Otsego County

An Otsego County Court judge has sentenced Anthony C. Schorer to 10 years probation.

Robert Ainsley has been appointed the next artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival.

Gregory Weider, a Roman Catholic priest who served in Margaretville and Andes, has been named as “credibly accused” of sexual abuse against minors.

This Saturday, May 21st will be the first of five scheduled fly-in breakfast fundraisers for the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department.

Investigations are continuing by the New York Attorney General’s Office and the state Commission of Corrections after an inmate was found unconscious inside his Otsego County jail cell. Corrections officers performed CPR but the man was pronounced dead after being taken to Bassett Medical Center.

A new organization called the Susquehanna Headwaters Environmental Collaborative will be sponsoring two events on Saturday, July 9th in Oneonta’s Neahwa Park. The Eco-Fair will kick off at 11 a.m. and run until 4 p.m. and the Eco-Feast happens from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.

Work has resumed on the $1,500,000 renovation of Oneonta’s Huntington Park following a winter hiatus. A bulldozer and excavator are clearing trees and grading the hillside scramble as part of Phase 2 of the project.

Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl says Bradley C. Cook of Oneonta, 21, is facing up to 50 years in prison following his conviction of multiple sex crimes against a child. According to Muehl, a jury found Cook guilty of engaging in sex acts on two occasions with a child younger than 11 years old.

The United States is expected to allow up to 100,000 Ukrainian war refugees to enter the country. And the grassroots Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition is laying the groundwork to welcome them and provide services.

Federal authorities say 42 year-old Jeremie Hoyt of Davenport has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. Hoyt admitted in court that he made and distributed a video of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Hoyt remains locked up and is facing at least 15 years to 110 years in prison.