McAllister Elementary conducted a social-distancing parade to enhance community bonding and show their students how much they missed them during school closures. Throughout all the reporting of challenges, there was positivity worth making the news, too. The first death reported in Oneida County came at the end of March. On March 23, Madison County announced its first COVID-19 related death. People overstocked on food and household supplies so heavily that grocery shelves were bare. Schools, faith organizations, local governments, and people everywhere learned to navigate Zoom, Skype, and Facetime as the main mode of communication. “The worldwide supply chain that we are accustomed to rely on is now stretched to the max and then some,” said Madison County Director of Emergency Management Dan Degear.Īrea hospitals shutdown elective surgeries and increased their capacity. Supplies, such as testing swabs, masks, gowns, and gloves were limited, too. Testing was restrained and limited, reserved only for the most severe cases and those with pre-existing conditions or further complications. Consequently, on the same day, a 100% workforce reduction for all non-essential businesses went into effect statewide. Madison County reported at a press conference its first cases of COVID-19 on March 22. March 17 marked the announcement of the first positive COVID-19 test in Oneida County. This sentiment would echo throughout restaurant and other service industries for months to come. “We have taken an incredible hit,” said Charles Wilburn, owner and chef at the Poolville Country Store in Poolville. Andrew Cuomo said at the time.Īll at once, businesses were flooding social media with messages like “closed until further notice” and “curbside pickup available.” A waiver for carry-out alcohol was also provided. “Our primary goal right now is to slow the spread of this virus so that the wave of new infections doesn’t crash our healthcare system, and everyone agrees social distancing is the best way to do that,” Gov.
The Dispatch’s first local reports on the virus dated back to March 4, when Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente hosted a press conference in the wake of two negative test results performed on county travelers who had just come from Italy, which was a coronavirus hot spot at the time.īy March 16, in a coordinated effort between New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut-casinos, bars, restaurants, and other industries started shutting down for in-person service. From lockdown, to phase one, two, three, and four, to yellow and orange zones, the Oneida Dispatch was there for it all. Oneida and Canastota Directory: Including Oneida Castle and Durhamville. Includes history of townships, statistics and directory of county businesses and farms and the people who work for them. Gazetteer and Business Directory of Madison County, N.Y., for 1868-9.Ĭompiled and published by Hamilton Child. Syracuse: Journal Office, 1868. (with Rome Observer and Oneida-Madison Pennysaver)ġ January 2014 – 31 March 2014 Chittenango NewspapersĤ March 1846-23 February 1848 Morrisville Newspapersģ January 1877-25 December 1878 Oneida and Area Directories
(weekly, available online at Digital Archives of the Oneida Public Library)
(available online at Digital Archives of the Oneida Public Library) Oneida Telegraph, 25 October 1851-9 October 1852.
The library’s digitized newspaper holdings currently include: Several 19th-century Oneida newspapers in the OPL’s Microfilm Collection have been digitized by Advantage Preservation and posted online with sophisticated search capabilities at the Digital Archives of the Oneida Public Library, thanks to the generosity of the Friends of Oneida Public Library. LOCAL HISTORY ROOM MICROFILM COLLECTION Oneida Newspapers
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