The City of Oneonta will be repairing a catch basin in front of 8 Tilley Ave on Tuesday, August 29th. Work will begin around 7:00 am and conclude by 5:00 pm. This section of Tilley Ave will be closed and open to local traffic only..
According to the Evening Sun, the Norwich City School District, Commerce Chenango and The Norwich Alumni Committee present The Inaugural Norwich High School (NHS) Alumni weekend to be held Sept. 1 through 3. https://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2023-08-28/38834/The-Inaugural-Norwich-High-School-Alumni-block-party-kicks-off-this-weekend
On August 26, 2023, at approximately 3:21 p.m., New York State Police at Homer responded to a crash involving a motorcycle on Interstate 81 in the town of Cortlandville. A preliminary investigation indicates that four motorcycles were traveling northbound when for an unknown reason, one went off the roadway near mile marker 51 (just north … Read more
According the Evening Sun, the fire in Smyrna involves a family home on River Road that was using a wood stove to cook when smoke began filling the home and billowing from the roof. Neighbors called 911. Smyrna Fire Chief Norman Wynn said the first local volunteer on the scene arrived in their own vehicle … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, the Sherburne Village Board says it’s nearing impossible to maintain their round-the-clock ambulance service, citing a number of local, state and federal barriers that are proving detrimental to rural EMS. https://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2023-08-25/38831/Sherburne-ambulance-faces-uncertainty-amid-pattern-of-challenges-for-rural-EMS
According to the Evening Sun, the Village of New Berlin board is exploring options for a replacement ambulance that would allow it to continue EMS services, but board members say they’re being put in a tight spot that could be detrimental to the village budget. The village’s ambulance, a 2007 model, has been out of … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, work on the City of Norwich water mains is behind schedule and running into a timeline set by the NY State Department of Transportation (DOT), whose work crews are also paving the downtown streets. The City of Norwich Common Council convened an emergency meeting Tuesday night to discuss the water … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, earlier this month NBT Bank announced the recipients of this year’s NBT Student Associate Scholarships. Student Associates Tristan Terry, Parker Walsh and John Spence, all of Norwich, have each earned a $1,500 scholarship. Scholarships are awarded annually to students who have demonstrated excellence for more than one year in the … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, in an effort to attract more visitors to the county-owned Cook Park in Greene, county administrators are re-examining a proposal to upgrade the park’s bathhouses despite contractors’ estimates that far exceed their budget. County officials talked through the next steps for the project at a meeting of the Ag, Buildings … Read more
According to the Evening Sun, the Oxford Fire Department will be among five departments in the southern tier to receive a financial boost as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) latest round of firefighter safety grants. Federal officials announced Monday that Oxford will get $95,238 in federal dollars through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters … Read more