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5-DAY ADVANCE WARNING POSSIBLE SUNY Oneonta Experiments With Waste-Water Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is looking to get as far ahead of the coronavirus as it can – through waste-water testing. It is what it sounds like. “Even asymptomatic people start shedding coronavirus through their feces in the first day of their infection,” said Lachlan Squair, SUNY Oneonta’s chief of facilities & safety. “The reason we’re doing the waste-water test,” he continued, “is…
BULLETIN Clark Sports Center Will Open Thursday COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center is scheduled to open Thursday, Val Paige, director, told the Cooperstown Rotary Club today. Paige outlined extensive steps being taken to ensure safety at the Clark. The full-service community athletic center, which includes three swimming pools, basketball and racquetball courts and a full service gym, was closed shortly after Governor Cuomo declared the COVID-19 State of Emergency in mid-March. It was due to open Sept. 2, but…
IN MEMORIAM Velma F. (Fassett) Armstrong, 90; Pierstown Community Mainstay COOPERSTOWN – Velma F. (Fassett) Armstrong, 90, a leader in the restoration of the Pierstown Grange, died peacefully at her home on Armstrong Road in Pierstown on Sunday Aug. 23, 2020, surrounded by her family. A life-long area resident, Velma was born Oct. 24, 1929, at Bassett Hospital, the daughter of Owen and Iva (Richards) Fassett. She was raised on the family farm in East Springfield and graduated from Springfield…
Bliss To Gyms: Get Inspected So You Can Reopen County To Help Businesses Meet Cuomo’s Requirements COOPERSTOWN – Reach out and be inspected, so you can reopen, county Board Chair David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield today advised operators of gyms and fitness centers. “Normally we don’t issue permits to these establishments, so the Health Department may not be aware of every facility looking to reopen,” said Bliss. “We need them to contact us so we can work with them and…
Free COVID-19 Testing Due Thursday In Otego OTEGO – The county Department of Health has scheduled more free testing for COVID-19 for county residents only 9-noon this Thursday, Aug. 27, at Greenie’s Auto World, 2591 Route 7, Otego. This testing site is for people who are not sick but want to be tested. The test will be with a nasal pharyngeal swab.…
Farewell To Summer! Cherry Valley Artworks presented an end-of-season concert for its members last Saturday evening on the Great Lawn at Tuscarora Farm in Cherry Valley. The weather and surroundings provided a splendid environment for practicing proper social distancing. Performers included members of Musicians of Ma’alwyck and the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra. (Dennis Coluccio photos)…
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For Tifanne Friend’s Garden Of Good Deeds Keeps Alive Memory Of Vital Life By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At home, Lorraine Brady gardens for herself. In the Community Garden on Wilcox Avenue in the Sixth Ward, she gardens in honor of her best friend, Tifanne Wells. “She was always trying to help everyone,” she said. “She started First Night and the Hometown Fourth of July. She did so much.” Wells, 44, died in 2015, shot by her…
IN MEMORIAM Bradley Goodyear Smith, 78; Cooperstown Philanthropist COOPERSTOWN – Bradley Goodyear Smith, a native of Mobile and resident of Fairhope, Ala., passed away Aug. 13, 2020, at Cary Mede, the family’s summer home, near Cooperstown. Surrounded by her loving family, she succumbed with remarkable grace after a brave battle with progressive supranuclear palsy. Bradley was born June 16, 1942, in Mobile, where she was raised. Bradley was known for her kindness, humor, strength and Southern charm. She was well-read,…
