National nonprofit Laundry Love is opening Wednesday at Norwich Laundromat on East Main Street. Laundry Love partners with groups and local laundromats in cleaning clothes and linens of low-income or no-income individuals and families. The Norwich location operates during the third Wednesday of every month from 4-6 p.m.
Oneonta Police are investigating claims by an individual that they were injured by a gun shot. Offivers were called to A.O. Fox Hospital but there was no conclusive evidence of a gunshot wound. The individual was treated and released.
The Department of Environmental Conservation reminds the public to remove or secure outdoor food sources that may attract black bears.Those who feed birds should begin emptying and cleaning up spilt seed from feeders, secure garbage cans and store pet and livestock food indoors.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited the City of Norwich Fire Department last week. He talked about federal programs which he says are at risk of being totally eliminated. Schumer announced the Village of Oxford Fire Department received a $226,200 grant to support recruitment and retention activities.
The New York Power Authority opens the lower and upper reservoirs at the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project to recreational boating. Both fishing areas were recently enhanced with picnic tables and portable bathrooms for the convenience of the boating and fishing communities.
Hartwick College names Baseball Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch as this year’s commencement speaker. The college will also confer an honorary degree on Francesca Zambello, Artistic and General Director Emerita of The Glimmerglass Festival and artistic director of Washington National Opera.
The Walton Fire Department is hosting an open house for the annual Fire Association of the State of New York RECRUIT NY weekend. It’s April 22nd from 11am – 5pm and you cabn learn what being a department memberis all about. They’ll have games, raffles and other activities.
The Chenango County Traffic Safety Board is still accepting entries for its 2023 Poster Contest sponsored by NBT Insurance to raise awareness about Impaired Driving. There will be three winners from the Primary school, Middle school and High school categories. The new entry deadline is May 31.
At most libraries you check out books and return them by the due date but the McDonough library is giving away its books ahead of its closure at the end of the month. Residents can pick up materials during regular business hours.
Davenport’s town supervisor died on Tuesday. Delaware County Board of Supervisors chair Tina Molé tells the Daily Star Dennis Valente had an undisclosed medical procedure in February and attended one of two board meetings last month. Valente served as town supervisor for just over 17 years