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SQSPCA ‘HOWL’OWEEN’ UNDERWAY Avoid $100-200 Adoption Fee, Bring Home New Pet By early afternoon today, 11 dogs and cats had been adopted from the Susquehanna SPCA’s shelter in Hartwick Seminary, part of a two-day waiver of adoption fees enabled by the second annual “Howl’oween” Pet Adoption Event.” A $5,000 grant, from ASPCA and Five Star, is allowing the waiver of the usual $100-200 adoption fee, according to SQSPCA’s Darla Youngs. This year, because of COVID-19, reservations are required (call 547-8111),…
Smithsonian Secretary: Museums Bring Us Closer By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – One afternoon, while walking through the Smithsonian’s exhibit of Emmett Till’s glass-topped casket, Secretary Lonnie Bunch III saw a young African-American woman sitting on a bench, sobbing. “I was about to go over to her, but a white man approached her and said, ‘I’m crying too. Can we cry together?’ And they hugged. That’s what museums can do. Museums can help us come together, share…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DENNIS CRAIG MAN of THE HOUR Can Hero Of Purchase Save SUNY Oneonta? By LIBBY CUDMORE & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For SUNY Oneonta’s interim President Dennis Craig, 55, it’s all about how you react to a crisis. “In tough incidents, sometimes you’re more defined by your response than by the incident itself,” he said, whether cheating, an instance of bias, a suicide, even a murder. When that happens, “I’m all about transparency and…
27 STUDENTS POSITIVE SO FAR Hartwick Reports 12 COVID-19 Cases ONEONTA – With 12 new cases reported this morning, Hartwick College now has 27 students who have tested positive for COVID-19 following an outbreak that was traced to Red’s Ale House. This puts the college halfway to mandatory closure, per the state’s guidelines. According to Paula Lee Hobson, VP, College Advancement, 58 students – five percent of the on-campus population – would need to test positive in order to prompt…
LANGWORTHY IN COOPERSTOWN GOP Chief Barnstorms Locally On Election Eve With four days to go until Election Day for federal and state offices, state Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy stopped in Cooperstown this morning to rally the local party faithful on the first stop of a Central New York tour. He decried “AOC Wannabes” and the state’s leftward shift, raising concerns about bail reform and plans to give illegal residents the right to vote. He was joined by the local GOP…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 Trunk Or Treat TRUNK OR TREAT – 4 p.m. Decorate your cars and bring the kids for fun activities from building a spider, pumpkin carving, make a ghost, and of course collecting candy. All stations are sanitized, 6 feet apart. The Railroad Inn, 28 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown. VOTE – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Early Voting open. Meadows Office Complex, 140 Co. Hwy. 33W, Cooperstown. Visit www.otsegocounty.com/departments/board_of_elections/index.php for info.…
BULLETIN C-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Important, Columnist Says A story reported out by Reuters News Agency yesterday shows very promising results in the study of one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, AllOTSEGO’s COVID columnist, Dr. Richard Sternberg, reports today. The vaccine being developed by Oxford University and British Drug maker AstraZenica shows that it produces an immune response, i.e., development of antibodies to the virus, in both the young and the old. This is seen as a very favorable breakthrough…
Mayor Proposes New Mask Law Private Homes Won’t Be Included, As In Law Herzig Vetoed Last Week ONEONTA – After vetoing a mask ordinance last week, Mayor Gary Herzig will be asking the Common Council to approve a revised ordinance Tuesday that does not include regulations of activities inside private homes. The revised ordinance will require masks at all times in outdoor public space in the city’s downtown (MU-1) zoning district. Masks will also be required by all customers in…
Early Voting Continues Through Sunday, Nov. 1 COOPERSTOWN – Early voting continues through Sunday at the county’s Meadows Office Complex. 140 Route 33, Town of Middlefield, as follows: • Until 8 p.m. today • 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday • 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Polls will be open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3…