BASSETT ALERTS STAFF TO HACKING OF EXCELLUS-BLUE CROSS RECORDS COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare advised its employees this morning that the medical records of their health-insurance carrier, Rochester-based Excellus-Blue Cross’ computer system, had been hacked. “We’re letting our employees know because we want to take care of our employees,” said Bill Stamp, vice president/marketing & communications. Bassett provides coverage through Excellus-Blue Cross, which is setting up a hotline and website to answer individual concerns, Stamp said. Reports began surfacing Thursday afternoon that Excellus…
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PRIMARIES UP IN THE AIR HARTWICK UP IN AIR AFTER THURSDAY VOTE Palumbo Dominates In Richfield Over Incumbent COOPERSTOWN – While the Richfield town supervisor GOP primary yesterday yielded a clear winner – Paul Palumbo, 158, over incumbent Fran Enjem, 95 – both Hartwick town supervisor primaries are so close the outcome won’t be known until absentee ballots are counted a week from today, Sept. 18, according to Republican Elections Commissioner Sheila Ross. In the Republican primary, Hartwick Fire Chief Bob O’Brien…
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IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Gary S. Dunbar, 84; UCLA Professor Retired To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Gary Seamans Dunbar, Professor Emeritus of the University of California at Los Angeles, died peacefully on Aug. 16, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was 84. At the time of his death, Dr. Dunbar had lived in Cooperstown for 27 years, moving here after retirement from the UCLA Department of Geography. His first introduction to Cooperstown had been in 1952 when, as a graduate student at…
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If You Think It’s Hot, Dry, You’re Right, Mattice Says If you think Otsego County’s weather has been unusually hot and dry, particularly in the past few days, you’re right, and it’s going to continue. “It’s definitely the longest warm spell of the summer,” said National Weather Service observer David Mattice of Oneonta. Otsego County temperatures have hit 81 degrees or higher for eight straight days. 84 degrees was the high the past three days, Mattice reports. Today, tomorrow and Wednesday should be the…
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