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Area School District budgets were passed yesterday, mostly by large margins. Sidney voters approved the budget, the purchase of 2 Diesel busses & the library budget, budgets and propositions passed in Franklin, GMU, BG, Unatego & Afton. Norwich School District voters voted against a plan to sell the Flanagan Field property, which would have allowed for a housing complex to be built there, Milford voters decided against a plan to eliminate seats on the School Board, in Oxford voters turned down a proposal for the purchase of zero emissions vehicles. ============================================

American Red Cross Blood Drives are being held today in Gilbertsville from 2 pm. - 6 pm., at the GMU Central School, State Highway 51, another will be in Cooperstown from 10:30 am. - 3:30 pm., at the Cooperstown High School, make appointments by visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App.

The Gilbertsville-Mount Upton’s Board of Education announced that they have offered Heather Wilcox the position of Superintendent, at Monday night’s community forum presentations at the GMU Auditorium. Wilcox is a Gilbertsville native and GMU graduate who has spent the last 13 years with the school district, Pending the successful negotiation of a contract, the Board of Education will appoint Wilcox as GMU’s next superintendent during an upcoming Board meeting. Her anticipated start date is August 1st, 1 day after Annette Hammond is set to retire as GMU’s superintendent.

A.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY 5-21-25

Many of the Southern Tier area schools had their budgets passed by voters on Tuesday, however not all of the results are in this morning. Locally, Voters in the Sidney Central School District approved the budget 147-43, they also passed the bus proposition & the Sidney Luibrary budget, Bainbridge-Guilford School Budget passes 180-78, Franklin had their budget, bus & library votes passed, other local who schools who reported budget votes passing by substantial margins were Unatego, Oneonta, GMU, DEPOSIT, WALTON, Afton, UNADILLA VALLEY, Greene, Harpursville.

Gilbertville Mount Upton Superintendent Annette Hammond announced that she will retire following the completion of her 10th year as superintendent and 16th overall at GMU. Hammond became GMU’s middle/high school principal in August 2009, and was named superintendent in August 2015. The District will begin conducting a search for a new Superintendent shortly.

Emergency crews responded to an accident on I-88 yesterday afternoon at about 1:00 PM, between Oneonta and Otego. A tractor trailer went off of the road & tipped over onto its side, the driver was not injured.

The Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton Alumni Association is planning the 4th Annual Fall Scholarship Fundraiser for Friday and Saturday, at the Hidden Springs Brewhouse, Norwich. There will be food & live music, The Alumni Association awards up to four scholarships annually for a graduating GMU senior to help with college or technical school expenses. More information is available by calling 607-888-1459.

High School Graduations are scheduled all over the Southern Tier this weekend. Hancock Commencement exercises began this morning, other districts with ceremonies today include Afton, Andes, Charlotte Valley, Deposit, Downsville, Edmeston, GMU, Laurens, Milford, Morris, South Kortright, Schenevus, Unatego & Windsor. Saturday Graduation ceremonies will include Sidney, Bainbridge Guilford, Norwich, Oneonta, Delaware Academy, Greene, Harpursville, Oxford Academy, Unadilla Valley, Sherburne Earlville & Walton. 2 area district will hold their ceremonies on Sunday, they are Cooperstown & Worcester.

P.M. NEWS FRIDAY 6-9-23

The State Police issued a total of 38,363 tickets statewide during the National “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign which ran from May 22nd to June 4th. Troopers arrested 399 people for DWI and investigated 2,436 crashes, including 410 personal injury crashes and 2 fatal crashes. Troopers wrote over 10,600 tickets for speeding, over 1300 for Distracted Driving, over 8400 for Seat-belt violations & 337 for violating the Move Over Law.

The Red Cross has 3 Blood drives today, one in Sidney from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Sidney Elks Lodge, at 104 River Street, one in Gilbertsville from 2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m at the GMU Central School, & one in Laurens at the Fire Department from 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., appointments can be made at RedCrossBlood.org, downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor App, or calling 1-800-RED CROSS.

The Gilbertsville Mount Upton School District held their Open House & opened up their new Bassett Healthcare Network Health Center & on-campus apparel store Last Night. Among those in attendance were retired State Senator Jim Seward, Current State Senator Peter Oberacker, & Bassett Healthcare Network President and CEO Dr. Tommy Ibrahim. The GMU School district returns for classes on Thursday.

Gilbertsville-Mount Upton will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Bassett Healthcare School-Based Health Center at 5:00 PM Today. Former State Senator Jim Seward is expected to attend the ceremony, which will begin GMU’s Open House for the 2021-2022 school year. The Open House also will feature a free chicken dinner and the grand opening of the GMU Raiders Apparel Store.

Families in the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District are invited to pick up FREE dairy products at the school today from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.  Free gallons of milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream and eggs will be available while supplies last at GMU on State Highway 51, in Gilbertsville.  A drive-through distribution process has been set up & Residents are asked to stay in their vehicles until they are prompted to receive their products.  The Dairy Farmers of America Cooperative has teamed up with Dean Foods, the American Dairy Association North East, Chobani, Cabot, Hershey’s and Huff to offer these FREE dairy products on Wednesday.

