News from the Noteworthy Jeff Katz, Executive Director, Community Foundation of Otsego County Community Foundation spotlights youth mental health Jeff Katz is the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Otsego County. To learn more about the Community Foundation of Otsego County, and how you can help, visit https://cfotsego.org/, email at cfotsego.org, or call (607) 286-3935. It’s been two years since COVID turned society upside down. Our social lives have been disrupted in ways we could never imagine. We’ve…
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Governor ends school indoor mask mandate beginning March 2 New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced February 27 that she will lift the state’s indoor mask mandate for schools beginning Wednesday, March 2. During her Sunday afternoon COVID briefing, the governor said she based her ruling on February 25 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control that removes indoor mask requirements in “low or medium” risk level settings. She said the CDC decision, sharply lower positive cases in New York, and…
Opinion by Julie Dostal, PH.D. Prevention comes in many forms for LEAF Prevention is a common word in our culture. We use it in a variety of contexts, such as prevent heart disease, prevent bug bites, or prevent kitchen fires. It’s good that it is common, because, at the root, prevention simply means, “to stop a problem before it ever starts.” That’s the work we do at the LEAF Council on Alcoholism and Addictions. It is at the heart and…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 28 Rebuilding Schools ‘LOST BOYS’ LECTURE – 5 p.m. Cousins Sebastian Maroundit and Mathon Noi present “Building Minds in South Sudan” discussing their efforts to rebuild schools in their homeland. Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, Dr. Elizabeth Bloom @ (607)431-4945 or email bloome@hartwick.edu or visit www.hartwick.edu/news/hartwick-host-lecture-sudanese-lost-boys/ ART & POETRY CONTEST – 6-9 p.m. This years theme is Blue Skies, Smilin’ At Me: Exploring the Beauty of living a life free of…