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New Berlin-based Chobani and the Utica non-profit Compassion Coalition donated $29,000 worth of food and supplies to help Edmeston Central School, Unadilla Valley School District, Sherburne-Earlville Central School, and Norwich City Schools. The donated food restocks school food pantries and will feed more than 200 children and their families throughout the year. Source: https://www.evesun.com/news/stories/2021-10-05/35398/Chobani+donates+nearly+$30K+in+food+and+supplies

The Otsego County Department of Health reported 20 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with 103 cases active. 7 people are hospitalized. In Chenango County there were 9 additional cases on Tuesday with 112 cases active. 37 of those are with vaccinated individuals. 295 people are in quarantine and 5 are hospitalized.

New York is planning to expand its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to including purchasing prepared meals. Gov. Kathy Hochul says this expansion will help the homeless, disabled and elderly to use their benefits for prepared or hot food from participating restaurants. The state needs to get US Department of Agriculture approval before beginning the program. … Read more

Applications are now being accepted for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for communities to pay for flood mitigation projects. $1.16 billion in grants are available to strengthen resiliency against future national disasters such as severe floods, wildfires, and hurricanes. Go to dhses.ny.gov/recovery/ by Nov. 30 to apply. Source: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-state-now-accepting-applications-116-billion-femas-hazard-mitigation

State Police and the State Attorney General’s Office are investigating a police-involved shooting in the Village of Walton early Monday morning. It happened on Griswold Street and according to Walton Police a man pointed what looked like a handgun and wouldn’t drop it. The man died at the scene. Source: https://www.nyspnews.com/on-going-investigation-into-officer-involved-shooting-in-walton.htm

Delaware County Public Health reports a 55th person died from COVID-19 related complications. It”s not known if the individual was vaccinated. 52 new cases were reported Monday withg 152 active cases. Nearly 150 people are quarantined and 6 are hospitalized. Otsego & Chenango Counties had no new COVID-19 deaths.

A reminder that the Chenango County Health Department is holdong a COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic today from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at their South Plaza location in Norwich. An appointment is required by logging on to co.chenango.ny.us. The clinic is for those eligible and who’ve received the Pfizer vaccine. Source: https://www.facebook.com/ChenangoLHD/posts/169251192048276

SUNY Oneonta is holding a talk titled “Cantonese Merchants in Peru and the Expanding Settler Colonial Frontiers of the Cantonese Pacific” on Thursday at the Waterfront Ballroom in Hunt Union beginning at 5:30 p.m. The presenter is Ana Candela who is a historian of Modern China and assistant professor of sociology at Binghamton University and … Read more

Dylan Robinson is sentenced to 20 years to life for the 2019 death of his father resulting from an attempted robbery. According to All Otsego a jury convicted Robinson of second-degree murder, third-degree robbery and first-degree burglary but found him not guilty on an arson charge. Robinson was sentenced on Monday. Source: Dylan Robinson sentenced … Read more

The Otsego Land Trust appoints Gregory Farmer as its new Executive Director. According to All Otsego the Trust worked with Eos Transition Partners in a national search. Farmer is an upstate native with a bachelor’s from SUNY Brockport and a master’s from the Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta. Source: OLT hires CGP alum as … Read more