SQUALLS EXPECTED IN SNOW BELT Rounds Of Light Snow Continue In Mid-Week If Otsego County winter lovers have been disappointed by a generally mild January thus far, a return to wintry conditions has commenced and will continue into midweek. Areas of snow and flurries that persisted from Sunday night to Monday morning were part of the old storm that affected the region over the weekend. At the start of this past weekend, a large storm system pushed across the Great…
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IN MEMORIAM: Irene M. Johnson, 80; Served Oneonta Schools For Half-Century ONEONTA – Irene M. Johnson, 80, who worked for the Oneonta City School District for a half-century, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. She was born Sept. 27, 1940, at home in a house on Country Club Road, the daughter of James C. and Tressa A. Northup. On Aug. 8, 1959, she married Stephen N. Johnson Sr., who survives her. They were married for 62 years. Irene graduated from Oneonta…
STEAGALL ZOOMS IN FROM GEORGIA MLK Observance Features Innocence Project Leader Christian Steagall, operations coordinator at the Georgia Innocence Project, keynoted the Martin Luther King Day commemoration organized Monday by Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church.…
IN MEMORIAM Wayne J. Balnis, Jr., 59 Feb. 18, 1961-Jan. 16, 2021 ONEONTA – Wayne J. Balnis Jr. better known as “JR”, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 of heart complications. Wayne was born on Feb. 18, 1961, in Oneonta, to Wayne Balnis and Patricia (Weitzel) Balnis. He married Carla Palmer on May 23, 1992, in the First United Methodist Church. They were married for 28 years and were constant companions, partners and best friends. His children survive…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 Learn To DIY Maple Syrup COVID TESTING – 8 – 10 a.m. Free Covid-19 testing for people with no symptoms. Call for an appointment. Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown Clinic, 1 Atwell Dr., Cooperstown. 607-547-7973. MAPLE SYRUP – 6 p.m. Learn how to make Maple Syrup at the micro scale with Aaron Wightman, Co-Director of the Cornell Maple Program. He will cover why sap flows, sap collection options, the basics of processing, filtering, and grading.…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Appointments Still Available At NY Sites In Utica, Binghamton Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, New York State’s special sites at Utica and Binghamton were still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over, but Albany is not for the time being. Through the “Am…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Here’s How You Crack NY Vaccine Scheduling It Takes Determination, Stick-With-It-Ness By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If you’re like me, and I only mean that in the COVID-phobic sense, you have been trying to figure out how to get vaccinated. I have been on-line an average of an hour a day for about two weeks trying to find appointments. Then I heard on the news that the New York State vaccination site…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JANUARY 18 Donate & Save A Life MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY BLOOD DRIVE – 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Donate blood, help save lives. Donors will be entered for chance to attend the Superbowl in 2022. Briggs Hall, Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta. 800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL You Can Register For Vaccinations Through NY State Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: Beginning with this post, www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. The good news is that, beginning yesterday, our Otsego County neighbors 65 and older report having been able to schedule appointments to receive the COVID-19 inoculations at State of New…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK CELEBRATION – 3 p.m. Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with the Oneonta Chapter of the NAACP. Visit www.facebook.com/OneontaAreaNAACP/ for info.…