Chenango County

Chenango County firefighters were battling wind chills well below zero at a blaze early January 21 on Route 12 in North Norwich and a chimney fire in Sherburne.

A merger between Tops and Price Chopper/Market 32 that was approved in 2020 will bring back a nostalgic grocery store chain to two different locations in our area: one in Otsego County and the other in Chenango County.

For such a fun, cute, and carefree name, snowstorm "Izzy" sure did leave behind more snow than we bargained for in Oneonta! It's interesting how this storm rolled out in our area because the National Weather Service in Binghamton wouldn't lay claim to any snowstorm total until Sunday.

Considering that NWS is not predicting an amount of snow at this time, it's best to prepare and plan ahead for heavy snowfall and the possibility of ice.

Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego County are forgoing contact tracing and instead concentrating on helping people get vaccinated and tested for COVID as needed. Otsego DOH has also stopped reporting active case numbers since they feel that they can no longer accurately report.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central New York just granted a 5-year-old girl from Oxford, NY with cancer, her most desired wish and then some.

The American Red Cross is saying that the blood supplies are so low that it's "Critical" and donors are needed NOW.

Schools in New York State get to now decide to 'test to stay' related to a negative test for COVID-19. Find out what that means for schools in Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties.

Have you heard about the movement, #BettyWhiteChallenge, to honor her legacy of being an avid supporter of animal-related causes throughout her life? The idea is to donate $5 to a local rescue or animal shelter on what would have been the actress' 100th birthday, January 17. We have a list of great local animal shelters in our Central NY region to help you with this.

The Friends Of Rogers Environmental Center, a group that holds all kinds of nature and environmental-related programs at the center is holding the 44th Annual Winter Living Celebration on January 22 at Rogers Environmental Center in Sherburne at 2721 State Highway 80, just outside of Sherburne, NY.