4 SMALL CEREMONIES FOR FALLEN On Memorial Day, What A Difference Year Makes On Memorial Day 2019, inset right, the usual crowd filled the lawn at the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in front of county courthouse. Today, in time of coronarivus, a Cooperstown Veterans Club rifle squad – from left, Jim Bridger, Rich Balcom and Doug Walker – fired a salute, witnessed by one family and a small contingent of fellow veterans. The ceremony was first held in Fly Creek,…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 24 Beaches, RV Parks Campgrounds Open On Memorial Day LONG ISLAND – State beaches will be open for Memorial Day, Governor Cuomo said in today’s briefing. RV parks and campgrounds are also open. “We’re at the beach,” the governor said at this morning’s daily briefing. “What do New Yorkers do Memorial Day Weekend?”…
First Local Case In Three Weeks Reported Today COOPERSTOWN – The first case of coronavirus in more than three weeks has surfaced in Otsego County, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported this afternoon. All contacts have been notified and are in quarantine, she said. This case not associated with the Unadilla Livestock Auction; Bond issued an alert Friday afternoon after learning an out-of-county individual who attended without a mask had later come down with COVID-19.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MAY 25 Questions For Candidates CANDIDATE QUESTIONS – Last Day. Final day to submit questions to the League of Women Voters who will consolidate them into 3-5 questions for the candidates, whose responses will be posted to VOTE411 platform. Send questions to lwvcooperstownarea@gmail.com…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/May 23, 2020 Worst Hit Regions May Reopen Soon, Cuomo Announces ALBANY – On Long Island, the number of coronavirus deaths is continuing to drop and contract tracing is coming online, and if this trend continues Long Island could be ready to open by Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced today at his daily briefing. After New York City, Long Island and Westchester County were the hardest his areas in the state.…
IN APPRECIATION Andrew M. Blum, 89; Man Of Many Friends By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A mentor to young people, Andy Blum invited Cooperstown’s Jacob Russell to lunch at The Brook, the exclusive social club on East 54th Street. Henry Kissinger walked in. “I thought, ‘Wow, Henry Kissinger’,” said Jacob. The room was filled with Wall Street bigwigs, including Tom Hill, the Blackstone vice chairman. “They didn’t go up to Kissinger to kiss his ring,” said…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 24 All Events Cancelled CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
Road Striping Ahead: Avoid Downtown Coop COOPERSTOWN – You might want to avoid Main Street the day after Memorial Day. Village Trustee Cindy Falk, Streets Committee chair, reports that, with road improvements complete, crews will be striping pavement through the day Tuesday.…
NYCON Announces $45K In Mini-Grants Cooperstown Senior Center Among First-Time Grantees ONEONTA – The New York Council of Nonprofits (NYCON) is pleased to announce the 2020 Otsego County Mini-Grant Program Awards, $45,000 today, for Otsego County nonprofits and their capacity building projects. The typical grant is $1,000. Among the new grantees is the new Cooperstown Senior Center. The grant will allow the organization to formalize its structure as a non-profit, which will allow it to seek further funding from other…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Friday, May 22 $100M Loan Program Created For Women, Minority Businesses ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today launched the $100 million New York Forward Loan Fund to provide flexible and affordable loans to help small businesses, focusing on minority and women-owned small businesses, that did not receive federal COVID-19 assistance. The state will take a smart, targeted approach for distributing these loans, focusing on businesses with 20 or fewer employees and less than $3 million in gross revenues. Businesses interested…