Regional News

Two local ARCs have joined forces to call on the legislature to include a 3% wage increase for direct support workers in the state budget. The ARC of Delaware County and ARC Otsego collectively employ almost 500 individuals, over 300 of whom are the people who directly support the agencies' 800 children and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities...

New York's Assembly has passed a bill that would open state tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrant students. The measure now moves to an uncertain future in the Senate. The Assembly voted 82 to 46 in favor of the "Dream Act" after almost two hours of floor discussion Tuesday...

The New York State Police in Kirkwood have arrested two men in connection with a home invasion that occurred in Windsor on February 19th. On that date, two men entered a residence on State Route 79, beat the lone occupant, then stole an undetermined amount of prescription medication and cash...

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that Empire State Development has approved $9 million in broadband grants. The money is to provide broadband access for about 33,000 households, 4,500 businesses and 55 community  institutions in upstate New York...

HANOVER, N.Y. (AP) — A trial gets underway next week for the first person charged with violating New York's new gun-control law. Authorities say 33-year-old Benjamin Wassell of Silver Creek in western New York was accused of selling illegally modified semi-automatic rifles...

A new community partnership was announced today with the goal being the safe disposal of prescription drugs. The Oneonta Police Department and the City of Oneonta have partnered with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals to provide a lock box at Oneonta Police Station that will allow people to safely dispose of unused, unwanted or expired medications.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two education advocacy groups say they're gathering evidence from school districts across New York with an eye toward suing the state over school funding.

WASHINGTON (AP) — American agriculture has experienced a boom, with market values of crops, livestock and total agricultural products reaching record highs even as the amount of U.S. farmland declined. A new government survey says the number of U...

The Catskill Mountains Film Festival has announced that screen and stage actor, Bill Pullman, has signed on as the Honorary Chairperson of the first annual festival. Born in Hornell, New York, Bill Pullman attended both SUNY Delhi and SUNY Oneonta...

CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — SUNY Cortland has received a $1 million gift bequeathed by a lifelong teacher in central New York. The Syracuse Post-Standard says Esther King Hawthorne died in May 2013. The resident of Clay was 95. Hawthorne taught in public schools in Ithaca, Cooperstown, Lyons and North Syracuse before spending 25 years in Syracuse...