SEWARD BILL SECURING TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE KEY COMPONENT OF LEGISLATIVE AGREEMENT Multi-prong strategy to combat heroin epidemic set for adoption ALBANY, 06/18/14 — State Senator James L. Seward (R/C/I – Oneonta) today announced an agreement between legislative leaders and the governor on several bills aimed at fighting the growing heroin and opioid abuse epidemic. The package includes a bill, sponsored by Senator Seward, to improve access to insurance coverage for substance abuse treatment and dependency services. This will make…
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Seward Bill To Expand Coverage For Treatment Of Heroin Abuse Part Of Package Cuomo Accepts ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward’s bill to improve insurance coverage for substance-abuse treatment is part of a package of heroin-fighting bills legislative leaders and Governor Cuomo agreed on today. “My bill improving access to insurance coverage for those seeking addiction treatment, along with additional measures crafted by the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, have been high priorities during the final…
Ad Hoc Committee Review of Town of Oneonta Water Projects and Services An ad hoc committee was formed to review the proposed Town of Oneonta South Side Water Project, and the overall issue of public water service in the Town. The primary focus was to review the decision by the Town to develop its own water sources and treatment plant for the South Side Water Project, rather than purchase water from the City of Oneonta, with an eye to the…
Ad Hoc Committee: Going It Alone Cheaper Now, But Not Long Term ONEONTA – An ad hoc committee of three local citizens — former interim Oneonta School Superintendent Dave Rowley, former DEC Commissioner Mike Zagata and Roger France, retired state Department of Health Engineer — have completed a study of the town and city of Oneonta’s water supply options and reached this conclusion: Shortterm, the Town of Oneonta would save money by building its own water treatment plant at Fortin…
Cooperstown Chamber Names Matt Hazzard To Replace Pat Szarpa As Executive Director COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce today announced the appointment of Matt Hazzard as interim executive director, and Chamber President Ken Meifert said he and the board expect that he will fill the position long term. “Matt has a great combination: Long affinity with the community, having grown up here, and the real-world experience to lead the chamber to bigger and greater things,” said Meifert, who is also…
IN MEMORIAM Alberta Bowes, 91; Bassett’s Nursing Director Treated Dachau Survivors During World War II COOPERSTOWN – Alberta Anna Bowes, retired director of nursing at Bassett Hospital who as an Army nurse during World War II treated Dachau’s survivors, died Monday afternoon, June 16, 2014, at Bassett. She was 91. On Oct. 2, 1944, Alberta joined the Army as a second lieutenant, serving her country during World War II as a general duty nurse in the Army Nurse Corps…
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IN MEMORIAM: Judy S. Winnie, 67; Worked In Bassett ICU FLY CREEK – Judy S. Winnie, 67, of Fly Creek, who was a clerk in the Bassett Hospital ICU for 23 years before her retirement, passed away after a long illness, Sunday morning, June 15, 2014, at Bassett.…
City, County To Celebrate Collaboration On New Cooperstown, Oneonta Buses ONEONTA – Oneonta Public Transit (OPT) and Otsego Express, Otsego County’s bus system, have put new, smaller more energy-efficient 30-passenger buses into service between Oneonta and Cooperstown. City and county officials will be meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday, at the Transportation Center in Clinton Plaza to examine the new vehicles and celebrate the initiative. The new buses replace larger vehicles purchased in 2003.…
