Recreational and medicinal marijuana sales in the City of Oneonta are likely to be permitted according to All Otsego which reports the Common Council has taken no action to prohibit sales. Under state law municipalities have until the end of the year to opt out. If approved sales wouldn’t begin until late next year. Source: … Read more
Cooperstown will have a Halloween parade after all. According to All Otsego the Board of Trustees issued a permit for the parade to start at 4:45 p.m. at the east end of Main Street, near Cooper Park. The parade was canceled last year due to COVID-19. Source: Cooperstown issues permit for new Halloween parade
NYSEG and its contractor will be installing sidewalks on River Street in Oneonta between Ann Street and Stewart’s starting today through next week, weather permitting. Work will occur each day between 7:30 a.m.until 4:00 p.m. Officials ask drivers and pedestrians to obey temporary traffic control devices and flaggers. Source: https://local.nixle.com/alert/9040257
The Schoharie County Sheriff’s Office reports they’ve confiscated $5,500 in fake U.S. one hundred dollar bills. They were not in circulation but there may still be some out there, particularly in the southern end of the county. They are marked “invalid” in Turkish in the front lower left corner. Source: https://www.facebook.com/Schohariecosheriff/posts/241009624736251
New York is committing over $11 million in federal workforce development funding over the next three years to expand the network of Disability Resource Coordinators to all 33 local workforce development areas. The expansion will better serve individuals with disabilities in New York State Career Centers. Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-111-million-federal-workforce-funding-expand-disability-resource
The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office will be accepting expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at its semi-annual drug take back event on Saturday. Medications will be accepted at the Coventry Town Hall Sheriff’s Substation between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at no charge with no questions asked. Source: https://www.facebook.com/chenango.sheriff/posts/241405418014692
The State Department of Labor announced with the legalization of recreational marijuana employers are no longer permitted to test workers for pot. This also employs for prospective employees. Federal government employees and those with federal job requirements can still be tested as can those under 21 or who are independent contractors. Source: New York Employers … Read more
The Norwich Common Council decides to postpone voting on allowing marijuana dispensaries to operate within city limits. According to published reports the council is favoring approval of pot sales but making on-site consumption illegal. Under state law municipalities have to opt-in or out on sales and consumption by the end of the year. Source: https://www.wicz.com/story/45000191/norwich-tables-marijuana-dispensary-and-onsite-consumption-vote
Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl announces he will not run for re-election in 2023. Muehl tells WKTV the state’s criminal justice reform laws made him decide to leave after his current term ends. He says while he saw changes coming he never thought they’d be as radical as they were. Source: https://www.wktv.com/content/news/Otsego-County-DA-wont-run-again-cites-criminal-justice-reform-575571091.html
Nearly 3 dozen SUNY Oneonta students took time last month to clean up Calhoun Creek in Morris which was where plastic hay bale covers had lodged after July’s flooding. The cleanup was in partnership with the Butternut Valley Alliance. The students were members of the geology, meteorology, biology and environmental clubs. Source: Student clubs clean … Read more