Commerce Chenango received recognition at the annual New York State Economic Development Council meeting last month held in Cooperstown. The organization was given a “Developer of the Year” awards for its dedication and support during the COVID-19 shutdown. 62 organizations received an award. Source: Press release
SUNY Oneonta’s Red Dragon reading series presents 3 poets from the Caribbean who will perform their work on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. John Robert Lee, Lisa Dublin, and Vladimir Lucien will join be appearing via online teleconference. . SUNY Oneonta audience may attend online or in-person at 121 Perna Lecture Hall. Source: Red Dragon Reading … Read more
The Norwich Family YMCA Halloween Parade is back for 2021. According to the Evening Sun the parade will be on Oct. 30 in conjunction with the first ever Norwitch Fall Festival, and the last Saturday in the Park with Chobani event of the season. It begins at 11:00 a.m. Source: https://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2021-10-22/35498/YMCA-Halloween-Parade-returns-this-year
SUNY Morrisville’s Norwich campus is the location for a job fair to be held Nov. 9 at 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The event sposnored by the college and Commerce Chenango enables job seekers to talk one-on-one with representatives of corporate, small business, government, and non-profit organizations. Go to commercechenango.com for more info. Source: https://cca.commercechenango.com/EvtListing.aspx?dbid2=NYCOCH&evtid=13027&class=B
A Sherburne man on supervised release from a 2015 child pornography conviction pleads guilty to new child porn charges. Prosecutors say Matthew Bormann’s probation officer discovered the pornography during a visit in March. Sentencing will be next March with a mandatory 10 year minimum term plus time for violating the terms of supervision. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/chenango-county-man-pleads-guilty-possession-child-pornography
Recreational and medicinal marijuana sales in the City of Oneonta are likely to be permitted according to All Otsego which reports the Common Council has taken no action to prohibit sales. Under state law municipalities have until the end of the year to opt out. If approved sales wouldn’t begin until late next year. Source: … Read more
Cooperstown will have a Halloween parade after all. According to All Otsego the Board of Trustees issued a permit for the parade to start at 4:45 p.m. at the east end of Main Street, near Cooper Park. The parade was canceled last year due to COVID-19. Source: Cooperstown issues permit for new Halloween parade
NYSEG and its contractor will be installing sidewalks on River Street in Oneonta between Ann Street and Stewart’s starting today through next week, weather permitting. Work will occur each day between 7:30 a.m.until 4:00 p.m. Officials ask drivers and pedestrians to obey temporary traffic control devices and flaggers. Source: https://local.nixle.com/alert/9040257
The Schoharie County Sheriff’s Office reports they’ve confiscated $5,500 in fake U.S. one hundred dollar bills. They were not in circulation but there may still be some out there, particularly in the southern end of the county. They are marked “invalid” in Turkish in the front lower left corner. Source: https://www.facebook.com/Schohariecosheriff/posts/241009624736251
New York is committing over $11 million in federal workforce development funding over the next three years to expand the network of Disability Resource Coordinators to all 33 local workforce development areas. The expansion will better serve individuals with disabilities in New York State Career Centers. Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-111-million-federal-workforce-funding-expand-disability-resource