Colchester man admits freezing mother for Social Security checks

July 17, 2009 | Delaware County breaking news, Health, crime | Comments

Staff and Wire Reports A Colchester man admitted Friday that he stuffed his 98-year-old dead mother into a freezer so he could keep cashing her Social Security checks. Roland Auslander, 69, of 911 Cooks Brooks Road, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and forgery charges in Sullivan County court Friday. [...]

Blood drive in Oneonta tomorrow

July 15, 2009 | Health, Oneonta Breaking News | Comments

An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital’s Levine Center, the hospital said in a media release. People who donate will receive a coupon for a free carton of Friendly’s ice cream, redeemable at the chain’s restaurants. To sched [...]

Bassett urgent-care centers closed July 4

July 3, 2009 | Health, Oneonta Breaking News | Comments

Bassett Healthcare’s Urgent Care centers in Oneonta and Herkimer will be closed tomorrow for Independence Day, the health organization said in a media release. Those centers will be open Friday, July 3, during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. In Cooperstown and elsewhere, Mary Imogene B [...]

Beef recall includes Hannaford

July 1, 2009 | Health, Oneonta Breaking News | Comments

Hannaford Supermarkets is advising consumers to check their freezers for any ground beef or beef products with sell-by dates ranging from April 28 through June 6. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, JBS Swift Beef Company, a Greeley, Colo. esta [...]

Boil-water advisory still in effect on Bugbee Road

June 30, 2009 | Health, Oneonta Breaking News | Comments

The city of Oneonta water-treatment plant laboratory has tested water samples from the recent water-main break on Bugbee Road in Oneonta. Those samples tested negative for coliform bacteria, meaning the results of samples collected Monday were satisfactory, the city said in a media release. A second [...]

Otsego immunizations in Oneonta on Monday

June 30, 2009 | Health, Oneonta Breaking News, Otsego County Breaking News | Comments

View Larger Map The clinic will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Public Health Nursing Office at 242 Main St. in the city. The county announced the clinic in a media release. It is free for people 18 and younger, while adults will be charged for immunizations. Patients must preregister before the cli [...]

Blood drive in Cooperstown tomorrow

June 29, 2009 | Cooperstown Breaking News, Health | Comments

An American Red Cross blood drives is scheduled for today, hosted by Bassett Healthcare. The event is from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., Bassett Hall Auditorium, intersection of Beaver and Pioneer streets, Cooperstown. During summer, Bassett said in a media release, donations tend to drop significantly and su [...]

Cancer screenings tomorrow

June 29, 2009 | Delaware County breaking news, Health | Comments

Free cancer screenings will be available to eligible people tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at O’Connor Hospital in Delhi. The program is being sponsored by the Cancer Services Program of Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties. Through a partnership with the Bassett Cancer Institute, the Bassett [...]

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 [...]