As COVID Cases Rise, Oneonta Schools Go Virtual Until January By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With COVID cases topping 126 county-wide this past week, including five Oneonta Elementary School staff members and one high school student, Superintendent Thomas Brindley announced that all schools will go fully remote until Tuesday, Jan. 19. “Concerns associated with our community’s rising COVID-19 cases, recent cases that have affected our schools, uncertainty of what the holiday impact may have on COVID…
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IN MEMORIAM Carol J. O’Driscoll, 79 Nov. 23, 1941-Nov. 4, 2020 TITUSVILLE – Carol J. (Burrows) O’Driscoll passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Wednesday, Nov. 4 at her home in Titusville, Dutchess County. Carol, lovingly known as “Birdie”, was born Nov. 20, 1941, to Stuart and Helen Burrows. Carol was born and raised in Oneonta. She has lived all over the United States and even in Germany. She worked at many hospitals in California, Ohio and New York. She also…
IN MEMORIAM Bernice ‘Bunny’ Joseph, 94; Well-Known Oneonta Painter ONEONTA – Bernice “Bunny” Joseph, 94, a noted Oneonta painter and mother of photographer Stephen Joseph, died Saturday, Nov. 21. She was born on April 20, 1926. She married Howard Joseph in 1947 and they were married 73 years before his passing on Jan. 25, 2020.…
SAGA OF A SMALL BIRD After Wild Ride, Rockefeller Owl To Fly Free Tonight By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Rocky, the Saw-whet owl found inside “Daddy Al” Dick’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, will be released this evening into a conifer forest near Saugerties, where she has spent the last week rehabilitating after her three-day, 170 mile journey from Oneonta to Manhattan. When we picked Rocky up she was struggling,” said Ellen Kalish, Ravensbeard Wildlife Center Director and…
Former Worcester Supervisor Proposed For County Board Democrat Addesso, Republican Mickle Vie For Sen. Oberacker’s Former Seat WORCESTER – Diane Addesso, former Worcester town supervisor, has been nominated by the county Democratic Committee for the District 6 seat vacated by state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus. Proprietor of Diane Addesso Design, a graphics arts studio based here, will be interviewed at 9 a.m. Monday by the county board’s Administration Committee, chaired by Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick. MORE IN HOMETOWN ONEONTA, FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
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1st Teen Pleads Guilty In Worcester Slaying By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Alex Borgreen, 17, one of the three teens charged in the Oct. 2019 murder of Kenneth Robinson at his home in Worcester, has plead guilty to Burglary in the first degree, according to District Attorney John Muehl. Borgreen is the first of the three former Oneonta High School students to plead in the case.…
AllOTSEGO.com MINI EDITORIAL SUNY Oneonta Preparing Sensible Reopening Plan Some commentary to the contrary, SUNY Oneonta is preparing a thorough, detailed, sensible reopening plan. Don’t take our word for it. One, look at the draft plan yourself. It’s evolving – the final draft isn’t due in Albany until Dec. 10. But it reflects thoughtful deliberation, fact-finding and discussion. Two, look at the video posted above, of a “town hall meeting” for employees – faculty and staff – last week. Pointed…
Cooperstown Village Board Returns To Virtual Meetings By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Citing the rising COVID numbers around the county, the Cooperstown Village Board this evening voted 6-0 to return to meeting over Zoom, beginning at its Dec. 28 meeting. “I know members who feel that, with the increase in cases, would like to return to virtual meetings for now,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. “I am also in favor of virtual meetings,” added Trustee Joe…