P.M. NEWS THURSDAY 2-25-21

Chenango County Public Health reported 5 new COVID 19 cases, giving those 2390 since last year.  Chenango County has 67 active Cases, 174 are in Quarantine, and 8 are hospitalized.  There have been 2190 recoveries & 52 deaths from COVID in Chenango County.

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Wedding venues and catering halls can reopen starting March 15, but must follow extensive guidelines recently released by the New York State Department of Health.  Officials reported that Venues must operate at 50% capacity, with a maximum of 150 people allowed at an event, participants must wear masks, venue owners or operators must Notify county health departments about in-person and catered events with more than 50 people, Enforcing social distancing during events, the full list of guidelines is available at governor.ny.gov.

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Assemblyman Joseph Angelino announced that as a member of the New York Conference of Italian-American Legislators, 4 scholarships are available to deserving students, 2 are for academic achievements & 2 are for athletic achievements, with each scholarship providing $4,000 per recipient. Applicants will be judged on a variety of criteria, they do NOT need to be Italian-American to apply, and applications must be received by no later than March 15. Interested students can find the links for the scholarships on the WCDO Facebook page

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A Chenango County man will serve 6 months in prison for burglarizing a US Post Office.  24 year old Jeremy Cook of Eaton admitted that on August 12th, 2019, he broke into the Eaton Post Office with the intent to steal money; he attempted to break into a safe and then fled without taking any money.  Cook was also sentenced in Federal Court to 3 years parole after serving the 6 months prison term.

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The State Health Department & Governor Cuomo announced that hospitalizations from COVID 19 continue to decline, there were 5,703 Patient Hospitalizations Statewide Wednesday.  The number of ICU patients was down to 1124, the number of ventilators is down to 774.  Statewide Positivity Rate for COVID testing was 3.14%, the Lowest Since November 27th;  there were 89 COVID-19 Deaths in statewide Wednesday.

A.M. NEWS THURSDAY 2-25-21

Otsego County Department of Health reported 41 new cases of COVID reported Wednesday, & 1 death reported. 28 of the cases are in college students. In the past 3 days there have been 12 new cases reported in SUCO students and 31 new cases reported in Hartwick students, positive students have been identified and isolated quickly. 

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Delaware County Public Health reported that another County resident died of Covid-19 related complications, the county has had 42 deaths since the pandemic started.  They reported 8 positive tests out of 286 conducted Wednesday, with 103 active cases, 11 hospitalized & 206 are quarantined.

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Sidney Central School district was just notified that one 2nd grade, one 10th grade student and one elementary staff member have tested positive for COVID-19. The Delaware County Health Department has conducted an investigation and the contact tracing has been completed. There will be no change to the instructional model at this time.

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The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office posted a link to the first draft of their police reform plan last night.  The documents can be viewed through a link on the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, all law enforcement agencies in the state had to come up with a plan after Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order last year.

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SUNY Oneonta was recently named one of the top 50 “Most Affordable Colleges” in the United States by Intelligent.com. The research is based on an assessment of 2,277 accredited colleges and universities, for curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation, class size and post-graduate employment.  More information is available at intelligent.com.

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