HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Election Day! GENERAL ELECTION – 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. Cast your vote for the next President of the US, other public offices. Make you voice heard! Find Otsego County Polling locations by calling 607-547-4247 or visit www.otsegocounty.com/departments/board_of_elections/index.php…
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ALL ARE WELCOME, SAYS RECTOR Ecumenical Service Set For Election Evening COOPERSTOWN – On an evening of national tension, an Ecumenical Service is planned at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Christ Episcopal Church, 46 River St., according to Father Dane Boston, rector. “We want to include as many as would like to be there,” said Father Boston. So far, the Rev. Joe Perdue, pastor, First Baptist Church, has said he plans to co-officiate. The rector said the service will…
Bassett Appoints Vice Presidents To Lead Physician, Nursing Units COOPERSTOWN –Dr. Reginald Knight has been appointed the new senior vice president, chief physician executive for Bassett Healthcare Network, Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, president/CEO announced today. Dr. Denise Robinson has accepted the role of senior vice president, chief nurse executive for the network, Ibrahim also announced.…
Cooperstown Rotarians Plan Pancake Breakfast, Election-Day Tradition Doubleday Café Hosts; ‘Warming Stations,’ Home Delivery Offered COOPERSTOWN – With adjustments COVID-19, The Cooperstown Rotary Club’s traditional Election Day breakfast will proceed 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, as it has for more than a half-century. This year, the Doubleday Café will be hosting the breakfast, making the pancakes and serving them in-house at 93 Main St., according to Phil Dina, who is helping organize the event this year.…
Village Gives Thanks To Retiring Barown Mayor Praises Her Institutional Knowledge, Efficiency, Expertise By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Despite the rain, they came to praise her: Teri Barown, village administrator for the past five years and village clerk for 10 before that. “Teri’s leadership abilities were always apparent and so very valued,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who also emceed the ceremony. “…All have benefited from her professional and skillful handling of village administration. “She…
CLICK HERE FOR SAMPLE BALLOT Early Voting Over; On To Main Event By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A total of 5,223 ballots were cast during the nine-day early-voting period that ended at 2 p.m. today, according to Mike Henrici, the Democratic elections commissioner. That compares to 367 early votes in 2018, according to Democratic Elections Commissioner Mike Henrici. That was a non-presidential year and the first time early voting was allowed. Of the early votes, 2,620…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Q&A With Presidential Photographer VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 p.m. Zoom meeting featuring walk through of exhibit ‘Pete Souza: Two Presidents, One Photographer’ featuring live Q&A session with Pete Souza himself. Free, registration required. Suggested donation $20. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org VOTE – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Early Voting concludes. Meadows Office Complex, 140 Co. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown. Visit www.otsegocounty.com/departments/board_of_elections/index.php for info.…
Big Crowds Turn Out For Oneonta Halloween While the annual Halloween parade may not be on, that gave throngs of ghouls, ghosts, superheroes and princesses all the more reason to head downtown for the annual trick-or-treating event on this afternoon on Main street in Oneonta. Above, Brendan DeFalco, a brother with Chi Phi fraternity, hands out candy outside Tokyo Japanese Cuisine to Oneonta’s Reese Robinson and Rowan and Wyatt Keto. At right, Benjamin Reese shows how to walk like a…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SARURDAY, OCTOBER 31 Halloween Fun In Richfield Springs HALLOWEEN FUN – 10 a.m. – Noon. Bring painted or carved pumpkins to enter in pumpkin contest, winners announced at 10:15, followed by costume contest. Prizes available. All ages welcome. Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-0230 or Click Here VOTE – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Early Voting open. Meadows Office Complex, 140 Co. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown. Click Here for info.…
Otsego County Tops 1K COVID Cases Since Spring COOPERSTOWN – With 12 Hartwick College students testing positive for COVID-19 today, the county has reported 1,011 cases of the virus since the pandemic started this spring, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County public health director. “We are busier now than we were in April,” she said. “We have more cases now. People are getting lax with social distancing, they’re gathering with friends and family and not wearing masks.”…