P.M. NEWS THURSDAY 11-12-20
State Troopers responded to tractor trailer incident that caused a large amount of damage in the town of Chenango Monday Night. Troopers responded to Trafford Road for a report of property damage involving a tractor trailer, the vehicle turned north off of Trafford Road onto Councilman Road because of road construction on Upper Front Street, the tractor trailer struck and uprooted a large tree, which became lodged in between the tractor and trailer. The driver continued on Councilman Road and turned onto Savitch Road, striking numerous power lines and damaging several power hookups to homes in the neighborhood. No injuries were reported.
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State Senator Fred Akshar inducted local veteran and veterans advocate Sergeant Eric Fetterman into the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame Class of 2020 for the 52nd District Wednesday. Eric Fetterman served in the Marine Corps in Operation Desert Storm, and has served in a variety of Marine related activities after his service, more information is available at Akshar.NYSenate.Gov.
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Commerce Chenango’s first ever Lights, Camera, AUCTION online event goes live tonight at 32auctions.com/commerceChenango, Commerce Chenango CEO & President Kerri Green explains:
(Kerri Green 11-12-20)
The Commerce Chenango Lights camera Auction Live event gets underway at 7:00 PM, more information is available by contacting the Commerce Chenango office at
(607) 334-1400.
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Governor Cuomo signed legislation designating a bridge on State Highway 206 in Downsville as the “Colchester Veterans Memorial Bridge.” The legislation was requested by the Town of Colchester to recognize fallen veterans, The Governor signed the legislation on Veterans Day, the designation becomes effective immediately.
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Hartwick College reported one new case of COVID-19 has been detected. There are 10 active cases on campus; the total number of cases detected on campus since August 1, 2020 is 67.
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Chenango County Public Health continues to have COVID 19 positive tests. Today they reported 36 Active Cases, 4 hospitalizations, 241 Active Quarantines. They have had a total of 477 Confirmed Cases since March with 9 deaths, 415 recoveries and they have conducted over 40,000 tests
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Otsego County Department of Health & Applebee’s is reporting a potential exposure at the Southside Mall Oneonta location. A team member who last worked on Monday, tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home. The restaurant closed for deep cleaning on Tuesday, a professional sanitation service disinfected. They re-opened Wednesday, they have safety protocols in place. The Otsego County Department of Health is asking any guests who dined at Applebee’s in Oneonta on November 5th from 11:00 to 4:00, November 6th from 4: to 11:00, November 7th from 11:00 to 4:00, November 8th from 4:00 to 10:00 & November 9th from 4:30 to 11:00 PM to monitor for symptoms through Monday, November 23rd if symptoms occur, contact your medical provider.
A.M. NEWS Thursday 11-12-20
State Police are searching for 17-year-old Brooke Irish of Auburn, who was last seen on November 8th in the town of Chenango. Irish is described as a white female, 5 foot 1 inch tall, weighing 120 pounds, with brown eyes and black shoulder length hair. She was last seen wearing a black tank top, cropped leggings with a design that has plaid and cherries on them, anyone with information should contact State Police at 775-1241.
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Governor Cuomo announced that Effective Friday, bars, restaurants and gyms or fitness centers, as well as any State Liquor Authority-licensed establishment, will be required to close from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM daily. Restaurants will still be allowed to provide curbside, food-only pick-up or delivery after 10 pm., they can not serve alcohol to go. Indoor and outdoor gatherings at private residences will be limited to no more than 10 people, following the recent prevalence of COVID spread from recent Halloween parties.
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The 75-foot tall, 11-ton Norway Spruce that will be the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, will be cut down From State Route 23 in West Oneonta this morning and will be hoisted by a huge crane onto a 115-foot long trailer at 8:00 AM The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is donated by Daddy Al’s General Store, The tree will be brought into Manhattan and erected at Rockefeller Center on Saturday.
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The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual 2020 Small Business and Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards Celebration on Zoom this afternoon at 4:30PM. The Chamber will honor Theresa’s Emporium as the Small Business of the year, Pathfinder Produce & the Mobile Market as the Micro Business of the year, Custom Electronics as the Distinguished Business of the Year and retiring State Senator Jim Seward will be recognized with the Eugene Bettiol Jr, Distinguished Citizen of the year.
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Delaware County Public Health announced that there were 5 more cases of COVID 19 Wednesday, with 11 hospitalized, 74 cases are active & 233 are quarantined. Delaware County has had a total of 256 cases since March with 9 deaths and 173 recoveries.
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State Police announced that 44 year old Gregory Gale Jr. of Endwell has been located in good health, & is back with family. Gale is an autistic adult who had failed to return home from a walk to a local store in Endwell Sunday Morning
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