A man from Meredith is taken into custody on a federal warrant for the charge of Sexual Exploitation of a Child. According to the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office the man was booked into the Delaware County Correctional Facility pending arraignment in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District.
SUNY Oneonta’s 134th commencement ceremonies are Saturday in Dewar Arena at the Alumni Field House . The School of Sciences ceremony is at 9:00 a.m. with the School of Liberal Arts and Business at 1:00 p.m. and the School of Education, Human Ecology and Sports Studies at 4:30 p.m.
Free screening in speech, hearing and vision for children are available this Saturday at the Cullman Childhood Development Center on West Road in Sidney. According to a news release hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and appointments are required.
Over 60 SUNY Oneonta students and the Sport and Exercise Sciences department partnered with Special Olympics to host a regional track and field event at Oneonta High School on May 7. Close to 30 Special Olympic athletes and three adaptive athletes participated.
Preliminary work for replacing the Center Street Bridge at Brook Street begins on Wednesday with detour signs placement. Work will vontinue through through the end of August. Center Street will be closed from West Street to Church Street.
Bond is set at $10,000 cash or $100,000 bond for a 73-year-old Hartwick man charged with having sexual contact with a minor he met online. Police say the man picked up the minor in Utica and went back to his home in Hartwick where sexual activity occurred.
The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce will present community awartds at its Annual Spring Dinner on May 24 at SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Arena Field House. It will honor those who have given back to their communities and have enhanced the overall “Quality of Place” in Otsego County.
The State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the release of the agency’s first-ever sustainability plan, which includes commitments to decarbonize operations and help ensure DEC reduces its impact on the environment. Go to dec.ny/gov to view the plan.
The public is invited to browse items donated by SUNY Oneonta’s annual Move-Out Donation and Reuse collection during a free sale Tuesday, May 23, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Otsego ReUse Center on Duane St. in Oneonta. Park at the store’s West Broadway locatio.
A skunk tested positive for rabies in the Village of Deposit. An unvaccinated dog and one person were exposed to the rabid skunk. The dog was humanely euthanized. The individual is undergoing post-exposure treatment. To report a suspected rabid animal call Delaware County Public Health Services.