Cal Harris was sentenced in Owego Village Court today on a harassment charge. Harris was found guilty of harassing a student at a SUNY Broome satellite campus back in March of 2015, he will serve no jail time, he was ordered to undergo anger management and an order of protection was issued, & Harris will also have to pay a fine. Harris said that he plans to appeal, Harris is still facing a charge for allegedly stalking a state police investigator in Oneonta, right after Harris was released after a 4th trial for murdering his estranged wife Michelle in September 2001.
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This year’s American Cancer Society’s Tri Town Relay for Life at General Clinton Park in May, raised $90,046. The money raised will be used for Cancer research, Education, advocacy, and services for patients. Money will also go to the 3 “Hope Lodges” where patients can stay while going through Cancer Surgery or treatment. More information is available at cancer.org.
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The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce announced its annual award recipients, this year’s winners are: Wahl to Wahl Auto, The Hartwick College Center for Craft Food & Beverage, The award winners will be honored at the Chamber’s Small Business Banquet on Thursday, October 20th at The Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown.
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Bassett Healthcare Network has been awarded a $297,419 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for up to four years to bring telehealth services to the school-based health care setting. The grant-funded project will benefit students enrolled in 18 of Bassett’s school-based health centers in Delaware, Otsego and Chenango counties. In addition to providing access to sub specialists, the school-based project will include diabetes care and education, obesity prevention programming and nutritional counseling, oral health care, behavioral health services, and asthma care and education. From July of 2015 through June of 2016, the program handled 33,522 visits; 32 percent of those were mental health visits, and 59 percent were medical visits; the dental component handled over 3,054 visits.
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For more than 75 years, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has been committed to preserving the history of the National Pastime in Cooperstown. Starting today, thanks to the Hall of Fame Digital Archive Project, 25 volumes of 10 different Babe Ruth scrapbooks in the collection will be available online for the first time. These one-of-a-kind scrapbooks, created by Ruth’s agent Christy Walsh, provide a unique look at Ruth’s career through letters, stories and photographs, and give a glimpse at the authentic Babe Ruth. Additional digitized photos, audio, video and text, from the Museum collection will be published every other Wednesday as the Museum adds to the PASTIME online collection, which is available at collection.baseballhall.org.
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Just under $310 in cash was raised Friday at the Penguin Ice Cream & Snack Bar for the Delaware Valley Humane Society. Numerous donations of cleaning supplies, food & bedding were also donated at the event at the State Route 8 Masonville location Friday.

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The Oneonta city Parks & Recreation Committee will hold their next meeting this evening. The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM in the Common Council chambers at Oneonta City hall.
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A “Glow Run” benefit will be held at General Clinton Park in Bainbridge on Saturday September 17th starting at 5:00 PM, to raise money for an Oxford Nurse battling Leukemia. Sidney Native & Cancer Survivor Heather Bucalos is coordinating her 2nd “Glow Run”; she was inspired by people who held fundraisers for her against her battle against Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, she told WCDO News how to register for this event.

(Heather Bucalos 9-7-16)

Last year’s event assisted Ken Long of Binghamton, this year, Mindy Ives Natoli of Oxford will be the recipient of funds raised through the Glow Run & the sale of T-shirts commemorating the event. More information is available at the Glow With The Flow Benefit 5K run/walk/ Roll Facebook page.
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State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his office is investigating Mylan Pharmaceuticals, the maker of EpiPens, after a review by the Office of the Attorney General revealed that Mylan might have inserted potentially anticompetitive terms into its EpiPen sales contracts with numerous local school systems. Mylan’s EpiPen is the predominant epinephrine autoinjector, which is used where an individual suffers a severe allergic reaction, which could otherwise lead to death.
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A jury has been seated & Testimony began today In Broome County Court, in the case of 32 year old Brendan Barrett, who is charged with 2nd-degree murder, 1st-degree manslaughter, and 2nd-degree assault for the murder of infant Camryn Davies, at 9 Bevier Street in Binghamton on December 9th, 2013.
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State Police arrested 26-year-old Brittany Waldruff and 24 year old Derrick Waldruff of North Norwich, on 4 counts of cruelty to animals. Their arrests occurred after troopers responded to assist the Norwich Dog Control Officer with an abandoned beagle and puppies at home on State Route 12 in the Town of North Norwich. The Waldruffs are accused of abandoning their pet beagle and her 4 new puppies without food or water inside a locked apartment after they were evicted. Both were issued tickets returnable to the Town of North Norwich Court on September 14th.
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The Oneonta Department of Public Service announced that they would be flushing water mains on the low service in the West End over the next 2 weeks. The flushing will affect residents & businesses at Chestnut Street & All other streets west of Clinton Street, including all Town of Oneonta customers connected to the City water system. Water color & pressure may be affected during this period; more information is available at 432-2100.
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Governor Cuomo today signed landmark legislation mandating that schools test drinking water for lead contamination. Lead is a toxic material that is extremely harmful to young children and can result in lowered IQ, behavioral problems and brain damage. The state Department of Health also issued emergency regulations pursuant to the new legislation, requiring that school districts test their water for lead contamination by Oct. 31, 2016 and report results to parents, the state Department of Health and local government officials. These new regulations will reduce the risk for exposure to this dangerous substance and ensure all New York’s students have access to clean, drinkable water.
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The Sidney Chamber’s September meeting will be held this morning. The Meeting will be held at the Sidney Golf & County Club at 7:45 a.m.
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