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DELHI – Organizers said more than 700 people filled Delhi’s Courthouse Square today and lined the town’s Main Street for a protest and “living memorial” to honor black lives.
The number topped an estimated 500 last Sunday in Oneonta's Muller Plaza. A third local protest, one of hundreds nationwide, is planning at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) in front of the Otsego County Courthouse in Cooperstown.
IN APPRECIATION George Floyd, 46, From Fellow Texan By CHIP NORTHRUP • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com George Floyd George Floyd was a big, happy-go-lucky Texan. He had a daughter named Gianna and was a member of a Bible study class. I grew up in Texas with good hard working men like George, including members of his extended family. Otis Floyd, Sr. was our handyman. His sons Otis, Jr., Michael and Clifford were our moving men. His wife, Hazel Gay Floyd helped raise our four children. Daughter Esther was our babysitter. I spoke at Hazel's funeral and thanked her for raising our…
People Over 75 To Get Vaccine, Governor Says Bassett Says Second Round Will Be Done In Pharmacies, Doctors' Offices By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With the Bassett Healthcare Network reporting this evening that it has administered 80 percent of COVID-19 vaccines it has received so far, Governor Cuomo announced this afternoon that the program is being expanded beyond 1A eligible New Yorkers to 1B. • 1B includes teachers and schools employees, police and firefighters (first responders), public-safety workers, public transit workers and people over 75. • The 1A category, nearing completion, encompasses healthcare workers, from doctors…
Police, Racism Decried At 3rd Rally In Region Estimated 800 Fill Courthouse Lawn Some 800 people filled the courthouse lawn for two and a half hours this afternoon to rally for justice after the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Throughout, the crowd cheered, chanted and waved signs. (Jim Kevin/AllOTSEGO.com) By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com "I am only here today because I had a Guardian Angel," Wes Lippitt of Fly Creek told today's gathering. COOPERSTOWN – Ten years after he was chased by an armed classmate from Cooperstown Park on a sunny Good Friday and shot,…