P.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 4-21-21
The General Clinton Canoe Regatta will take on a drastically different form this year, with the 70-mile race being a virtual one, according to Regatta Chairman John
Harmon:
(John Harmon 4-21-21)
Harmon said that the 70 Mile Paddlers will have anytime from Friday morning, May 28 till Monday evening, May 31 to continuously complete the 70-mile course from
Cooperstown to Bainbridge, finishers will get a T shirt and get an official 70-mile finish. Entry fee will be $30 per person, there will be no awards presentations, Entries will
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand discussed her “End Outsourcing Act” to try to stop American companies from outsourcing jobs to other countries:
(Gillibrand 4-21-21)
Gillibrand said that her bill would also enact a new tax benefit to help companies bring good-paying manufacturing jobs back to America and re-employ millions of Americans who have lost their jobs during the pandemic.
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Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society is seeking participants for an upcoming Electric Vehicle Car Show on Saturday, May 22 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 pm at Damaschke Field in Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Electric Vehicles Owners are invited to participate at no charge, & are encouraged to register no later than May 10th m more information is available at info@doas.us or at 607-397-3815.
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The Unadilla Chamber of Commerce announced that they are cancelling this year’s Carnival of Sales. Organizers hope to bring the Carnival of sales back in July 2022.
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The City of Oneonta Common Council promoted City Engineer David Mattice to City Administrator. Mattice served as city engineer for the last 6 years, last night’s Common Council Meeting was held remotely on ZOOM.
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Chenango County Public Health reported 21 new COVID cases today, they reported 109 Active Cases, 539 quarantines and 10 Hospitalized, and they have had a Total of 3125 Confirmed COVID Cases.
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The Fireman’s Association of New York will have their annual Recruit New York Weekend events this Saturday & Sunday. Many firehouses across New York State will hold virtual or in-person recruitment efforts, locally, fire Departments in Coventry, West Oneonta, Laurens, & West Laurens are participating in the recruiting effort.
A.M. NEWS Wednesday 4-21-21
A New Sienna College Poll reported that Voters by a 50-35% margin that Governor Cuomo should not immediately resign & by a 48-34% margin, they say he can continue to effectively do his job as governor. Voters were satisfied with the way Cuomo has addressed the sexual assault allegations, by a 57-32% margin & Voters still approve of Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic, 60-33 percent,
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Delaware County Public Health reported 7 new COVID cases Tuesday, out of 343 tested, they have 109 active cases, 14 hospitalized & 227 quarantined. Delaware County Public Health will be conducting a first dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday April 29, 2021 at 97 Main St., Delhi, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. This vaccination clinic is open to all New York state residents or people who work in New York State over the age of 18. Registration is mandatory, at apps2.health.ny.gov, more information or assistance getting registered is available at 832-5200.
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Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich announced that they have 50 Moderna vaccines available today from 12:30 to 3:30 PM; appointments are required at 337-4888.
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]]>Otsego County Department of Health is announcing a potential COVID 19 exposure at the Copper Fox at 7 Market Street in Oneonta. Anyone who spent time at the bar between November 12th through November 17th should monitor for symptoms, if you have developed symptoms, get tested and isolate yourself. The Copper Fox is closed for a minimum of 7 days and all staff will be tested, more information is available at 547-4231.
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Chenango County Public Health announced that they have had 518 total cases of COVID 19 since March. They currently report 55 active cases, 3 hospitalizations & 363 quarantines, they have had 10 deaths, 458 recoveries & over 41,700 tests have been conducted.
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Bassett Healthcare Network is tightening visitor restrictions at all of its hospitals and long-term care facilities as COVID-19 cases continue to rise regionally and statewide. Effective Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, only individuals considered essential to the medical care of a patient will be allowed at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown; A.O. Fox Hospital, in Sidney & Oneonta; Little Falls Hospital, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, and O’ Connor Hospital in Delhi. Visitation is also suspended at the Bassett network’s two long-term care facilities and assisted living facilities – A.O. Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta, and Valley Health Services and Valley Residential Services in Herkimer.
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After the absentee ballots were counted, 19th District Congressman Antonio Delgado has won re-election over Republican Kyle Van De Water. In the 22nd Congressional District, Republican Claudia Tenney’s lead has shrunk to about 2,000 votes over incumbent Democrat Anthony Brindisi; more than 68,000 absentee ballots were requested in the 22nd district this year.
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The State Health Department reminds New Yorkers that if you get a call from NYS Contact Tracing, answer it. Contact tracers are working around the clock to trace clusters and inform people who have been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID. Also, legitimate Tracers will never ask for your Social Security Number or financial information; if someone does, hang up.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a two-car property damage accident on State Highway 206 in the Town of Colchester last Friday, where a vehicle and trailer driven by 32-year-old Stephen Depuy of Downsville was making a turn from State Highway 206 on to Hill Top Drive when his trailer was struck in the rear by a vehicle driven by 84 year-old Eugene Marner of Franklin. Deputies charged Depuy with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and being an unlicensed driver. Marner was ticketed for speed not reasonable and prudent. Both drivers were released on traffic summonses directing them to appear in the Town of Colchester Court on a later date to answer their charges.
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The 14th annual Benefit Auction of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society takes place online at 32Auctions.com/GOHSBenefitAuction through Saturday. Society Executive Director Bob Brzozowski comments:
(Bob Brzozowski 11-19-20)
Bidding ends on Saturday November 21 at 5:00 PM, more information is available by email at info@OneontaHistory.org or by calling 432-0960.
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People have been captivated by the story of the little owl that was transported to New York City from West Oneonta last week, on the Tree that is being set up for the Christmas holidays in Rockefeller Center. Susan O’Hanley of the Delaware Otsego Audubon Society told WCDO News that they believe that the owl was on the tree through the whole process & made the trip to the city:
(Susan O’Hanley 11-19-20)
O’Hanley said that many have commented to the Society that the Owl should be brought back to West Oneonta, the Society members feel that the additional travel would be too stressful & that he will assimilate to the Owl population in the Hudson Valley.
A.M. NEWS THURSDAY 11-19-20
Otsego County Department of Health reported 18 new COVID cases Wednesday, the number of cases in the county since March is up to 1128, with 58 active cases, 1 hospitalized, 8 deaths, 760 cases are now linked to SUNY Oneonta & 67 at Hartwick College.
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Delaware County Public Health had 3 new cases of COVID 19 to report Wednesday, with 53 active cases, 6 are hospitalized, and 197 are quarantined. Delaware County has had 289 cases, 227 recoveries & 9 deaths.
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Oneonta City School District was made aware of a positive COVID-19 staff member at the Oneonta Middle School, several staff members are close contacts to 2 additional positive COVID cases resulting in quarantines through the Thanksgiving break. All Oneonta schools will go fully remote beginning today through at least Monday, November 30th.
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The Norwich High School and Middle School will have remote instruction today, after the District discovered a positive COVID-19 student case at the high school, and a middle school teacher’s family member had tested positive. The buildings will be closed today for contact tracing and deep cleaning, and they are working with Health officials in order to re-open for in-person instruction on Friday. The Gibson and Browne Elementary schools will remain open, and will follow the normal schedule.
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Governor Cuomo, as well as the Governors of surrounding states, announced they will encourage residential colleges and universities in their respective states to provide testing for all students traveling home for Thanksgiving break to the maximum extent possible before they leave campus. Any student who tests positive will be encouraged to isolate on campus before they can travel or detail arrangements of their safe travel home with the local department of health.
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Sidney Police responded to a 911 call of a domestic dispute at a business in the Village of Sidney Tuesday, they arrested 43 year old Anthony Fiorillo of Sidney for Criminal contempt, Harassment & Trespassing. Fiorillo was arraigned in the Village of Sidney court & was released to appear in court at a later date.
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State Police are appealing to the public to help locate the driver of a tractor trailer that sideswiped a troop car in Broome County Tuesday night at approximately 6:46 pm. A trooper was assisting Broome County Sheriff’s with a traffic crash on Interstate 81 northbound near milepost 34.5 in the town of Lisle. The marked State Police vehicle was on the right side of the road with all of its emergency lights activated when it was sideswiped by a tractor trailer without stopping. The trooper was not inside the vehicle at the time of the incident. Anyone that has any information contact State Police at 775-1241.
