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Property-Wide Fiber Dish fiber empowers multifamily property owners with 60 units or more the ability to provide a turnkey community- wide internet and entertainment solution for their residents HD Smart TVs in stock. Delivery & set-up available. • Prices vary • Distributor pricing • 32” - 55” in stock • Larger sizes available, call for pricing CB Radio MAKE THE SWITCH Sales & Repairs and 2-Way Radios TO DISH & Experience EMPIRE WIFI! Local & Helpful Customer Service Give us a Call! Residential & Business 607-674-9529 Accounts, Both TV & Internet We make it easy! “The DISH/WiFi Guys In Sherburne” 2021 CHENANGO COMMUNITY DIRECTORY • PAGE 3 CHENANGO COUNTY HISTORY OF CHENANGO COUNTY Historically for you and young at heart, this south central SERVICES FOR CHENANGO COUNTY New York county is rich in colorful heritage with a scenic CHENANGO COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY splendor that changes like magic with the seasons. Decent, affordable housing, small works projects Chenango was formed from Herkimer and Tioga counties 272 State Highway 320, Norwich, NY 13815 on March 15, 1798 and included 11 of the "Twenty Towns" in For information, call ......................................607-334-7492 the "Governors Purchase" which was deeded to the State of Website: Habitat.chenango.org New York in a treaty achieved through Governor George Clinton on September 22, 1788. The county also included CORTLAND CHENANGO RURAL SERVICES, INC, several other tracts of land extending from present day Serving the Rural Communities of Cortland and Broome County to Oneida Lake. Chenango Counties: German, Lincklaen, McDonough, When Chenango County was organized, it had ten towns: Otselic, Pharsalia, Pitcher, Cincinnatus, Freetown, Solon, DeRuyter, Greene, Jericho, Norwich, Oxford, Brookfield, Taylor and Willet. Cazenovia, Hamilton, Sangerfield and Sherburne. All of these The Nearly New Store - Food Pantry - Food $ense towns have lost territory over the years, dividing to make new - No Child Hungry Program - Farmers Market towns. In 1804 Sangerfield left Chenango County, and in - Community Gardens & Walk Path - Emergency Programs - 1806 Madison County was organized, creating the present School Supply Program - Holiday Assistance north boundary of Chenango County. - Networking with other Agencies. The county seat was established in Norwich March 6, 1807, Email: [email protected] & its historical courthouse was built in the year 1837, replac- Website: www.rursrvs.org ing a wooden structure that was built shortly after 1807. The Hours: M-F 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat. 9-Noon stone courthouse is remarkably preserved, and with its statue 2704 Lower Cincinnatus Road - PO Box 57 of the Goddess of Justice, its architecture draws national Cincinnatus, NY..............................................607-863-3828 interest and reputation. Named for the river which bisects it, Chenango means HOSPICE and PALLIATIVE CARE of CHENANGO pleasant river flowing through the land of the bull thistle, a COUNTY plant which has become the county symbol. It's not inappro- We are a non-profit health care agency that takes care of priate. patients with serious life limiting illness (generally 6 months INDEX Chenango Mt. Upton..................21 County......................4-6 New Berlin...........21-22 Madison County..........7 North Norwich...........22 Norwich................23-32 Afton.........................7-9 Otselic........................33 Bainbridge............10-11 Oxford..................33-38 Brisben.................11-12 Pharsalia.....................38 Columbus...................12 Coventry...............12-13 Pitcher...................38-39 Earlville................13-14 Plymouth....................39 Eaton.....................14-15 Poolville.....................40 Georgetown................15 Preston.......................40 German......................15 Sherburne.............40-43 Greene..................16-17 Smithville..................44 Guilford................17-18 Smyrna.......................45 Hamilton....................18 South New Berlin. 