CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR PUZZLE Puzzlin’ Time Away How To Keep Alumni Engaged In Shutdown? That’s A Puzzler By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Since April, Laura Lincoln, director of SUNY Oneonta’s Office of Alumni Engagement, found she was getting a lot of calls from alumni with a puzzling question. “People kept calling us and asking us if we had a jigsaw puzzle,” she said. “It’s amazing how many requests we’ve had, but it makes sense –…
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Auto Dealers Bullish As Showrooms Reopen With People Avoiding Airplane Travel, Travelers May Drive On Local Vacations By LIBBY CUDMORE – Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – Kevin Harris believes that the road trip is due for a resurgence. “There’s reluctance for people to fly or do cruises,” said the proprietor of Kevin’s Royal Automotive here. “But they still want to travel, and I think that bodes well for us in the third and fourth quarter.” In a surprise to many, on…
Southside Mall Lives, Even Without NY’s OK Even Though They May, Corporate Retailers Aren’t Working Curbside By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If you need a video game, a tennis racket or some office supplies for working from home, Southside Mall still has you covered. “A lot of our exterior stores are doing curbside pickup,” said Mall Manager Luisa Montanti. “They’ve been open through the whole pandemic, and we’re really proud of them.” While the mall remains…
BOUND VOLUMES May 13, 2020 200 YEARS AGO It is said that the death of Tamaahmaah, King of the Sandwich Islands, has caused so much dissension among his successors and officers, as to threaten a revolution and civil war. The old King left upwards of $150,000 dollars in specie. The death of this venerable Indian Prince at the present time, is a cause of serious regret among the friends of Christianity in this community. He was very favorably disposed towards…
(new) NORMAL ARRIVES Moving Beyond COVID, Bassett Hospital Opens For Regular Treatments By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – No new cases in a week in Otsego County. No hospitalizations at Bassett facilities either. At a press conference Tuesday, May 12, in Bassett Hall, Healthcare Network leaders said the region has entered a new phase in the wake of its battle with the coronavirus. The network is already starting to ramp its number of surgeries back up and…
HOMETOWN History May 15, 2020 35 Years Ago Mr. Arthur Platt writes us from Colliers: On the bottom lands ten rods south of what is known as Quick Sand bank, and thirty rods due west of Wm. Burnside’s premises (about half way between Colliers and the Junction), I discovered Saturday a thick deposit of charred wood, mingled with small fragments of bone which had evidently been burned. Whether they were human remains or not could not be determined. I set…
(new) NORMAL ARRIVING OTSEGO COUNTY ABOUT TO ENTER PHASE 1 OPENING In Week, Debate Over Baby Step Turns Into Big Forward Strides By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For Otsego County businesses (and local governments that depend on the sales taxes they generate), it was the week the iceberg cracked. Just last Wednesday, May 6, the county Board of Representatives heatedly debated a mild resolution nudging Governor Cuomo to “reopen” Otsego County as soon as he could, please. “Leave…
Editorial For Good Of All, Hope Marty Patton Right It may turn out Marty Patton made the right call, delaying opening of his Cooperstown All Star Village, the youth baseball tournament camp in West Oneonta, in hopes of salvaging at least some of the 2020 season. Things are happening so quickly. With this week’s Glimmerglass Fest cancellation, pretty much all of the major summer activities have been cancelled or delayed – mostly notably, of course, Derek Jeter’s July 26 Induction…
Only One COVID Case Left Locally By ELIZABETH COOPERS • Special To AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Just one case. That’s where Otsego County’s COVID-19 numbers are right now. The Tuesday, May 5, data from the county Health Department showed, for the first time, no new cases for the past five days. Of the 62 total cases found in the county since March 23, 57 had recovered and four had succumbed to the virus. The one remaining patient is hospitalized. County Public…
Editorial COVID-19 War Not Over, But Let’s Take Victory Lap Let’s take a victory lap. As of Monday, May 4, the coronavirus threat in Otsego County had been reduced to one case. One case in the whole county. It’s a battle won, not the war. Testing for the coronavirus identified 62 positive infections once symptoms appeared, through the Bassett Hospital hotline (547-5555) and other means. In all likelihood, though, there is still coronavirus in our neighborhoods. Testing for antigens, which…
