Early voting is now under way through Oct. 31. In Otsego County go to the Board of Elections in Cooperstown or the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta. Chenango County voters can go to the County Office building in Norwich. Delaware County early voting is at the Board of Elections office in Delhi.
A reminder that you now need to dial the area code when making any phone call – even if it’s across the street. That’s because the creation of a new suicide prevention code which uses the numbers 9-8-8. Not using the area code results in a “call cannot be completed” message. Source: https://www.wicz.com/story/45033380/dialing-the-phone-will-change-for-people-in-the-607-area-code-heres-what-you-will-need-to-know
New Berlin-based Chobani is partnering with Swipe Out Hunger to help food insecure students at 23 campuses including SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. Officials say one in three college students face hunger. The company is funding campus food security efforts in both New York and Idaho. Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chobani-and-swipe-out-hunger-partner-to-help-college-students-experiencing-food-insecurity-on-23-campuses-301406406.html
This year’s Glimmerglass Firm Days will be mostly a virtual event. According to All Otsego the festival from Nov. 4 to 11 will have films shown at the Grandstand Theater at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and at Templeton Hall in Cooperstown. Buy tickets at glimmerglassfilmdays.org. Source: Film Days to go virtual again
SUNY Oneonta’s Experiential Learning Center will hold a coffee hour and open house on Oct. 28 from 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. ELC is located on the first floor of Hunt Union, adjacent to the International Lounge. You can see the new space and learn what the center has to offer. Source: Experiential Learning Center … Read more
Commerce Chenango received recognition at the annual New York State Economic Development Council meeting last month held in Cooperstown. The organization was given a “Developer of the Year” awards for its dedication and support during the COVID-19 shutdown. 62 organizations received an award. Source: Press release
SUNY Oneonta’s Red Dragon reading series presents 3 poets from the Caribbean who will perform their work on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. John Robert Lee, Lisa Dublin, and Vladimir Lucien will join be appearing via online teleconference. . SUNY Oneonta audience may attend online or in-person at 121 Perna Lecture Hall. Source: Red Dragon Reading … Read more
The Norwich Family YMCA Halloween Parade is back for 2021. According to the Evening Sun the parade will be on Oct. 30 in conjunction with the first ever Norwitch Fall Festival, and the last Saturday in the Park with Chobani event of the season. It begins at 11:00 a.m. Source: https://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2021-10-22/35498/YMCA-Halloween-Parade-returns-this-year
SUNY Morrisville’s Norwich campus is the location for a job fair to be held Nov. 9 at 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The event sposnored by the college and Commerce Chenango enables job seekers to talk one-on-one with representatives of corporate, small business, government, and non-profit organizations. Go to commercechenango.com for more info. Source: https://cca.commercechenango.com/EvtListing.aspx?dbid2=NYCOCH&evtid=13027&class=B
A Sherburne man on supervised release from a 2015 child pornography conviction pleads guilty to new child porn charges. Prosecutors say Matthew Bormann’s probation officer discovered the pornography during a visit in March. Sentencing will be next March with a mandatory 10 year minimum term plus time for violating the terms of supervision. Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/chenango-county-man-pleads-guilty-possession-child-pornography