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Governor Cuomo also stated again today, that Manufacturing businesses that would like to transition to the manufacture of much needed Health Care Supplies can do so with the help of New York State, they should call Empire State Development as soon as possible at 212-803-3100
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Governor Cuomo announced that State leaders managed to get a budget passed early this morning:
(Cuomo Budget)
The State Budget was wrapped up at around 3:00 this morning, local Assemblyman Cliff Crouch told WCDO News about this difficult budget in difficult times:
(Crouch 4-3-20)
State Budget Director Robert Mujica stated Thursday that they will have to go back & re-visit the budget parameters many times in the coming months depending on the length of the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on the economy.
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The Otsego County Department of Health announced that they now have 21 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus. 2 of those patients are hospitalized, 2 have fully recovered and are off isolation & there has been 1 death. 103 people on mandatory quarantine, 6 people on precautionary quarantine & 26 people have been released from quarantine.
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The Chenango County Health Department announced that they have 33 positive cases of the Corona Virus. 101 people are in Precautionary Quarantine, 218 are in Mandatory Quarantine.
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SUNY Broome officials announced today that they have donated personal protective equipment to help shortages at local healthcare facilities. The campus has Nursing & Dental programs, and during the shutdown from tehe Coronavirus, they donated 8,000 gloves, 750 surgical masks, 100 N95 masks and 150 gowns. Local residents who have similar items to donate can drop them off at the old Macy’s building in the Oakdale Mall Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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The Binghamton Devils, Rochester Americans, Syracuse Crunch, and Utica Comets hockey teams announced today that they have joined forces for the New York Hockey Gives Blood initiative, which will take place on Friday, April 17 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The teams have partnered with the American Red Cross and will convert a location in each team’s area into blood drives. Appointments are requested at 1-800-Red-Cross or redcrossblood.org , or with the Blood Donor app, the Binghamton Devils Blood drive will be at the Christ Episcopal Church at 10 Henry Street in Binghamton,
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Broome County Executive Jason Garnar updated their Coronavirus numbers Friday afternoon. They now have 52 confirmed cases, 9 are hospitalized, 32 are recovering at home, 7 have recovered, there are 4 deaths, 459 have been tested.
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The State budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year is wrapped up, State Budget Director Robert Mujica said that the state will lose 10 billion dollars in revenue between now & July 15th, due to the virtual shutdown of the state, and the push back of filing state taxes until July 15th, all due to the Coronavirus. The budget shortfall is expected to be about 15 billion dollars in the new budget, the state does have some money in reserve to deal with it, the final budget will be revisited in the months ahead after the number of Coronavirus cases decreases to manageable levels & non-essential workers can go back to work & state tax revenues can be collected again.
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Delaware County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating complaints of vandalism to an agricultural field in the Town of Hamden. A vehicle was identified as a result of surveillance camera images, Deputies arrested 18 year-old Austin Moxham of Delhi with driving while ability impaired by drugs, failure to display a front license plate, unlawful possession of marihuana & criminal mischief. Moxham was issued appearance tickets for Town of Hamden Court on a later date.
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The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment will meet on April 9 at 10:30 AM to consider petitions for rehearing of the Siting Board’s December 2019 approval of Bluestone Wind, LLC’s application for Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to build and operate a 124-megawatt wind facility with 27 wind turbines in the Towns of Windsor and Sanford. The Siting Board determined that the facility met the statutory requirements for certification; the parties seeking rehearing are Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, Broome County Concerned Residents and a resident of the Village of Johnson City. The meeting will be conducted by teleconference at dps.ny.gov/Webcasts.
Delaware County has had its first death from the coronavirus; the deceased had been hospitalized with the disease and died Wednesday. Delaware County has 20 positive cases so far, excluding 3 positive tests that were returned to their county of residence. 2 people have recovered, 10 are recovering at Home, 6 are hospitalized, 43 are in Mandatory Quarantine & 9 are in Precautionary Quarantine, 182 people have been tested.
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