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.
A woman from Laurens is charged for letting her horses run loose last December and for animal neglect. According to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office their investigation found the woman was not providing proper food and drink to her animals. The Susquehanna SPCA assisted the sheriff’s office with this investigation.
A town of Walton man is charged with harrasment from an Otsego County Sheriff’s Office investigation that found he was sending harassing and threatening text messages to a victim in the town of Milford. The man was booked then released on his own recognizance following arraignment.
The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office now has a handheld narcotics analyzer. It is capable of testing about 500 substances with regular updates occurring as new narcotics emerge. The device requires no direct contact with most substances being tested, thus keeping the deputies safe.
A.O. Fox Hospital and Bassett Healthcare Network oday that FoxCare Fitness in Oneonta will be closing permanently as of June 1. The decision is the result of an extended period of declining membership and operational challenges, many of which are directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic.