally opt out.
An incident early yesterday morning led to charges for a 24 year old Castorland woman. Lewis County Sheriff's Deputies report that Ashley Hutchins was charged with disorderly conduct following an incident at The Central bar in Glenfield, where she reportedly got into an altercation with her boyfriend & then damaged another vehicle that was not involved in the altercation. When Deputies arrived on the scene, Hutchins was allegedly sitting in the vehicle excessively laying on the horn of the vehicle & yelling profanities at her boyfriend. Hutchins was arraigned in Village of Lowville Court & was remanded to the Lewis County Jail on $250 cash bail or $500 bond. Pending further investigation into the incident, she was additionally charged with criminal mischief 4th degree for the alleged damage to the vehicle & criminal obstruction of breathing for allegedly choking her boyfriend, as well as harassment 2nd degree. Hutchins was issued appearance tickets returnable to Town of Martinsburg Court to answer those charges.
A 23 year old Copenhagen man has been charged under Leandra's Law. Lowville Police report that Jonathan Monica was charged after a complaint that he was possibly driving while intoxicated. Following a traffic stop on West State Street, Police determined that he allegedly was intoxicated with 3 children in the vehicle, 1reportedly 2 years of age & the other 2 approximately 1 month of age. Monica was charged with failure to keep right, failure to signal a turn within 100 feet, DWI, driving with a blood/alcohol content of 0.08% or more, 3 counts of aggravated DWI under Leandra's Law, & 3 counts of endangering the welfare of a child. All charges are returnable to Village of Lowville Court at a later date.
A 1-vehicle accident led to charges for a 20 year old Arlington, Virginia man. Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol reports that the accident occurred on Lake Julia Road in the Town of Remsen when Mevlin Mckeller drove off the right shoulder of the roadway & struck a tree. Mckeller was transported from the scene to St. Elizabeth's hospital by a third party & was charged with DWI, returnable to Town of Remsen Court at a later date.
A 26 year old Boonville man was charged with harassment 2nd degree. Boonville Police report that James Orona was charged with allegedly subjecting another person to physical contact during an altercation on May 5th in the parking lot of the Boonville Nice N Easy. Orona was arraigned in the Village of Boonville Court & was released on his own recognizance.
An organizational meeting for the Boonville Farmers' Market will be held Thursday. Organizers will hold the meeting at 7 p.m. at the Exhibit Hall at the Oneida County Fair Grounds. The Market will start its 4th year on June 20th in a new location. After previously being held along the canal behind the Nice 'n' Easy, the Farmers Market will now be held at the Fairgrounds. The organizational meeting will give vendors the opportunity to see the new site location as well as announce special Market events that will be held during the season and to welcome new vendors to the Market. The meeting is open to the public. Previous vendors as well as anyone who is interested in becoming a vendor should plan to attend.
