ONEONTA _ A traveling information clearinghouse on prescription medicines for low-income and uninsured people will be in Oneonta today.
From 11 a.m. to noon, the "Help is Here Express" bus tour will be at Bassett Healthcare Oneonta Specialty Services off of River Street.
The bus tour is part of the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, a nationwide effort sponsored by America's pharmaceutical research companies. The effort's goal is raising awareness of patient assistance programs and the need to effectively address the rising and alarming rates of chronic disease in the United States.
Patients can also learn about new medicines in development to fight chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and asthma.
Since April 2005, the PPA bus tour has visited all 50 states and more than 2,000 cities to raise awareness about patient assistance programs, officials said.
The "Help is Here Express" is staffed by trained specialists able to help uninsured patients access information on more than 475 patient assistance programs, including nearly 200 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. For information, visit www.pparx.org or call (888) 4PPA-NOW.
{"headline18"/}Four arrested in break-in
AFTON _ Four people were recently arrested by the Afton Police Department for allegedly breaking into an Afton store and stealing Tylenol, Gatorade and Pop-Tarts.
The investigation stems from an Aug. 26 burglary at McDowell and Walker Inc. at 11 Mill St., according to police.
Donald G. Lockwood, 18, Patrick G. Reynolds, 17, Caleb J. Gregory, 18, and Michelle A. Latsachack, 20, were each charged with third-degree burglary, police said.
No other information, including where the four defendants are from, was available from police Tuesday night.
{"headline18"/}Candidate forums are set
ONEONTA _ Two candidates' forums have been scheduled for this month featuring the races for local congressional, state Senate and county judge.
The forums will be held at the Craven Lounge in Morris Hall at the State University College at Oneonta.
The first session will be Monday, Oct. 27, between the candidates for the 51st District state Senate seat: Democrat Don Barber, of Caroline, and incumbent James Seward, R-Milford. The forum will start at 7 p.m. and end at about 8:30 p.m.
At about 8:30 p.m., the candidates for Otsego County Court judge, Judge Jhilmil Ghaleb and Assistant District Attorney John Lambert, will each give 15-minute statements of their positions. The judicial candidates will not take questions.
The second forum will be Wednesday, Oct. 29, with a debate between Democratic incumbent Rep. Michael Arcuri and Republican challenger Richard Hanna. They are running for the 24th District seat in the House.
That forum will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
The candidates for state Senate and the House seats will answer questions from live and TV-viewing audiences, as well as from a panel of local media representatives. The panel includes Sam Pollak, editor of The Daily Star, and Gary Wickham, program director of WUOW Community Radio.
A telephone number for home viewers will be available on-screen during the night of the debates.
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