A gift from the Greater Norwich Foundation has pushed the Chenango Memorial Hospital capital campaign past the $2.5 million mark with a Grant in the amount of $500,000, to be paid over the next 5 years. Melissa Stagnaro is the Director of Fundraising and Business Development for Chenango Memorial Hospital:
(Melissa Stagnaro 9-25-19)
Stagnaro said that the funds raised during the capital campaign will support construction of a new Emergency Room and Walk-In Center, as well as investments Diagnostic Imaging and infrastructure to support the growth of future services.
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New York residents can fish for free without a license in any of the 7,500 lakes and ponds or 70,000 miles of rivers and streams across the state this Saturday. Several events across the state are being hosted on National Hunting and Fishing Day to encourage more people, to participate in outdoor activities, which are celebrated on the 4th Saturday of September each year to promote hunting, fishing, and target shooting.
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The Friends of Rogers partnered with National Drive Electric Week to host an Electric Car Show & Flea Market last Saturday, at Rogers Environmental Education Center in Sherburne New York. This festival was held to bring awareness and education about sustainable energy practices available in the area. The show had a total of 18 electric and plug in hybrid cars on site with over 40 rides given and over 125 people in attendance. This is just shy of the Electric car show in Syracuse the previous Sunday where 20 plug-in vehicles were on site. Friends of Rogers hope to make this an annual event.
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Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the 6 winning companies of the 76West Clean Energy Competition in Binghamton, which supports growing clean energy businesses to foster economic development. The Pittsburgh-based Optimus Technologies, which manufactures biodiesel fuel systems for diesel trucks that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel costs, was named the $1 million grand prize winner, and will expand its operations to the Southern Tier. The $500,000 award winner was Radical Plastics, which develops a biodegradable replacement for agricultural plastic mulch,
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This Otsego County Chamber Small Business Banquet will be held on Thursday, November 21st at the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown. The chamber of looking for nominations for their Breakthrough Award & Small Business Award, Nomination forms may be emailed to baheegan@otsegocc.com no later than Friday, October 11th.
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The Sidney Central School District Observatory will open October 4th from 9:00 to 10:00 PM. The sessions at the Sidney Observatory are free & open to the public; it is located behind the High School Building.
Governor Cuomo announced that more than $20 million is available for a diesel truck and bus replacement program that will reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and promote investment in cleaner fuel technologies. A combination of more than $9 million from the state’s $127.7 million portion of the federal Volkswagen settlement and the State DOT’s allocation of $11 million in federal funds will provide new funding for the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program to permanently remove older, polluting diesel trucks from New York’s roadways and replace them with new, cleaner technology trucks.
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The American Red Cross announced that they need Donors of all blood types to donate at upcoming blood drives. Appointments can be made for a Blood Drive today with the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. Today’s blood drive will be at the DCMO BOCES on State Route 206 in Masonville from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
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