CLICK HERE FOR FULL T-U ARTICLE And Then There Were 6: Capital Region To Open ALBANY – The Capital Region’s economic development region can reopen this week, the Times Union is reporting today. It will join five other regions, including Otsego County’s Mohawk Valley region, that opened Friday. This would mean more than half of the state’s 10 regions have now entered “Phase One” of Governor Cuomo’s four-phase revival of the state’s economy. Also, Cuomo announced over the weekend that…
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Power Restored To All Customers In Otsego County NYSEG reports power knocked out by Friday’s tornado had been restored to all Otsego County customers today. In Delaware County, only one customer remains without power. The company and its sister, Rochester Electric & Gas, expect to have power restored to all customers across Central New York by midnight.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 17 Cuomo To Citizens: Get Tested If Eligible ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced New York State has doubled testing capacity to reach 40,000 diagnostic tests per day, and encouraged eligible New Yorkers to visit a new website to find a nearby testing site. Today’s announcement comes three weeks after the governor announced an agreement for the state to work with the federal government to grow New York’s daily testing capacity from 20,000 tests a day to…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MAY 18 Teen Center Challenge WEEKLY CHALLENGE – 10 a.m. Have fun at home competing in creative weekly challenge. Submit via Facebook or Instagram with inspiration photo. Submissions due by 5 p.m. Thursday. Visit www.facebook.com/oneonta.teencenter for info. CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
CLICK TO TRACK OTSEGO COUNTY OUTAGES 738 Customers Still Out Of Power After Yesterday’s Tornado Twenty-four hours after a tornado hammered Otsego County, knocking down trees and creating hundreds of outages, 728 customers are still without power this hour, NYSEG reports. Most of the outages were in the county’s northwest quadrant, from Fly Creek north to Springfield and west to Edmeston. While restorations are progressing as quickly and safely as possible, the county said, there are still “a few isolated…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Saturday, May 16 Suffolk, Westchester Join 49 Counties That Allow Elective Surgery Also, Horse Racing To Resume June 1 ALBANY – The two hardest hit counties outside New York City – suburban Westchester and Long Island’s Suffolk – are now eligible to resume elective surgeries and ambulatory, Governor Cuomo announced today at his daily briefing. They join 49 other New York State counties where hospitals can also do so, including Otsego. He also:…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 17 Virtual Council Rock Race COUNCIL ROCK RACE – Enjoy fun race in time of Social Distancing. Run 4.4 miles in a location, distance from Council Rock to Council Rock Brewery, at time & location of your choosing. Visit www.facebook.com/clarksportscenter for info on virtual event. CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
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Common Council Asked To Spend $1.6M Tuesday ONEONTA – Common Council will be asked to spend $1.6 million when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, but Mayor Gary Herzig said the biggest portion is paid by a federal grant, and the $182,000 “multi-purpose” police vehicle was custom-ordered before the coronavirus’ economic crunch hit. The semi-weekly agenda released last evening includes:…
THE NEW NORMAL • DAY ONE At Full Strength, Andela Using ‘Phase 1’ Guidelines Cynthia Andela, president of Andela Product & Ruby Lakes Glass, Richfield Springs, and Bob Walrath, Mohawk, demonstrate the glass recycling companies’ commitment to 6 feet of social distancing as the company was back at full strength Friday, the first day of Governor Cuomo’s Phase One of the “new normal.” The company’s 20-person workforce had been at half-strength during April, but with PPP funding and its customers…