On Thursday the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office as well as other state county, and local police agencies will participate in “Operation Safe Stop” day. It is a combined effort to educate all drivers that passing a stopped school bus is both dangerous and illegal. During “Safe Stop,” police officers will be in marked and unmarked … Read more
A team of SUNY Oneonta Marketing Club students attended the 2021 Virtual American Marketing Association International Collegiate Conference on April 8-10. The team known as OnMark was selected as the Top 15 Collegiate Chapters among 400 competing colleges and universities, making this the sixth consecutive year that OnMark has placed as the Top AMA collegiate … Read more
Sherburne-Earlville Central School District students are on remote learning for this week after several confirmed COVID-19 cases. Contact tracing is being completed and students or staff will be contacted directly if they’ve been in direct contact with a positive individual. Athletics and extracurricular activities are cancelled for the week along with transporation to DCMO BOCES … Read more
New York’s annual “No Empty Chair” traffic education and enforcement initiative kicked off on Monday. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention car crashes are higher among drivers 16 to 19 with teens 3 times more likely to be in a fatal collision than those over 20. All week law enforcement agencies are … Read more
This Saturday the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration will be accepting expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at a twice-a year drug take back event. Pills will be accepted between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at no charge with no questions asked. You can bring medications to the Greene … Read more
Otsego County is resuming its Community Events Grant program where applicants can win a share of up to $50,000 in event funding. Organization sponsors and events must be located in Otsego County and there are restrictions on what the money can be used for. The application needs to include an explanation of the event and … Read more
A new Siena College poll finds while Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s job approval rating continues its downward trend, a majority of respondents think he should not step down in the wake of sexual harrassment allegations and reports of COVID-19 nursing home deaths being falsified. The survey taken between Apr. 11 and Apr. 15 found residents approve … Read more
The Norwich Central School District is beginning a strategic planning process for what a post-pandemic school life will look like and Superintendent Scott Ryan is asking the public to get involved by participating in an online discussion forum. Ryan says the planning process takes into account what is working, what they’d like to improve on … Read more
Delaware County Sheriff Craig DuMond issues a reminder to watch out for more slow moving vehicles on the road. Statistics show that over 90 % of SMV collisions occur during daylight hours and more than two-thirds of the collisions involve the vehicle being hit from behind. It is illegal to pass slow-moving vehicles in a … Read more
The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is seeking a new president after Tim Mead tendered his resignation last week. He became president in 2019 after a four-decade career with the Los Angeles Angels. Mead cited family reasons as why he’s stepping down and will leave around the middle of next month. Hall Chairman Jane … Read more