CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY-MONKEY LINK Parents, Need Daycare Help? 1st Step, Fill Out County Survey COOPERSTOWN – Embattled parents of K-12 stay-at-home youngsters, help is on the way. County Treasurer Allen Ruffles, IT Director Brian Pokorny and others were discussing child-care challenges the county’s workforce is facing, and wondered: What if everyone comes together to look for a solution? The first step, they decided, is to gauge the size of the problem, and they developed a surveymonkey.com survey “to have…
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IN MEMORIAM Funeral Saturday For Couple Who Endured COVID Together Melanie, Wayne Jones Passed Away In Worcester WORCESTER – A funeral is tomorrow for Melanie Ruth Jones, 60, and her husband, Wayne Dennis Jones, 68, who both had suffered from COVID-19 in the past few months, and both passed away Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. Melanie was found in the morning having suffered apparent respiratory failure, and Wayne passed away that evening after receiving the news.…
IN MEMORIAM: Allan K. Rudd, 76; Career-Long Dairyman In Jordanville JORDANVILLE – Allan K. Rudd, 76, a career-long dairy farmer and proprietor of MTR Farms here, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, at Bassett Hospital. Allan was born on Jan. 10, 1944, in Hartford, Conn., a son of the late Allan S. and Madeline Parker Rudd. He was raised and educated in Ellington, Conn., and graduated from Rockville High School. On March 20, 1969, he married the former…
IN MEMORIAM: Roy Henderson, Sr., 80; Schenevus Man Pursued Career As Maltster SCHENEVUS – Roy A. Henderson Sr., 80, who amid varied careers spent 21 years as a maltster in a New Jersey malt plant, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at his home in Schenevus. Malt is used in brewing and distilling. He was the son of Ray & Selma (Anderson) Hendrickson, who predeceased him. Over his lifetime, Roy also worked for his brother-in-law’s flooring company and…
IN MEMORIAM: Jocelyn A. Rauscher’s Life Will Be Celebrated Sept. 5 At Home COOPERSTOWN – The life of Jocelyn Alice Rauscher will be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 5, at 484 Roscoe Jones Road in Cooperstown. Jocelyn, a talented artist, mother of five, grandmother of eight and devoted wife of 48 years, passed away April 16, 2020. Her warmth, love and laughter filled our spirits with joy. The family requests that guests come prepared to share their thoughts, prayers and fondest memories…
One More COVID Case Locally, One In Hospital COOPERSTOWN – Another new local COVID-19 case was reported today, bring this week’s total to five, and one of the current cases was hospitalized. That brings us in Otsego County to 117 total cases since March, of which 106 have recovered. The five active cases and six deaths — none in weeks — round out the total.…
CLICK HERE TO ANSWER SURVEY Delgado Asks Citizens For Inputs On Delays In Local Postal Delivery Otsego County’s congressman, Antonio Delgado, D-19, today issued a survey asking his constituents to share any mail delivery delays they have experienced with the U.S. mails. Delgado said the new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, has made changes leading up to the Presidential election that “have undermined the American people’s confidence in a 245-year-old institution.” He’s seeking constituent input in advance of this weekend, when…
LETTER from Pamela Fitch Tausta No Mask? No Dr.’s Excuse? HMMMM! To the Editor: It is hard to go to the store and have people tell you they have a doctor’s excuse to not wear a mask. The rest of us take the risk. If they go to the American Disability Association site, they will see that the alternatives for them are not in-your-face responses but using face shields or order and pick-up services. These are available at our grocery…
LETTER from BUZZ HESSE Let’s Move Forward United, As Americans To The Editor: I was born in 1940 in Endicott, a diverse cultural area where many people were from the Old World. In fact, on the street where I lived were Italian, German, English, Jewish and Swedish families. We all lived side by side compatibly. A very meaningful school experience took place when I was in first grade. I remember all the students sat in rows, side by side. Teacher…
