Graffiti – some of it with a racist message – was found this week at Badger Park in Cooperstown. According to All Otsego it happened sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday. Police are canvassing the area seeking witnesses. Workers were at the park Wednesday and Thursday removing the graffiti from the park’s equipment and signs. If … Read more
Independence Day fireworks shows are back this year in Oneonta, Cooperstown and elsewhere. According to All Otsego the Oneonta show will be at Neahwa Park on the 4th of July and Cooperstown will have its display on July 5. Richfield’s presentation is on July 3, The Cooperstown show was going to be postponed this year … Read more
If you need to use North Belmont Circle & South Belmont Circle in Oneonta next week plan for some delays getting through the area,. That’s because City crews will be replacing various catch basins beginning Monday and continuing throughout the week. Work will begin around 7:00 a.m. and conclude by 3:30 p.m. each day. North … Read more
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Gender Recognition Act on Thursday which expands protections for transgender and non-binary residents. It allows the use of “X” as a non-binary sex designation on New York driver licenses and ensures that gender identity can be used on official documents. The act provides protections to reduce discrimination against nonbinary and … Read more
Dylan Robinson is found guilty in the 2019 death of his father resulting from an attempted robbery. According to All Otsego the jury convicted Robinson of second-degree murder, third-degree robbery and first-degree burglary but found him not guilty on an arson charge. Sentencing is set for Aug. 23. With the trial over there remains 2 … Read more
New York’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will end after today. Federal CDC guidance remains in effect, which includes masks for unvaccinated individuals, as well as all riders on public transit and in health care, nursing homes, correctional facilities, and homeless shelters. State and local government health departments will still be able to ensure mask rules … Read more
An arson charge is filed in a Town of Milford shed fire. According to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office an investigation determined Susan P. Raczkowski, of Milford deiberately set the fire in the Evening Inn Road shed which destroyed and and the property inside. Raczkowski was taken into custody last Thursday and arraigned then was … Read more
Because of weather delays and additional utility work NYSEG and its contractor is extending its gas main replacement project on East St. in Oneonta near Graduate Avenue. Work now continues through next Wednesday, weather permitting. The traffic signal will be in flash mode between 7:00 a.m.and 5:00 p.m. with flaggers controlling the intersection. Call the … Read more
A New Berlin teenager suffers life-threatening injuries in an ATV crash on Wednesday. Chenango County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Joshua Gould tells the Daily Star it happened off Martin Road when the ATV struck a tree. The 14-year-old was airlifted to a Syracuse hospital. A passenger didn’t appear to have been hurt but was hospitalized as … Read more
New York makes $25 million available in child care scholarships for essential workers. Those include police, firefighters, paramedics, health care providers and grovery store workers. Costs will be covered for children aged six weeks through 12 years for those whose income is less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Applications are now being … Read more