State Senator Peter Oberacker and Assemblyman Brian Maher are backing plans to create a permanent healthy school meals program in New York. The proposed program would provide breakfast and lunch to all children in public school districts, from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. A federal meals program recently expired.
The villages of Cooperstown and Sharon Springs receive awards from the NY Forward program. Cooperstown will receive $4.5 million, and Sharon Springs was awarded $2.25 million from the program supporting a more equitable downtown recovery for New York’s smaller and rural communities.
The Cooperstown Zoning Board of Appeals is holding a public hearing at 5 p.m. on March 7 on a request to allow short-term rentals at a Lake Street property. All Otsego reports the application seeks to permit the four upstairs bedrooms to be used for short-term rentals for less than 30 days.
Friends of Recovery- Delaware Otsego is partnering with Delaware County Public Health to conduct training for those wanting to become a recovery coach. The class is from March 27 through April 1. Visit friendsofrecoverydo.org to get more information. The deadline to register is March 20.
An organization that provides skill advancement, inclusion, independence, and socialization for individuals with developmental and other disabilities is breaking ground on their new facility in downtown Norwich on March 10. The Evening Sun reports ACHIEVE will build its facility on East Main Street.
SUNY Cobleskill receives a $86,400 state grant for its Dairy Processing Bootcamp which proivides food processing workforce pre-employment safety and sanitation training in topics identified as critically important by dairy industry partners. Targeted recruitment will ensure that marginalized populations are provided a pathway into this industry.
State Senator Peter Oberacker announced he has been appointed to a special Anti-Semitism Working Group. The panel will hold roundtables throughout the state to hear from stakeholders and make recommendations on ways to best address the alarming rise in anti-Semitic incidents in New York.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office released a report that found approximately one in ten households experienced food insecurity at some point between 2019 and 2021.The report raised concerns that food insecurity may grow as federal benefits lapse including the extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits which expired this week.
SUNY Oneonta and the Sidney Central School district partered to create a teacher pipeline as a way to address the increasing number of vacancies. The initiative started last fall and doubled in size from 22 students in the fall to 22 students on campus and 19 working off campus this spring.
The suspect in a Delaware County criminal contempt case takes a plea deal. Prosecutors say Brandin M. VanTassel of Walton pleaded guilty to ignoring a protection order and sending multiple text messages to the protected person. He will be sentenced to 6 months in jail and 5 years of probation.