Schoharie County gets first swine-flu cases

June 23, 2009 | Schoharie County Breaking News, Swine flu | Comments

Schoharie County, which as recently as last week had no confirmed cases of H1N1 virus, now has four, according to the state Health Department. The news comes as Delaware County confirms its second case. The four-county area has had at least 29 confirmed cases, including clusters at three Otsego Coun [...]

Milford water-main work starts 8 a.m. Wednesday

June 23, 2009 | Otsego County Breaking News | Comments

The village of Milford ha announced it’s planning to fix a water main on East Main Street. Digging will begin at 8 a.m., and this may interrupt water service to all village users. The outage could last until 3 p.m., depending on the severity of problems, village officials said. For more inform [...]

MSG’s Springfield plans are on hold

June 23, 2009 | Cooperstown Breaking News, Health, Otsego County Breaking News | Comments

Plans for a 1,000-acre music festival complex in Springfield are on hold. Madison Square Garden Entertainment has not purchased land near the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Continental Road, where its annual three-day festival was to be held. And it has no business pending before the Springfield [...]

Second swine-flu case in Delaware County

June 23, 2009 | Delaware County breaking news, Health, Swine flu | Comments

Delaware County Public was notified from New York State Department of Health on Saturday of the county’s second positive case of H1N1 virus, or swine flu. The individual is a staff member at a camp in Delaware County and has recovered, the county said in a media release (PDF file). More to com [...]

Senate Democrats reopen chamber before special session

June 23, 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments

ALBANY (AP) — The Democratic senators who locked themselves in the Senate chamber have opened the doors to reporters and the public. The move came just before their Republican foes showed up for a possible special session of the deadlocked body. It still wasn’t clear who would preside over the s [...]

Senate Democrats lock themselves inside chamber

June 23, 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments

ALBANY (AP) — New York’s Democratic senators have occupied the Senate chamber and locked the doors, barring the press and public from the gallery. They say they’ll let their Republican foes in before a special session ordered by Gov. David Paterson, but it wasn’t clear Republican [...]