State Police responded to a 2-car fatal crash on State Highway 8 in the town of New Berlin Tuesday afternoon at about 2:45 PM.  Troopers said that a vehicle traveling northbound operated by 31 year old Kerri Bunnelle of Little Falls, crossed over into the opposite lane of traffic and struck a vehicle head-on driven by 43 year old Mathew Fredericks of Herkimer, who was pronounced dead at the scene.  Bunnelle was transported to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. The investigation is on-going.

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Governor Cuomo announced Tuesday’s results regarding the ongoing COVID 19 Pandemic. There were 636 new positive cases yesterday, or .87% of those tested statewide, bringing the state wide total to 418,225.  There were 4 COVID-19 Deaths, bringing the toll since March to 25,179.    Patient Hospitalizations were down to 564, the number of ICU patients was down to 134, there were 69 patients on Ventilators.

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Chenango County released their latest COVID 19 statistics today, with 1 new positive, giving them 212 cases since March.  Chenango County has 136 people in Quarantine, 1 person is hospitalization, and there have been 189 Recoveries, 7 deaths, & 17,275 tests Performed.

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Broome County Health Department announced that they had 9 more positive COVID 19 cases today, bringing their total to 1029.  They report 829 recoveries, 69 deaths, 703 are being monitored by the Health Department.

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Governor Cuomo announced that State Police and local law enforcement will be increasing patrols over the next week to crack down on speeding across the state. Unsafe speed was a contributing factor in 34% of all fatal crashes from January to May this year, compared to 30% of fatal crashes during the same period in 2019, The “Speed Awareness Week” enforcement campaign is part of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee’s ongoing efforts to improve safety on New York roadways.

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The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce will host its 34th Annual Chamber Classic Golf Tournament at the Oneonta Country Club on Thursday, August 20th, with a 1:00 PM shotgun start.  The event will follow all Social Distancing Guidelines and Safety Protocols.   A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to the CommunityFoundation of Otsego County.  More information is available at 432-4500.

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand discussed the US Senate’s lack of renewing the CARES Act that lapsed August 1st, which led to state and local governments cutting services, & families face lesser or no unemployment benefits & families have been unable to pay their rent and face eviction.

(Gillibrand 8-5-20)

Gillibrand also said that New Yorkers returning to work are also challenged by a growing child care crisis and reduced transportation due to budget shortfalls which limited service, plus millions of jobs have not yet come back since closing in the early days of the COVID 19 pandemic.

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Otsego Now established a State Disaster Emergency Grant Program for Otsego County, with financial assistance from the Community Foundation of Otsego County and the Cooperstown Foundation. Small businesses and not-for-profit corporations with fewer than 50 employees are eligible for grants up to $500 for the purpose of acquiring personal protective equipment or installing fixtures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, More information is available otsegonow.com.

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The Cancer Services Program has a free mobile coach cancer screening event today at the Morris Fire Department from 9:00am to 2:00 pm to provide NO COST mammograms and Pap tests to women 40 or older.  More information is available at 1-888-345-0225.

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The Regatta Row 2020 Art Trail on North and West Main streets in Bainbridge will be coming to an end this week.   The online auction of the chairs and paddles is closing at 10:00 pm Friday, at 32auctions.com/rr2020chairs and www.32auctions.com/rr2020paddles.  To vote for People’s choice chair go to jerichoarts.com and click on the link on the homepage.

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Delaware County Public Health received no new positive test results for COVID-19 Tuesday and 2 additional recoveries have been reported. The known active cases in the County is now 2. To date there have been 96 confirmed positive cases,  with 17 people under mandatory quarantine, 2 people are isolated at home and no one is in a hospital, 6 people have died and 88 have fully recovered.

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Preferred Mutual Insurance Company presented the Village of New Berlin with a $150,000 donation to the New Berlin Firehouse project; which will be a  7,000 square-foot firehouse with 6 garage bays, offices, meeting rooms and training area, construction is slated to begin later this year.