Schools prepare for delta variant By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With the delta variant of the coronavirus virus causing jumps in cases across the county and the country, some Otsego County school districts are gearing up to welcome kids back to classes with masks on. This is based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control, which has labeled Otsego County as a “substantial transmission” area where, in theory, masks are recommended indoors regardless of vaccination status. COVID…
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The Baseball Lifer A recognition long overdue for one of the game’s good stewards Legendary comedian Groucho Marx once famously quipped, “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” Perhaps the most reluctant inductee among the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 333 members, Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (1966-1983), gained election to the Hall posthumously. Miller, who died in 2012 at the age of 95, previously…
Alum, SUNY Oneonta grad take CCS jobs By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown Central School has new leadership in its middle/high school again. The school’s Board of Education has made two hires in the past month, picking Karl O’Leary as the new principal and Shirley Tyler as the new coordinator of athletics and extra-curricular activities. O’Leary started his career as an English teacher and served as principal of Moravia Central School for two years and most recently as…
Editorial Playing Russian roulette with kids Just as the country thought it was safe to get rid of masks, COVID-19 has made a sudden, startling comeback. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the seven-day moving average of new cases for the week ended Aug. 6, stands at nearly 123,000 per day. The Associated Press has reported more than 44,000 people were hospitalized in the U.S. last weekend, a 30% increase from the prior week and four times the number…
Miller changed baseball in ways that improve players’ lives By CHARLIE VASCELLARO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Marvin Miller, the first director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, was elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Modern Era Committee, along with catcher Ted Simmons in December 2019. The cancellation of the Hall’s 2020 Induction ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic postponed their inductions, along with Baseball Writers’ Association of America selections Derek Jeter and Larry Walker, all four…
Huntington hosts anniversary party By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Huntington Memorial Library in Oneonta celebrated its centennial anniversary Saturday, Aug. 7, with an outdoor celebration at Huntington Memorial Park. Cupcakes on top of books, free drinks provided by Stewart’s and plants were given out at the celebration. The library turned 100 last year. However, because of COVID, the celebration got delayed. Mayoral candidates Mark Drnek and Len Carson were also on hand, with Drnek providing…
Fenimore Art Museum looks at 25 years of ‘Arthur’ By PATRICK DEWEY• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Television shows, books and the artwork in them have the power to teach life lessons and transport viewers back in time. This is the case with the children’s TV show and book series “Arthur,” about a talking aardvark, his sister, D.W., and his classmates. The Fenimore Art Museum is marking the 25th anniversary of “Arthur,” a cartoon TV show, with the exhibit “Believe in Yourself:…
Water issues keep FoxCare closed Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Water issues at Bassett Healthcare Network’s FoxCare Center in Oneonta have continued to limit the use of the facility, a day after the problem was announced. According to an email, the “Code Green loss of water continues at FoxCare Center. The facility will remain closed through Thursday, Aug. 12. All patients with scheduled appointments are being contacted by their provider’s offices and managers are working to determine alternate work…
The AllOtsego Report, Ep. 11: Cuomo No Mo’ Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Episode 11 of The AllOtsego Report looks at the Thursday, Aug. 12, editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, as well as this week’s news on AllOtsego.com. Click here to listen! In this week’s episode, Editor Greg Klein and Reporter Kevin Limiti discuss: Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigning in the wake of an investigation into his actions in the workplace and the local reaction to his…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 Sunrise, Sunset Photography with the Lake & Valley Garden Club FLOWER & PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Come out to appreciate the photographs and flowers of the Lake & Valley Garden club photography show. The theme this year is on Sunrise, Sunset. Showing thru 8/13. Free, open to public. Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.…