Mirroring charges, false claims, and allegations nationally over Tuesday’s election—still ongoing Thursday—Congressman Antonio Delgado has declared his victory in the 19th District while Republican challenger Kyle Van De Water is calling that call premature.
“Not so fast Delgado,” Mr. Van De Water posted on his Facebook page Wednesday, minutes after Congressman Delgado issued a statement calling his re-election a testament to his hard work and dedication to serving every constituent.
“With all election districts reporting, I am leading by over 7,000 votes and the data shows that our margin of victory will grow once absentee ballots are accounted for,” Congressman Delgado said ...

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One thing’s for certain about Tuesday’s voting—and maybe only one thing:
Across the country and in Schoharie County, a record number of people cast their votes early and by absentee ballot.
After that?
It will likely be a week before we have anything resembling official results.
According to the Schoharie County Board of Elections, about 3,000 people cast their vote early at the County Office Building in Schoharie and another 2,000 submitted absentee ballots.
Though the Board of Elections was able to count and post the early votes and Election Day votes shortly after 9pm last night, it won’t begin counting the absentee and military ballots until next T ...

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Cobleskill village officials are seeking more public input––pro and con––about their police department.
A meeting November 10 at 6:30pm at the firehouse to gather that public input is another step in the state-mandated law-enforcement review.
The first public meeting October 1 drew more questions than suggestions, and Mayor Becky Terk and Police Chief Jeff Brown are seeking more information “that pertains to our department,” Mayor Terk said last week.
Questions at the October 1 meeting often focused on police issues in urban areas and whether they’re relevant to Cobleskill, which many aren’t.
But the first session still generated discussion at Mayor Terk’s 2 ...

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COVID-19 cancelled event after event over the past eight months.
Empty Bowls Schoharie County won’t be one of them.
The benefit that aids local food pantries will be 11am next Sunday, the 15th, at Cobleskill-Richmondville High School, with special safety rules.
Having organized the previous eight Empty Bowls, Jacqui Hauser at first was hesitant about holding the ninth during a pandemic.
“But the more I thought about it, the more I thought we really should have it this year more than ever,” Ms. Hauser said.
“Something that’s really amazing about Schoharie County is our access to food. But it doesn’t come from nowhere. If food pantries ever needed help ...

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All SUNY students must test negative for COVID-19 at least 10 days before leaving campus for the Thanksgiving break under a new system-wide policy.
In-person classes for most students will be on hold until January after the late-November Thanksgiving break.
The schedules were established in the fall as a way to limit travel to and from campuses.
By testing about 140,000 students across the 64 SUNY campuses, in what Chancellor Jim Malatras called a “smart sensible policy that protects students’ families and hometown communities,” SUNY hopes to limit and drastically reduce the spread of COVID-19.
All students taking at least one class or utilizing on-campus serv ...

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