HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MAY 11 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…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Saturday, May 9 State Taking Lead In Fighting Illness Attacking Children NEW YORK CITY – Governor Cuomo today announced that at the request of the CDC, the state is taking the lead in developing ways to identify and respond to a Kawasaki-disease-like syndrome that so far has killed three New York children. The State Department of Health is also partnering with the New York Genome Center and Rockefeller University to conduct a genome and RNA sequencing study to better…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 10 All Events Cancelled CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
This Year, Graduation Might Be At The Drive-In By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com UNADILLA – With no movies being released this summer, Spencer Wilson, manager of his family’s Unadilla Drive-In, may still be able to bring in the crowds. “We’ve had more than a dozen schools call us and ask if we would host their graduations,” he said. “We’d love to do it. That could be our whole summer.” Though the drive-in remains closed under state mandate, Wilson…
Tapestry Coloring Contest Gives Families Activity, Art By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Coloring contests, Lindsey Millea believes, are not just for adults. “Before quarantine, we were going to have a ‘Color and Sip’ event in the store,” she said. “People could get one of our black and white tapestries and color them in. When everyone had to go into quarantine, we thought, why not offer it as a coloring contest?” The contest, offered by the Fashion…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 9 Give Blood To Save A Life BLOOD DRIVE – 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Donate blood, help the hospitals to save lives. Main Street Baptist Church, Briggs Hall, 333 Main St., Oneonta. 800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/coronavirus–covid-19–and-blood-donation.html…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Friday, May 8 Syndrome, Possibly Related To COVID-19, Striking NY Children 73 Infected; 5-Year-Old In New York City Dies POUGHKEEPSIE – In his daily briefing, Governor Cuomo today announced Kawasaki disease, which may be related to COVID-19, has stricken 73 children in the state, and is responsible for a 5-year-old boy’s death yesterday in New York City. The state Department of Health is investigating several cases where children are experiencing a toxic-shock-like syndrome possibly due to COVID-19, and is…
IN MEMORIAM: Theresa J. Weideck, 36; Social Worker Succumbed To Long Illness UNADILLA – Theresa J. Wiedeck of Unadilla, 36, a social worker, went into the Lord’s loving arms after a long illness on Friday, May 1, 2020. Theresa was born in Oneonta on May 14, 1983, to her adoring parents John and Sharon Wiedeck of Wells Bridge, where she was raised. She graduated from Unatego High School in 2001 and SUNY Cortland in 2005.…
IN MEMORIAM Robert E. Matus, 71, DVM, Oneonta; Veterinary Cancer Society Founder WEST ONEONTA – Robert E. Matus, 71, an eminent veterinarian and a founder of the Veterinary Cancer Society, passed away at home on April 28, 2020. He was born Dec. 17, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Robert S. and Martha A. (Golya) Matus. Bob graduated from Purdue University with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1977.…
CLICK FOR FULL NYSAC REPORT April Jobless Claims In Otsego County Were 18.2 Greater Than In ’19 The NYSAC report sent to New York State’s counties this week said initial unemployment claims in Otsego County were 18.2 times greater this April than in April 2019. Initial claims rose from 126 in April 2019 to 2,296 this month, an increase of 2,170 claims, according to the state Association of Counties.…