45-46 Hubbardsville.......18-19 Surrounding Lebanon.....................19 Areas.....................51-54 Leonardsville.............19 Professional McDonough...............20 Listings.................47-50 PAGE 4 • 2021 CHENANGO COMMUNITY DIRECTORY Recycle The Right Way #1 – see through plastic = #1 PETE #2 – colored plastic jugs & bottles = #2 HDPE Colored #2 – milky color plastic jugs & bottles = #2 HDPE Natural #5 – tubs = #5 PP all metal food & drink cans = Tin Cans clear glass food & drink containers = Clear Glass most wine bottles = Green Glass most beer/yeast bottles = Brown Glass Household Batteries junk mail/magazines/paper = Junk Mail (just tape ends with clear tape) newspaper/pennysaver = Newsprint Fluorescent Light Bulbs cardboard boxes / (limit 2 per day per resident) kraft paper = Cardboard* We Also Accept * Waxy or plastic coated cardboard is garbage. All Electronics** **$7.50 fee for CRT / tube style televisions / monitors All CLEAN recycling is FREE! 1) NORTH NORWICH TRANSFER STATION KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE! – 6701 NYS Hwy 12, Norwich Batteries placed in the M 8–noon, T-Sat 8–4 garbage or curbside bin can be damaged and cause fires or 2) BRISBEN TRANSFER STATION contaminate our water supply. – 177 Coutermarsh Rd., Greene Be sure to remove the battery M 8–noon, T-Sat 8–4 from your device, tape both ends and recycle your 3) PHARSALIA LANDFILL batteries separately at – 439 CR 47, Norwich our facility. M–F 8–4, Sat 8–noon Watch for upcoming recycling programs at the landfill and transfer stations. 2021 CHENANGO COMMUNITY DIRECTORY • PAGE 5 CHENANGO COUNTY or less) in their home, nursing home, or hospital room. 99 N. Broad St., Norwich 13815 ..................607-334-5841 Referrals are welcome from physicians and other healthcare providers, family members, friends, clergy or from the patient FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK, INC him/herself. Patients receive regular visits from Registered Parent run, parent driven, non-profit organization serving Nurses, LPNs, Social Workers, and specially trained volun- families of children with special needs in Chenango, teers. Medications and medical equipment is most often Delaware, Otsego, Broome, Tioga and Tompkins counties. included in a patient’s plan of care for which Medicare, We currently facilitate training, conference and multiple Medicaid, and private insurance companies reimburse support groups. Hospice. Patients rarely, if ever, receive a bill for Hospice • Families Together in the Southern Tier services. Please call (607) 432-0001 for more information about our services or to be placed on our mailing list. For those individuals with a longer life expectancy who are 46 Oneida St., Oneonta, NY 13820 not yet ready for Hospice care, Palliative (comfort) care may familyrn.org be more appropriate. Our staff consults with the palliative email: [email protected] patient regarding pain and symptom management. Plus we ........................................................................607-432-0001 provide emotional support for those still receiving life-pro- longing medical intervention such as chemotherapy or radia- SERVICES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS tion. Our Palliative care services are provided on a sliding fee CHENANGO COUNTY AREA AGENCY ON AGING scale if not covered by your insurance. Providing a variety of services for senior citizens in Chenango County including: Grief support groups get together regularly, and volunteer HIICAP - Information & counceling on training is active several times during the year. To schedule an health insurance including Medicare, Medicaid, informational visit, or to learn more about any of our pro- Supplement Plans, EPIC, etc. grams, call the Norwich office at 607-334-3556, Monday HEAP - Home Energy Assistance Program through Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. 33-39 Court St., Norwich LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN - hospicechenango.org LEGAL ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHENANGO, INC. INFORMATION & ASSISTANCE/OUTREACH A community action program for Chenango County, PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM helping people help themselves since 1965. PERSONAL SERVICE CARE LEVEL 1 Changing families. Changing lives. PERSONAL SERVICE CARE LEVEL 2 44 West Main St., NUTRITION - Nutrition program (Senior Centers/Home Norwich, NY 13815 ......................................607-334-7114 Delivery/Education & Counseling) HEALTH & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES The following services are provided: & OTHER SERVICES. FAMILY HEALTH and NUTRITION PROGRAMS: County Office Building Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Food Program 5 Court Street, Norwich 13815 ........................607-337-1770 (WIC) Farmers' Market Program ......................607-334-7114 www.co.chenango.ny.us CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION LOCAL
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