IN MEMORIAM Celeste Brown Thomas, 61; Editor At New York Times ONEONTA – Celeste Brown Thomas, 61, retired New York Times staff editor who grew up in Oneonta, passed away June 20, 2020, in Rochester of complications from uterine serous cancer. She had been treated for the disease, a rare and aggressive cancer, at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Rochester since May 2017. She died surrounded by family, after hospice care at home for several weeks. She was…
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Procedures Ready, But Blocked In Phase 4 Montanti: ‘No Reason’ Southside Mall Can’t Open By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As the Otsego County hovers on the brink of entering Phase Four under NY Forward, Luisa Montanti, Southside Mall manager, has been receiving “hundreds” of emails and texts, all asking the same question. “They ask,, ‘Why isn’t the mall open?’” she said. “I’m asking the same thing.” On Tuesday, Robert F. Mujica Jr., the state’s budget director,…
HALL OF FAME REOPENS Tightly Structured Timed Ticket Sales Enables Reopening Rubber-Tipped Stylus One Tool That Allows Fans Back Into Mecca By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The timed-admission system is making reopening of the Hall of Fame possible, Jon Shestakofsky, Hall of Fame vice president/communications & education, said this afternoon. “This way, we’re able to fit within the mandated 25 percent reduced capacity,” which is called for in Governor Cuomo’s NY Forward regulations, he said. Tickets…
HALL OF FAME REOPENING On Main Street, Merchants Greet News From Hall Even This Late In Season, More Tourists Can’t Hurt By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At Mickey’s Place, Vin Russo, dean of the baseball merchants, pointed out that, before Dreams Park began hosted baseball tournaments early in the month, “this week is when the season began.” In other words, the Hall of Fame’s announcement it will reopen this Friday from the coronavirus pause won’t be…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 25 Negro League Heroes’ Discussed VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP – 1 p.m. Celebrate 100 years since the founding of the Negro Leagues with virtual program about their history in their heyday of the 1920s, 30s, & 40s. Learn about founder Rube Foster, and the great Black Baseball players Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and many more with the Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-field-trip-celebration-of-the-negro-leagues?date=0 for info.…
BULLETIN HALL OF FAME PLANS TO OPEN IN THREE DAYS COOPERSTOWN – The Baseball Hall of Fame announced a few minutes ago it is preparing to reopen its doors on Friday, June 26, “in accordance with New York State’s regionally-focused phased reopening plan and with many enhanced health and safety procedures,” according to a press release. This depends on the Mohawk Valley Region entering Phase Four of the reopening; if for some reason the region does not reopen, the Hall…
SQSPCA Celebrates Grads With ‘$20.20’ Pet Adoptions COOPERSTOWN – In celebration of new grads, the Susquehanna SPCA is offering adoption fees for all cats and dogs up to six years old at just $20.20, through Saturday, June 27. “The SQSPCA is celebrating our dogs and cats as they, too, prepare to move into the next phase of their lives,” the shelter wrote in a press release. “Some of the shelter’s adoptable pets are looking to join the workforce as a…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 Vaccinate Your Furry Friends RABIES CLINIC – 1 – 6 p.m. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Scheduling for 30 minute intervals to follow social distancing. First come, first serve. Susquehanna SPCA, Rt. 28, Cooperstown. 607-547-4230 or visit sqspca.org/free-weekly-rabies-clinics/…
Bassett Can’t Turn Away Patients Without Masks All Must Be Treated, But Visitors, Staff, All Others Must Don Them COOPERSTOWN – Though all employees, visitors and vendors are required to wear a mask in Bassett Healthcare facilities, the hospital confirmed that no patient will be denied treatment for refusing to wear a mask. “It is still the exception that anyone coming to the hospital or clinics refuses to wear a mask,” said Karen Huxtable-Hooker, public relations director. “But Bassett cannot turn…
As Expected, Turnout Light In Today’s Primary Election…