Common Council Considers Letting Bombers’ Mortgage Go ONEONTA – With Bombers Burrito Bar bankrupt, Common Council tonight will discuss releasing its $50,000 mortgage on 221 Main St. to the state Business Development Corp. to facilitate, hopefully, the building’s resale and reuse. Owner John Hewitt “owes the lender (NYSBDC) as much as $1 million,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “The lender, of course, is trying to recoup as much of that as possible.” The city loaned Hewitt $50,000 from the Community Development…
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Gyms, Fitness Centers May Open By Sept. 2, Governor Announces ALBANY – Gyms and fitness centers can reopen 33 percent in New York State starting Aug. 24 and continuing through Sept. 2, Governor Cuomo announced today. Cooperstown’s Clark Sports Center announced three months ago it was aiming to reopen by Sept. 2. Facilities that reopen will be subject to rigorous health and safety standards, the governor said.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 Baseball Author Double Feature AUTHOR SERIES – 2 p.m. Double feature of former major league pitcher Luis Tiant, discussing his book, ‘Son of Havana,’ and Kat Williams, discussing her book, ‘Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star.’ Includes Q&A session. Free, registration for Zoom conference required. Hosted by The Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-author-series-luis-tiant-kat-williams?date=0 for info.…
It’s (607) 376-7453 Oneonta City Hall Announces COVID-19 ‘Tip Line’ Number ONEONTA – It’s (607) 376-7453. As SUNY Oneonta students begin arriving today, that’s the “tip line” number, the City of Oneonta’s dedicated hotline for citizens to report concerns over gatherings that are seen as jeopardizing public health doing this time of COVID-19 threat. You can call the number, which was announced today, or you can send a text.…
CLICK HERE FOR TEXT OF HERZIG LETTER Mayor To Students: House Parties Could Result In $1,000 Fine ONEONTA – College students who host house parties could face criminal charges and fines up to $1,000, according to a letter Mayor Gary Herzig has written to SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College students. “The virus doesn’t care where you are,” he wrote. “The virus doesn’t respect boundaries or property lines. It is happy to infect you wherever you are.”…
More Free COVID-19 Tests; This Time, At Southside Mall ONEONTA – Free COVID-19 tests are being offered 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 20, in the Southside Mall parking lot, the county Department of Health has announced. You must pre-register at (607) 547-4279. These tests are for people who are not sick but want to be tested, and will be performed will be a nasal pharyngeal swab.…
GOP Committee Chooses Getman For Burns’ Post From Among 6 Attorneys, He’ll Join Bench On Jan. 1 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Almost 30 years of legal practice in Otsego County culminated this afternoon for Michael F. Getman, 62, who was chosen on the third ballot to succeed fellow Oneontan Brian D. Burns as Otsego county judge. The son of a city judge, Getman, who has served as chief assistant district attorney and city prosecutor, will…
BULLETIN Getman Selected As County Judge COOPERSTOWN – Oneonta City Prosecutor Michael F. Getman was selected this after by the Republican County Committee to succeed fellow Oneontan Brian D. Burns as county judge. CHECK BACK FOR FULL STORY…
S.S. Van Dine, Philo Vance Focus Of Swart-Wilcox Panel Libby Cudmore, mystery author and managing editor, Hometown Oneonta/The Freeman’s Journal/AllOTSEGO.com, speaks about the creation of Philo Vance, one of the premier sleuths of the “Golden Age” of detective fiction, by Willard Huntington Wright, who adopted the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine to write the mystery series, during a talk at the Swart-Wilcox House this afternoon. With her are Bob Brzozowski, executive director, Greater Oneonta Historical Society, who discovered that Wright likely…
OSCAR WINNER DIRECTS CARVIN ‘Oneonta’s Heartthrob’ Shoots New Film Locally…