According to the Evening Sun, local and federal officials announced last week that the Lt. Warren E. Eaton Airport will get a $2.3 million federal boost from the Federal Aviation Administration. Funding comes by way of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program, which is awarded to airports to bolster their airfield safety and improve day-to-day operations. … Read more
According to allotsego.com, Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen spent the weekend in Cooperstown with permanent grins on their faces, thrilled at the prospect of joining baseball’s greatest team and scarcely believing they were now among the greatest legends of the game. Fifty Hall of Famers took the Induction Stage on the grounds of the Clark … Read more
According to allotsego.com, Otsego Electric Cooperative’s website reports 217 power outages as of 4:55 p.m., following severe thunderstorm activity earlier in the day. New York State Electric and Gas is currently showing 684 customers without power in Otsego County. Parts of the Village of Cooperstown were without power for several hours this afternoon, including Iron … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, the Norwich Fire Department and emergency services responded to an accident along County Route 32 just outside of the City of Norwich on Thursday morning. Norwich Fire Chief Jan Papelino said at about 10:10 a.m. a delivery truck full of commercial CO2 cylinders for food service, was unable to stop … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, over the past decade, premature deaths helped push Chenango County near the bottom of New York state’s health rankings. According to compiled data by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Chenango County had the third highest premature and preventable mortality rate per 100,000 residents under 75 years old across … Read more
On July 22, 2 203, at 2:25 p.m., State Police in Lowville, along with the New York State Parks Police, responded to a reported drowning at Southwick Beach State Park. When patrols arrived, they observed CPR being administered to a male that was removed from the water by other swimmers. The male, identified as 40-year-old … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, County Ag, Buildings and Ground Committee is taking steps to cut power to West Park outlets and discourage vagrants from daytime camping downtown. “https://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2023-07-20/38666/Vagrancy-prompts-county-to-cut-power-to-outlets-in-West-Park
According to allotsego.com Saturday July 23rd The Hall of Fame Awards Presentation will take place at 3 p.m. as a private event, with a simulcast at Doubleday Field. Carl Erskine will be honored with the Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, Cubs voice Pat Hughes will receive the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, the Chenango County Office of Emergency Services (OES) is pondering an option to relocate its headquarters from the Chenango County Correctional Facility to a new location just outside Norwich city limits. OES Coordinator Matthew Beckwith laid out a proposal for members of the county’s agriculture, buildings and grounds committee Tuesday, … Read more
If you like blueberries, you won’t want to miss the 16th annual Coventry Blueberry Festival. The festival will be held from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. on July 29 at the Coventry Town Hall located at 1839 State Highway 235 in Coventry.