With Otsego Lagging, Census Staff Available To Help Fill Out Form Worker Assigned To Cooperstown Farmers Market This Saturday, Next COOPERSTOWN – A U.S. Census worker will be at the Cooperstown Farmers Market to help citizens fill out Census forms online 9 a.m.-2 p.m tomorrow, July 18, and next Saturday, July 25. The Census is used, among other things, to determine how many Congressional District each state receives, and to allocate federal funding for schools and social services, as well…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta July 16-17, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Energetic New CEO Arrives At Basssett Parents Get Details Of CCS Reopening Oneonta Schools Working Out Details Union Pickets SQSPCA Construction Site Broadway Hails Oneonta’s ‘Liminator’ Supervisor ‘Hard Worker, Good Soul’ Pastor Sylvia, Jim Kevlin Wed At Lakeside Service AllOTSEGO.life At Wilber Park, Display Of Whimsy Author Promotes ‘Umpire’s Bunkhouse’ EDITORIALS Localities Allowed To Levy $1,000 Fines COLUMNS FISHER: NAACP Guided By…
Delgado Bill Enables Veterans’ Cemeteries In Counties Like NY’s Congressman Testifies Today In D.C. https://www.facebook.com/RepAntonioDelgado/videos/284801822962783/ Otsego County’s congressman, Antonio Delgado, D-19, today testified before the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on legislation to authorize the Veterans’ Administration to issue grants to counties to establish, expand or improve veterans cemeteries. “As the law is written, only state-run veteran cemeteries are eligible for the National Cemetery Administration’s Veteran Cemetery Grants Program,” Delgado said. “This prohibition cripples counties…
4 New C-19 Cases Reported Locally Virus Still Here, Bond Reports COOPERSTOWN – The county Department of Health is reporting “a slight increase” in the number of local cases of the coronavirus, including two new hospitalizations. The four new cases raise the county total from 81 to 85, since there have been no additional recoveries since the last report on July 10. That total consists of 73 recoveries, five deaths, and seven active cases at this time.…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Ask Your Local Governments: Take Care Of Us By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com On Sunday, a friend of mine was talking to a family from South Carolina. They told him how bad it was down there now and how great it was up here and how we had beaten the virus. They talked for a while, then walked away down Main Street. None of them were wearing masks, nor knew if they…
DEATH NOTICE Jane G. Duel, 81, Cooperstown; Affiliated With Redpoint, NYSHA COOPERSTOWN – Jane G. Duel, 81, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Cooperstown Center, following a long illness. Most recently an executive assistant with Redpoint Builders, she was previously with the Susquehanna SPCA for four years, and for many years worked for the New York State Historical Association. Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Home. A full obituary will be forthcoming on www.AllOTSEGO.com and in next week’s Freeman’s Journal.…
Is Governor Requiring $1,000 Fine For People Who Don’t Wear Masks? Oneonta Will; Cooperstown Unsure By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig said a few minutes ago that Governor Cuomo yesterday directed municipalities to enforce a state Department of Health directive allowing localities to fine people who do not wear masks up to $1,000 per violation. Fearful of what 7,000 college students may bring with them this fall, Herzig said, “I don’t think the state…
Carpenters’ Union Pickets New Shelter…
DEATH NOTICE Anne Geddes-Atwell, 77; Former Otsego Supervisor COOPERSTOWN – Anne Geddes-Atwell, 77, former Otsego town supervisor and, previously, a town board member, passed away Sunday morning at Cooperstown Center after a long illness. A well-known figure in the Cooperstown area, Geddes-Atwell was a longtime member of the Cooperstown Rotary Club and former president. Survivors include her husband, Jim Atwell, the Quaker minister and columnist in The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. Arrangements are with the Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown. …
MIKE BROWN PUBLISHES ‘UMP’S BUNKHOUSE’ Author, Editor To Discuss Dream’s Park Experiences…