HERZIG: OPD ALREADY HAS AUTHORITY Cooperstown Plans Mask Crackdown Village Will Require Face Covering On Main, Pioneer Business District By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh is preparing a law requiring everyone to wear a mask in Cooperstown’s business district. He expects to have a draft ready for the Village Board by its Monday, July 27, meeting, and the law in place by mid-August. Tillapaugh was moving forward at the request of Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh,…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
Breaking News - Page 406
YOU Can See Comet From 64M Miles Away!…
Seward Vows To ‘Protect Those Who Protect Us’ ‘Increased Attacks And Animosity’ Toward Police Spurs GOP Effort ALBANY – Due to “increased attacks and animosity” toward police officers, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced support for the Republican-supported “Protect Those Who Protect Us” package of bills in the state Senate. “Our police officers are dedicated, hardworking men and women, they take their oath to protect and serve to heart and are vital to keeping our communities safe,” Seward said. “In…
IN MEMORIAM Jane G. Duel, 82 Dec. 16, 1938 – July 14, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Everyone said that it was impossible to get a parking place and admission to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Jane Goodwin Duel didn’t buy it. She and a close friend left Warren, Vt., before dawn in her light blue VW convertible bug with the Rolls Royce hood, car festooned with international flags and packed with helium balloons. Arriving at the Olympic checkpoints, their…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 23 Voices Of The Game Features HoF Inductee Marvin Miller BASEBALL – Noon. Virtual Voices of the Game to present Hall of Famer Dave Winfield reflecting on Marvin Miller, 2020 inductee to Baseball Hall of Fame, and his impact on labor and baseball. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-legends-of-the-game-Marvin-Miller?date=0 for details.…
COUNTY DOH SAYS COVID-19 HAS AWAKENED 15 New Cases In July; 4 In Hospitals, 3 On Ventilators By LIBBY CUDMORE & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After a quiet May and June, 15 cases since the beginning of July, nine in the past week, may mean we’re heading right back where we started from. “This increase is similar to what we were seeing in the beginning,” county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said Tuesday. “If we continue to see a…
OPD Used State Police Drone In Search Man Arrested In Railyards After Stabbing Acquaintance By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An Oneonta man was arrested following a manhunt into the Oneonta railyards after he allegedly stabbed an acquaintance, Oneonta Police Chief reported this morning. Brian J. Boore, 40, Oneonta, was arrested after police responded to a call to a residence on Burnside Avenue of a “stabbing in progress” by a housemate of the victim. When they arrived,…
Common Council OKs Black Lives Matter Art On Westcott Lot Fence ONEONTA – Elizabeth Patterson, an Oneonta native and resident of Germantown, has received approval from Oneonta Common Council to hang a display supporting the Black Lives Matter movement on the fence above the Westcott Lot. “The Westcott Lot is a perfect canvas,” said Patterson, owner of Ailish Floral, Germantown. “I want it to be visible to traffic and pedestrians.” Her piece, which will include photos of black men and…
Ruth Allen’s Passing Announced To Council ONEONTA – Ruth Allen, 80, a frequent fixture of Oneonta civic life and community boards, died this morning, Common Council Member John Rafter, Seventh Ward, announced this evening during the Common Council meeting. She served on the Huntington Library Board and chaired the city’s Housing Task Force under Mayor Dick Miller, and most recently, she was a member of the Survive, Then Thrive task force.…
Another 10 States On Quarantine List, Bringing Total To 31 ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today added 10 more states to New York State’s quarantine list, meaning only people from eight other states can visit the Empire State without quarantining for two weeks. The newly added states are Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia and Washington. Minnesota has been removed from the State’s travel advisory.…