Families in the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District are invited to pick up FREE dairy products at the school from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM this Wednesday, May 13th.  Free gallons of milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream and eggs will be available while supplies last at GMU on State Highway 51, in Gilbertsville.  A drive-through distribution process has been set up & Residents are asked to stay in their vehicles until they are prompted to receive their products.  The Dairy Farmers of America Cooperative has teamed up with Dean Foods, the American Dairy Association North East, Chobani, Cabot, Hershey’s and Huff to offer these FREE dairy products on Wednesday.

The Bainbridge Guilford School District received a threat of violence today, BG Superintendent Tim Ryan explains:

(Tim Ryan 2-21-18)

The Gilbertville Mount Upton also had a similar threat emerge this morning, GMU Superintendent Annette Hammond told WCDO that their threat was about a month old from a former student now out of state, State Police responded immediately, and Hammond was planning to meet with district students regarding this threat this afternoon. Police are continuing the investigation into both incidents, several arrests have already been made for threats made to other area districts in the last week, since the Parkland Florida shooting.

The Gilbertsville Mount Upton School District voters will decide on 2 propositions today. the 1st proposition asks for approval to use money from a capital reserve fund for the purchase of a full sized school bus, the 2nd propositions asks to set up a reserve fund specifically for vehicle purchase. Voting will be from 12:00 Noon until 8:00 PM at the GMU campus.

SCHOOL CLOSINGS FOR TUESDAY 10/30

SIDNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT- CAPITAL PROJECT VOTE POSTPONED

CHARLOTTE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

DELAWARE ACADEMY SCHOOL DISTRICT

UNADILLA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

FRANKLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT

WALTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

GMU SCHOOL DISTRICT

BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT

AFTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

NORWICH SCHOOL DISTRICT- 12 MONTH STAFF DO NOT REPORT

GREENE SCHOOL DISTRICT

MILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT- NO AFTER SCHOOL OR CROP WEDNESDAY

WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT

HARPURSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT

OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT

MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT

ONEONTA CITY SCHOOLS...ALSO, NO ADULT ED CLASSES

DEPOSIT SCHOOL DISTRICT

LAURENS SCHOOL DISTRICT

UNATEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT

SHERBURNE EARLVILLE SCHOOLS

VALLEY HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

DCMO BOCES IN NORWICH AND MASONVILLE

HARTWICK COLLEGE- OPEN AT NOON

SUNY DELHI CLOSED

SUNY ONEONTA RE-OPENING AT NOON

PRE-SCHOOL:

SIDNEY, FRANKLIN AND DEPOSIT HEADSTARTS

TRI-TOWN NURSERY SCHOOL IN SIDNEY

CULLMAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER RE-OPENING AT 10AM

WCDO......EARLY DISMISSALS/CLOSINGS

MONDAY EARLY DISMISSALS

SIDNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
12:45AM - K-12

BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD SCHOOLS

12:10PM - GUILFORD
12:30PM - GREENLAWN
12:45PM - HIGH SCHOOL

AFTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
11:00AM- 1 BUS EMERGENCY RUN

HARPURSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
12:30PM.... NO AFTER SCHOOL

GREENE SCHOOL DISTRICT
11:00AM - ELEMENTARY
11:30AM - MIDDLE AND HIGH

UNATEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT
11:20AM - ELEMENTARY
11:40AM - MIDDLE AND HIGH

WALTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
11:30AM - TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY
11:45AM - MIDDLE AND HIGH

DELAWARE ACADEMY SCHOOLS
11:30AM - K-12
BOARD MEETING POSTPONED UNTIL 11/5

MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO AFTER SCHOOL OR CROP

WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
11:15AM - MIDDLE
11:30AM - HIGH SCHOOL
12:30PM - ELEMENTARY

ONEONTA SCHOOL DISTRICT

12:15PM- MIDDLE AND HIGH

1:00PM- ELEMENTARY
NO AFTER SCHOOL OR ADULT ED CLASSES

UTICA SCHOOL OF COMMERCE IN ONEONTA
CLOSING AT 3:30PM AND NO EVENING CLASSES

DEPOSIT SCHOOL DISTRICT
11:30AM

CHARLOTTE VALLEY SCHOOLS
12:30PM

GMU SCHOOL DISTRICT
12:30PM

MILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES OR CROP

BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY

ALL CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES WILL RECESS AT NOON.

PLEASE CONSERVE WATER AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES.

STUDENTS: MONITOR BU HOMEPAGE FOR UPDATES.

UNADILLA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT:

1:05PM

HARTWICK COLLEGE

CLOSING AS OF 1PM TODAY. PLAN TO RE-OPEN AT NOON TUESDAY

MORRISVILLE STATE COLLEGE AND NORWICH CAMPUS

5:00PM
TUESDAY CLOSINGS AND DELAYS:

CHARLOTTE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT-CLOSED

DELAWARE ACADEMY SCHOOL DISTRICT-CLOSED

UNADILLA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT- CLOSED

FRANKLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT- CLOSED

WALTON SCHOOL DISTRICT-CLOSED

GMU SCHOOL DISTRICT-CLOSED

HARTWICK COLLEGE- OPENING AT NOON

BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT-CLOSED

AFTON SCHOOL DISTRICT- CLOSED

NORWICH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT-CLOSED.... 12 MONTH STAFF DO NOT REPORT

MILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT- CLOSED TUESDAY. ALL AFTER SCHOOL AND CROP FOR WEDNESDAY 10-31 CANCELLED

GREENE SCHOOL DISTRICT- CLOSED

SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT- CLOSED........CAPITAL PROJECT VOTE POSTPONED