Valerie Puma/staff reporter Marie Walsh, executive director of Catholic Charities of Cortland County, reviews clients’ paperwork Wednesday in her office. She’s leaving the position to retire after 35 years.
The values Marie Walsh grew up with amid the cows, heifers, corn and milk of a Delaware County dairy farm said the values her family held most dear were tied to social justice, human dignity, and helping others.
Next month, she’ll retire after 35 years of helping people in need through her work with the Catholic Charities of Cortland County.
As executive director, Walsh worked with clients from all walks of life. From teenage mothers to individuals with mental illnesses, to inmates at the Cortland County Jail, Walsh’s goal was to help improve their lives.
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Broome County reported 87 new cases from the May 7 update for a total of 1,738. There have been 337 deaths. Chenango County added 24 cases since May 6 for a total of 3,366. There have been 74 deaths. Cortland County reports 17 new cases since the May 9 update for a total of 4,362. There have been 63 deaths. Delaware County had 11 new cases from the May 7 report for a total of 2,337 and 47 fatalities. Tioga County added 8 new coronavirus positives from the May 8 count for a total of 3,705 cases to-date.
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The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania and the Northern Tier seems to have slowed substantially over the past week but there were deaths recorded in all the northern counties last week. There was one new death each in Bradford and Susquehanna Counties and three additional deaths in Wayne County over the past week. Bradford County had 131 new cases compared to 123 in the May 3 update. Susquehanna had 56 new cases
Cortlandville Man Accused of Sexual Contact With Teen
Cortland County Sheriff photo Vaughn Long
Cortland County Sheriff’s officials say Vaughn Long was arrested Wednesday and charged with rape and criminal sex act as well as misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.
Investigators say Long is accused of having inappropriate contact inside his home in Cortlandville with a teenager he knows.
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He was arrested May 5 and released to Alternatives to Incarceration.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks Monday outside Here We Grow Child Care Center in Cortland. Schumer visited Cortland to discuss the $1.8 billion New York will get for child-care centers as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Photo: Colin Spencer / Cortland Standard
May 05, 2021
Cortland Standard
To understand the importance of child care in a community, one could ask a parent, or perhaps a teacher. But perhaps one should ask an employer, too.
“The lack of affordable child care in our community has a direct and negative impact on the ability of our workforce to obtain and keep jobs,” Ames Linen President Johanna Ames wrote Monday in a letter read to Sen. Chuck Schumer in Cortland. “To advance and grow with a company, one must be consistently present. Many workers worry about availability of safe, reliable childcare and ultimately choose to exit the workforce because they could not obtain such care.”
As news broke this week that New York would lose a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives when New York fell 89 residents short of filing U.S. Census forms, Cortland County Democratic and Republican officials said Thursday they hope the county will remain entirely in one district.
Data released Monday from the U.S. Census Bureau showed that because 89 people did not complete their Census questionnaires, the state would lose one congressional seat, bringing the total to 26, according to news media reports.
This comes even as the state’s population grew about 4% between 2010 and 2020, though other
states grew more. The drop continues a trend, as the population has been growing faster in other parts of the country since the 1950s and 60s, said Robert Spitzer, a distinguished service professor in SUNY Cortland’s political science department.