HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 2 Learn Photography With Huntington Memorial Library PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS – 10 a.m. Join photographer JW Johnston for 3 part class ‘Notion of Motion’ hosted on Zoom from the Huntington Memorial Library. Registration required. Visit www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/ for Info.…
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Common Council To Hear Treasurer’s Report City Hall Could Face $1.6M Loss In Sales Tax By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The bad news: Oneonta could face as much as a $1.9 million shortfall in sales tax, according to city Finance Director Virginia Lee. “I’ve outlined a mild, medium and severe – one, two and three – scenarios for loss of sales tax,” she said. “Mild would be $478,000. Medium would be $861,000, and severe scenarios could…
Rain, Snow Fell 19 Days In April Temperature Lower Than Normal, National Weather Observer Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In just-ended April, it rain 19 of the 30 days, National Weather Service Observer David Mattice reported a few minutes ago. “We did have a lot of cloud cover,” he said. “But, welcome to Otsego County.” On the whole, temperatures were 5.4 degrees below normal, making it among the five coldest Aprils since 1854, when weather…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Friday, May 1 CUOMO SHUTS SCHOOLS FOR REST OF YEAR Distance Learning Continues ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced all K-12 schools and college facilities statewide will remain closed for the rest of the academic year and will continue to provide distance learning during that time. The schools will also be required to continue meal programs and child care services for essential workers. The state will make a decision about summer school programming by the end of May.…
WITH SPRING, NEW ARRIVAL Nutmeg Makes Debut At Farmers’ Museum…
CEO DELIVERS YOUTUBE REPORT Streck: Crisis Over, Bassett Ramping Up Toward ‘Full Service’ COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare CEO Bill Streck yesterday issued a third YouTube report, declaring the COVID-19 “crisis” at an end, and pledging the hospital’s help as the “adaptive” period begins. “While COVID remains in our communities, he said, “we are ramping up to return to full service.”…
IN MEMORIAM Alvin L. Osterhoudt, 91 Nov. 24, 1928-April 23, 2020 ONEONTA – Alvin L. Osterhoudt, 91, passed away from natural causes on April 23, 2020, at the NYS Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born Nov. 24, 1928, to Millard J. and Alice (Morey) Osterhoudt, and was raised on the family farm in Emmons. After he graduated from Oneonta High School in 1946, he furthered his education at Alfred State College with a degree in Refrigeration. Alvin enlisted in…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Thursday, 4/30 Governor Details ‘Contact Tracing’ ALBANY – Governor Cuomo Wednesday announced that New York State’s contract-tracing program, headed up by former NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg, will deploy 30 “contact tracers” per 100,000 people to areas with the highest rates of infection and regions that data shows could be the first to open. Planned in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut through the next flu season, program is expected to have 6,400 to 17,000 tracers statewide depending on the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAY 1 Donate To Save A Life BLOOD DRIVE – 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Donate blood, help the hospitals to save lives. St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. 800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/coronavirus–covid-19–and-blood-donation.html…
From Jail, Accused Keeps On Harassing Victim, Sheriff Says UNADILLA – The man arrested twice on Easter Sunday for allegedly violating an order of protection allegedly called the victim from the Delaware County Jail, according to Sheriff Crag DuMond. Dennis P. Lafferty, Jr. 38, was arrested after Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies received a complaint from an Otsego County domestic violence victim who reported receiving a phone call from Lafferty at the Delaware County Correctional Facility, where he was being housed…