News Staff Oscar’s Law has been adopted by the Otsego Board of Representatives. The law creates a registry of people who have been convicted of animal abuse crimes. The law is named after a dog that died last year in Milford due to animal abuse. A message from the Susquehanna SPCA thanked Sheriff Richard Devlin for his … Read more
The Pride fest on Saturday will include a marriage ceremony. Otsego Pride Alliance’s annual event is scheduled to take place this Saturday, with a parade along Main Street in Oneonta. There will also be festival activities in Neawha Park. This year’s theme is A Celebration of Queer Love. To mark the 10th anniversary of same … Read more
An Oneonta man is accused of firing a gun at a train. Felont charges have been filed against 33 year old James Fulginiti. Polcie say he opened fire at a Norfolk Southern Railway train on Wednesday last week. Deputies responded to the tracks just off State Highway 7 and Corporate Drive after 911 dispatchers received … Read more
A Preston man is facing a theft charge involving a Norwich business. The Chenango County SHeriff’s Office says 20 year old Kaleb McEwan is charged with petit larceny. Authorities did not name the business that McEwan is charged with stealing from, but say he was arrested after the fact at his home in Preston. McEwan … Read more
A major crash on State Highway 206 near Walton has left two people with serious injuries. The crash happened near Bear Spring Mountain. Walton Fire and EMS personnel responded to the scene just after 4pm on Tuesday and found two vehicles had collided nearly head on. One of the vehicles ended up going over the … Read more
Rite Aid, the struggling drugstore chain with 1,245 stores in 15 states, is planning to close all of its 178 stores in New York, including 11 local stores, as part of a plan to sell all of its assets through a Chapter 11 reorganization plan, its second bankruptcy in two years. There are two Rite … Read more
An Otsego County woman has pleaded guilty to leaving animals to die. Whitney Bachanas appeared in an Otsego County courtroom on Monday for an arraignment hearing, but decided to take the plea deal offered to her. Bachanas is expected to be sentenced to 100 days of house arrest at her sentencing hearing in June. She … Read more
Work will soon begin on improvements to the Market and South Main Streets area, thanks to an Oneonta City COuncil vote this week. The council unanimously approved 230-thousand dollars for repairs to the water main that broke underground last month. City Administrator Greg Mattice has said that the break significantly damaged some newly built parts … Read more
Chobani says it will make a 1.2 billion dollar investment in the region… building a 1.4 million square foot facility in Rome, New York. The facility will be able to make more than a billion pounds of dairy products each year. Chobani says the facility will also create 1-thousand new jobs in the Mohawk Valley … Read more
A new service called GetThere is offering rides to residents of Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties. GetThere is aimed at those who are shut in or otherwise don’t have access to critical services like doctor’s appointments and grocery stores. GetThere is a program offered by Rural Health Network of SCNY. Anyone can call … Read more