JOIN LT. WITZENBURG ON BEAT Council To Name Brenner Deputy As Interim Chief Lieutenant Witzenburg To Take Helm Until Decision Made On OPD Leader ONEONTA – Common Council plans to name Police Lt. Christopher Witzenburg as interim chief of the Oneonta Police Department when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom. He succeeds Chief Doug Brenner, who announced earlier this month that, age 56, he is retiring after 15 years service with the OPD, the last four at the…
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Cooperstown’s Josh Pearlman Completes Marine Boot Camp COOPERSTOWN – CCS graduate Joshua Potter Pearlman received the Eagle, Globe & Anchor pin of the United States Marine Corps earlier this month at a ceremony following completion of boot camp at Marine Base Parris Island, SC . Pearlman, 30, is the son of Nancy Potter and David Pearlman of Cooperstown. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 2008 and served for a year in AmeriCorps NCCC, the year-long component of the Corporation…
IN MEMORIAM Lynn Richards Jones, 77 April 10, 1943-Jan. 22, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Lynn Richards Jones, a folk artist well-known for her intricate scissor cuttings, passed away peacefully Friday evening, Jan. 22, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. She was 77. Like many loving couples who have spent their lives together, it might be said that Lynn died of a broken heart following the death of her husband of 53 years, David Jones, less than six months ago on…
CLICK HERE TO READ REPORT Read NY AG’s Findings That Caused Firestorm Elderly Deaths In Nursing Homes 50% Higher Than Reported: James New York Attorney General Letitia James’ report, “Nursing Home Response to COVID-19 Pandemic,” found 50 percent more people died of COVID in nursing homes than the Cuomo Administration has been saying. The report, released yesterday, In response, Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, asked his colleagues to pull Governor Cuomo’s emergency powers; state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, called for Health…
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Oberacker To Zucker: Resign Over AG Report Of Low COVID-19 Count Subpoenas Should Be Issued, Senator Adds ALBANY – Newly elected state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, joined his Assembly colleague today in reacting to Attorney General Letitia James’ report that the Cuomo Administration underreported COVID-19 nursing home deaths by 50 percent. Supporting Senate Republican Leader Rob Ort, Oberacker called for the “immediate resignation” of state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker. “I join with Senate Republican Leader Ortt in calling for the…
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Salka ‘Appalled’ If Governor Hid Aged Death Rate AG Letitia James’ Study Concludes Nursing Home Fatalities 50% Short By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ALBANY – That state Attorney General Letitia James concluded the Cuomo Administration underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by half is “appalling,” Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, declared in a statement released this afternoon. An investigation by James’ office concluded the administration undercounted coronavirus-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, the New…
New Paltz Man Charged In Pittsfield Vehicle Theft NEW BERLIN – A New Paltz man suspected of stealing a motor vehicle in November from a Town of Pittsfield business and driving it to Pennsylvania has been arrested, sheriff’s deputies reported today. Billy J. Bates was taken into custody on Jan. 9, charged with Grand Larceny, third degree. He was held in county jail pending arraignment, then released, deputies said.…
