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09/28/2025

South Kortright/Andes boys soccer falls in the Chic Walshe tournament championship game 2-0 to Worcester.
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09/27/2025

The right foot of Charlotte Valley/Schenevus's Jordan Odell fires in four goals leading her team to a 5-2 victory over Milford to win the 2025 Chic Walshe girls championship.
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09/27/2025

🎃 Power to the Pumpkin!
Half-ton heroes are turning the Delaware Academy pumpkin patch into a classroom and a spectacle. Ed Chytalo grew three monster pumpkins (≈350, 475 & ~550 lbs) from just two plants—through a soggy spring, a summer drought, steep hikes to the patch, and even a woodchuck (defeated by… Irish Spring soap). Ed’s mantra? “Power to the pumpkin.” His lesson for kids: set big goals, keep at it, don’t give up.
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DELHI - In the Delaware Academy pumpkin patch, the star attractions sit low and hulking, the color of a perfect October sunrise. Ed Chytalo, their caretaker-in-chief, stands among them like a proud …

09/27/2025

Big local politics news: Josh Morgan has been elected chair of the Delaware County Republican Committee, 35–20, against Hancock Republican Committee Chairperson Sam Rowe. Morgan, 43, a Delhi town councilman and former first vice-chair if the county committee, says his priority is simple: unity. “We’re going to come together… have a fresh, clean start,” he told The Reporter. He plans to rebuild town committees, fill vacant seats, and focus energy on upcoming races for governor, attorney general, Legislature, and Congress.
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DELHI - At its annual reorganizational meeting on Saturday, Sept. 27, the Delaware County Republican Committee chose a new leader, electing Josh Morgan of Delhi as chairperson in a 35–20 …

09/27/2025

Delhi football battles back to top Walton 27-16 in Friday night action.
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09/26/2025

Delhi volleyball tops Unatego in Thursday action.
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09/25/2025

🎵 Name That Tune … or Name That Scam? 🎵
At a recent info session in Delhi, fraud-prevention educator Sheila Brewer-Montero turned the classic game show Name That Tune into a powerful lesson on how scammers trick their victims. From robo-calls and romance scams to voice-cloning technology, attendees learned practical tips to stay safe — like letting unknown calls go to voicemail and locking down social media privacy settings.
Her message was simple but urgent: You’re not foolish if you fall victim — you’re up against professionals. The best defense is caution, awareness, and action.
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DELHI - On Thursday, Sept. 25, the fluorescent lights of the county’s Public Safety Building gave way to an altogether different kind of alarm: a jaunty opening riff, a ripple of …

09/25/2025

One roof for Delhi? Mayor Jeff Gearhart floated a bold idea at the recent joint town–village meeting: a single civic complex on the county-owned corner of Bridge St. and Page Ave. to house town and village halls - with the village court and police department on site. “The corner of Page and Bridge Street … would be, not necessarily ideal, but certainly workable for a joint town–village hall,” Gearhart told officials as they weighed costs, floodplain constraints and design choices.
If built, the project could free up the current village building for community uses, reshape downtown parking and stitch green space to the river — but funding is the big question, and Albany help will be needed. Want the full details on the plan, the trade-offs being discussed, and what this could mean for Delhi’s downtown character?
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DELHI - Mayor Jeff Gearhart used a joint meeting of town and village officials on Tuesday, Sept. 23, to outline a bold but nascent idea: build a single civic complex at the corner of Bridge …

09/24/2025

Unatego girls soccer tops Walton/Downsville 3-2 in the rain in Tuesday action.
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09/23/2025

🐾 New chapter for Sidney PD’s K-9 unit
After years of service, K-9 Riggs is heading to a well-earned retirement with Officer Royce Terry. Trustees voted to bring in a new, community-funded police dog—at no cost to taxpayers—thanks to the Sidney Police Canine Association and local donors (including support from the O’Connor Foundation, Valley Vet, and McDowell Walker). The incoming pup will expand capabilities from narcotics detection to tracking and patrol work—and elementary students will help choose the name!
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SIDNEY - Sidney trustees voted Monday, Sept. 22, to retire the police department’s K-9, Riggs, and authorize the purchase of a replacement - at no cost to taxpayers - after Police Chief Eric …

09/22/2025

🚓🐾 Drones, K9s & a Full House in Delhi
If you missed yesterday’s Sheriff’s Office open house at the Public Safety Complex, here’s the vibe: kids wide-eyed at Special Response Team gear, a crowd craning up for a live drone demo, and K9 Dexter (with Deputy Justin Mohr) stealing the show—tracking, detecting, and demonstrating safe suspect holds like a pro. Sheriff Craig DuMond also noted the K9 program runs entirely on donations from the community. Inside, teams covered gun safety, careers in law enforcement, and Public Health ran free child-car seat checks—swapping out unsafe seats on the spot when needed.
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DELHI - There was a robust turnout in Delhi on Sunday, Sept. 21 when the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office hosted an open house at the Public Safety Complex on Phoebe Lane. Highlights of the …

09/22/2025

Delhi’s Past, Unearthed 🪨✨
Delhi’s historian just brought the Old Burying Ground on High Street back to life—identifying 46 stones (with three mysteries still to solve), tracing families like the Whitmarshes, Steeles, Finneys and Davies, and reviving a long-lost 1981 survey. Now she needs one last piece: a mapping whiz to help stitch the grid into a usable map.
“I'm very happy about that,” she said of the 46 confirmed markers. And there’s more—original Youmans documents, early typewritten records, and plans to share digitized files with town and village for the public good.
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DELHI - The village’s past came alive Tuesday, Sept. 16 as Delhi’s historian unfurled a trove of discoveries from the old burial ground — 19th-century lives traced through weathered …