5-DAY ADVANCE WARNING POSSIBLE SUNY Oneonta Experiments With Waste-Water Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is looking to get as far ahead of the coronavirus as it can – through waste-water testing. It is what it sounds like. “Even asymptomatic people start shedding coronavirus through their feces in the first day of their infection,” said Lachlan Squair, SUNY Oneonta’s chief of facilities & safety. “The reason we’re doing the waste-water test,” he continued, “is…
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BULLETIN Clark Sports Center Will Open Thursday COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center is scheduled to open Thursday, Val Paige, director, told the Cooperstown Rotary Club today. Paige outlined extensive steps being taken to ensure safety at the Clark. The full-service community athletic center, which includes three swimming pools, basketball and racquetball courts and a full service gym, was closed shortly after Governor Cuomo declared the COVID-19 State of Emergency in mid-March. It was due to open Sept. 2, but…
Early Morning Blaze Guts Nate’s Auto, Tire By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Oneonta Fire Department had to shut down the railroad tracks on Railroad Avenue this morning to battle a blaze that destroyed Nate’s Tire & Auto. According to Robert O’Brien, director, Otsego County 911, the call came in at 3:52 a.m. When crews arrived on scene, the garage was engulfed.…
Pit Run Goes Virtual, Adds 100K Challenge ONEONTA – This year, Sid Parisian says, any day in October can be Race Day. The 27th annual Pit Run, known as “The Best Day in Oneonta,” has gone virtual, allowing racers to run the 5 or 10K any day in October, along any course of their choosing. “When we first started talking about this year’s race, we were hoping everything would have calmed down,” he said. “But it’s not safe, so holding…
IN MEMORIAM Velma F. (Fassett) Armstrong, 90; Pierstown Community Mainstay COOPERSTOWN – Velma F. (Fassett) Armstrong, 90, a leader in the restoration of the Pierstown Grange, died peacefully at her home on Armstrong Road in Pierstown on Sunday Aug. 23, 2020, surrounded by her family. A life-long area resident, Velma was born Oct. 24, 1929, at Bassett Hospital, the daughter of Owen and Iva (Richards) Fassett. She was raised on the family farm in East Springfield and graduated from Springfield…
Bliss To Gyms: Get Inspected So You Can Reopen County To Help Businesses Meet Cuomo’s Requirements COOPERSTOWN – Reach out and be inspected, so you can reopen, county Board Chair David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield today advised operators of gyms and fitness centers. “Normally we don’t issue permits to these establishments, so the Health Department may not be aware of every facility looking to reopen,” said Bliss. “We need them to contact us so we can work with them and…
Free COVID-19 Testing Due Thursday In Otego OTEGO – The county Department of Health has scheduled more free testing for COVID-19 for county residents only 9-noon this Thursday, Aug. 27, at Greenie’s Auto World, 2591 Route 7, Otego. This testing site is for people who are not sick but want to be tested. The test will be with a nasal pharyngeal swab.…
Farewell To Summer! Cherry Valley Artworks presented an end-of-season concert for its members last Saturday evening on the Great Lawn at Tuscarora Farm in Cherry Valley. The weather and surroundings provided a splendid environment for practicing proper social distancing. Performers included members of Musicians of Ma’alwyck and the Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra. (Dennis Coluccio photos)…
Cooperstown Picks ‘C.O.O.P’ As Official Film Commission COOPERSTOWN – In the last nine years, New York State has seen $29.5 billion spent on making movies in the state. And now, with the official designation of the Cooperstown, Oneonta, Otsego County Film Partnership as Cooperstown’s official film commission by the Village Trustees, board president Greg Klein hopes that Otsego County could see a piece of that. “This is the first step to bringing the film industry into this area,” he said…
‘Say Their Names’ OK’d In Village, Too Mayor Questions Doubleday Field Locale By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A memorial to black lives lost to racial injustice and police brutality was approved for display in Cooperstown by the Village Board during its meeting this evening. “It’s a great idea,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. The memorial, spearheaded by Jennifer Dibble, Hartwick, would include laminated photos of black men and women from the “Say Their Names” memorial database,…