LISTEN TO JIM MALATRAS ON WAMC ONEONTA OUTBREAK WORST IN STATE SUNY CHANCELLOR DUE HERE MONDAY Plans To Meet With Herzig, Morris On ‘How Things Have Been Going’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY’s new chancellor, Jim Malatras, will be in Oneonta Monday, meeting with the mayor and the local college president to ensure everything is being done to stem the worst outbreak of COVID-19 – 29 cases – among the system’s 64 institutions. “We’re one…
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State Appellate Court Overturns Callahan Murder Conviction By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – District Attorney John Muehl doesn’t see how overturning Casey Callahan’s guilty verdict is in the interest of justice. “This ruling was made ‘in the interest of justice,’” he said. “But their interest of justice is for a murderer, not a victim, who was a loving mother and a member of a close-knit family.” The Appellate Division, Third Department, overturned Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder…
MANY GETMANS IN LAW, MEDICINE Local Roots Run Deep For New County Judge By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Getmans and Otsego County go back a long way, in law and medicine, too. “In the Laurens cemetery, there are a lot of Getmans,” said Michael F. Getman, who will be sworn in Jan. 1, 2021, as the newest Otsego County judge. Norman Getman, a cousin of Damon Getman, the incoming judge’s grandfather, was county coroner during the…
Feared Quagga Mussel Invades BFS Researchers Locate Invasive Worse Then Zebra, Researcher Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SUNKEN ISLAND – At 2:41 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, just north of here, one of Sarah Coney’s worst fears was realized. There in a sieve that was straining a bucket of mud from Otsego Lake’s bottom was a tiny mussel the SUNY Oneonta biology master’s candidate immediately recognized. It was a quagga mussel, even more feared than the zebra mussel that…
COVID BREAKS OUT AT SUNY ONEONTA City Police Bust Party, Noise Violation Issued By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Walking downtown at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, Mayor Gary Herzig saw exactly what he’d hoped he wouldn’t see. “There were significant numbers of young people congregating in groups and not wearing masks,” he said. “I had high expectations, and I am very disappointed we did not achieve them.” And on Tuesday, Aug. 25, SUNY Oneonta announced…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Aug. 27-28, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE COVID-19 Breaks Out At SUNY Oneonta Feared Quagga Mussel Invades Otsego Lake New Judge Getman’s Local Roots Run Deep Callahan’s Murder Conviction Overturned Cooperstown Hosts ‘Say Their Name’ Exhibit Clark Gym To Reopen Thursday, Aug. 27 AllOTSEGO.life CAN IT! New Packaging Helps Microbreweries Challenged, ‘Operation Warm’ Plans To Expand COLUMNS BERKSON: The Perils Of Puffball Hunting? SORENSEN: Reject 2nd Amendment Sanctuary STERNBERG:…
ONEONTA ROTARY REDOUBLES EFFORT Challenged, ‘Operation Warm’ Aims To Keep More Kids Cozy Editor’s Note: To donate to “Operation Warm,” send checks to Oneonta Rotary Fund, Box 1122, Oneonta, NY 13620. For tax deduction, write “Operation Warm” in the memo line. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade of Operation Warm has created a decade of warm memories. “The pride of ownership is something new for a lot of the kids,” said Oneonta Rotarian Dave Mattice.…
CAN IT! In Time of Challenge, Breweries Get A Boost By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Roger Davidson ordered the new canning machine for Council Rock Brewery, he didn’t know it would be his restaurant’s lifeline. “We’ve been kicking around the idea of canning our beers for a few years,” he said. “And back in February, we just bit the bullet and bought the machine.” Dubbing the cans “Crowlers,” Davidson can put any beer the brewery…
IN MEMORIAM: John R. Timer, 63, Laurens; Farmer, Man Of Many Skills LAURENS – John R. Timer, 63, of Laurens, a dedicated farmer, gifted mechanic, fine carpenter and tractor-pull champion, was called home by his Savior on Aug. 26, 2020, while in the care of his family. John was born on Aug. 29, 1956, a beloved son of Albert Timer Sr. and Emily Mednansky Timer. John was a lifelong resident of the Laurens and Mount Vision areas.…
IN MEMORIAM: Lorraine Dono, 79; Lived 9 Years Past Cancer Prognosis ONEONTA – Lorraine Dono passed away peacefully on the morning of Aug. 21, 2020. Let it not be said that she lost her battle with cancer, but rather with love and tenacity, she fought past her 2011 prognosis of only three to six months to live, to witness the birth of her fifth grandchild and continued to live life another nine years. When her beloved husband, Nicholas, was diagnosed…
