GOP Nominates Businesswoman To County Board Maryland Resident, Oneonta Realtor Proposed As Oberacker Successor By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Republican county committee members from the county board’s District 6 met last evening and nominated Jennifer Mickle, a Town of Maryland resident and Oneonta businesswoman, to succeed state Senator-elect Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, on the county board. The candidate, who also has experience in local government and community service, called it “a wonderful opportunity. I’ve always believed in…
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SQSPCA Rescues 10 Cats From Staten Island Site HARTWICK SEMINARY – In response to a plea for emergency assistance from downstate shelters, the Susquehanna SPCA will welcome 10 cats on Tuesday to its shelter here. Heating issues at the Animal Care Centers of NYC’s Staten Island location made it unsafe to house animals there, prompting the transfer. “While our Staten Island shelter only holds a small number of animals, the sudden relocation of cats and large dogs caused a strain…
CLICK TO READ REOPENING PLAN SUNY Oneonta Posts Plan Aimed At Feb. 1 Opening Goal: Serve 20% Of Students On Campus, Expand Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta today posted its draft plan to bring, if not face-to-face, mask-to-mask (M-2-M) instruction back to campus, offering an in-person option in 20 percent of its courses to the 1,100 students who, for now, may return to class as of Feb. 1. Revisions to the draft are…
2020 Baseball Hall Ballot Sent To Writers This Week COOPERSTOWN – The 2021 Hall of Fame ballot is eing mailed this week to more than 400 voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and includes 11 new candidates. Pitchers Barry Zito, Tim Hudson, Mark Buehrle and A.J. Burnett, infielder Aramis Ramírez, outfielder Torii Hunter and infielder-outfielder Michael Cuddyer will join 14 holdovers from the 2020 balloting. Derek Jeter and outfielder Larry Walker were elected in the 2020 ballot,…
BULLETIN SUNY Oneonta Faculty Petition To Be Allowed To Remain Out Of Class ONEONTA – A petition signed by 75 SUNY Oneonta faculty members is issuing a “demand” that no faculty member be “mandated” to return to the classroom if the campus reopens on Feb. 1. A waiver should be allowed “if the faculty member deems this to be unsafe, based on their own mental, emotional, and/or physical health, caregiving responsibilities, or other personal factors which may increase their risk,”…
FIGHTFIGHTERS FIGHT COVID Free Masks Available Until 1 p.m. At Fire House With COVID-19 spiking with the cold weather, the Cooperstown Fire Department is handing out free face masks this morning until 1 p.m. this afternoon. Drive-through the fire station’s parking lot on Chestnust Street and pick up what you need. At this hour, First Chief Jim Tallman and Fire Captain Jim Leslie are manning the table. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
LEGION OF MERIT AWARDED Centers Honors Veteran Isolated By Coronavirus INDEX – As a third-class Petty Officer in the Navy, George McCrea, 84, of Cooperstown, who served four years following the Korean War, from 1956 to 1959. Because of COVID-19, McCrae was unable to participate in Veteran commemorations and had limited visitation on Nov. 11, but the Cooperstown Center inducted him into its Legion of Merit. George has been at Cooperstown Center only since last year. He reminisces about the…
After 7 Years, Milford Opens First Dog Park Rotary, Village, Volunteers Make It Happen The Milford Dog Park & Learning Center was dedicated this evening, and organizer Kimberly Winsor pointed out that couldn’t have happened without another kind of dedication: It took seven years’ effort, a grant from the Milford Rotary Club and volunteers to make the $3,500 project happen. Among the attendees were, from left, Maximus; his master, Rotary President Alicen Sosnowski, Kimberly Winsor, Bruce Hodges, president, Cooperstown &…
OTSEGA HOSTS LIMITED CROWD Via Zoom, Chamber Hails Entrepreneurs In a sign of the times, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, holds up the Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen Award to the 10 people who, by state regulation, were all who could gather at this evening’s Otsego County Chamber “Tribute to the Entrepreneurial Spirit”; normally, more than 200 attend The Otesaga gala. In time of COVID-19, the ceremony was broadcast via Zoom . Applauding the senator are, clockwise from lower…
Senator Presented With Bettiol Award Today, Chamber Will Also Recognize Otsego County’s Entrepreneurial Spirit…
