In Springfield, Otsego County has first rabies case

June 3, 2009 | Health, Otsego County Breaking News | Comments

A raccoon killed in the town of Springfield on Saturday is the first confirmed case of rabies in the county, an Otsego county health official said on Wednesday. The animal had no contact with people or pets before it was killed, said county rabies coordinator Peggy Benjamin. A person whose family wi [...]

Onondaga suffers first upstate New York swine-flu death

June 3, 2009 | Health, Swine flu | Comments

SYRACUSE (AP) — Health officials say an adult in Onondaga County is the first person outside New York City to die of swine flu. Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow says the resident had underlying medical conditions. She says officials aren’t identifying the patient at the fam [...]

Arrest made in Milford burglary

June 3, 2009 | Otsego County Breaking News, crime | Comments

ONEONTA — A Milford man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the alleged theft of fentanyl patches from a burglarized home on Silliman Cove Road. Joshua M. Beardslee, 23, was charged with second-degree burglary after he was taken into custody by state police, troopers in Oneonta said Wednes [...]

Immunization clinic in Norwich tomorrow

June 3, 2009 | Chenango County Breaking News, Health | Comments

The Chenango County Department of Public Health will offer an immunization clinic tomorrow, with several others scheduled this month. The schedule is as follows: ■ Thursday 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. ■ Monday, June 8, 10 a.m. to noon. ■ Friday, June 12, 10 a.m. to noon. ■ Thursday, June 18, 4:30 p.m. [...]