Main-Chestnut Repaving Sets Stage For New Signal Flag lady Jetta Day of Otego, working for Upstate Companies of Mount Upton, directs traffic today around a major repaving job at the corner of Chestnut and Main in downtown Cooperstown, setting the stage for a signal replacement in the next several days that has been six years in the making. Inset, Upstate Companies Greg Peck, Sidney, disembarks from an asphalt truck to check when his participation is called for. The project, which…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Monday, 4/20 Coronavirus Deaths Dip To 2-Week Low ALBANY – At today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said another 478 people had died in New York State, the lowest single-day toll in more than two weeks, The New York Times is reporting. After saying in recent days that the virus appeared to have reached or passed a peak in the state, Mr. Cuomo said the authorities were now trying to ascertain how gradual the decrease in infection might be in…
3rd SUNY Employee Down With COVID-19 ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta received confirmation today that one additional employee has tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases at SUNY Oneonta to three. The college’s first case was identified on April 13.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, APRIL 21 Earth Fest Scavenger Hunt DIGITAL EARTH FEST – All Day. Celebrate our Earth on fun Scavenger Hunt. Get outside, have fun. Please respect social distancing guidelines. Visit occainfo.org/calendar/…
Ruled ‘Essential Services,’ OFO Shelters Reopened By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Citing the domestic violence and homeless shelters “essential services,” the Otsego County Board of Representatives and the county’s Department of Social Services have reopened both buildings. “We’re happy that they have reopened and that they are helping these vulnerable populations in our community,” said county Rep. Adrienne Martini, D-Oneonta, chair of the county board’s Human Services Committee. “It’s so important that they be open and…
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Herbert A. Leupold, Honored Physicist Had Cooperstown Home COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Herbert A. Leupold, 89, a physicist at the U.S. Army Research Lab at Fort Monmouth, N.J., who maintained a second home in Cooperstown for many years, quietly exited this life on March 29, 2020. He was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 6, 1931,to Josefa Thalmayr and August Leupold. Herb’s education includes a B.Sc. in Physics from Queens College, an M.S. from Columbia University and a Ph.D.…
5 New COVID Cases Arise Over Weekend COOPERSTOWN – Five new cases of the coronavirus surfaced in Otsego County over the weekend, bringing the total to 55 confirmed, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported a few minutes ago. There have been four deaths, the latest one reported on Friday. Of the 55 total cases, three are hospitalized (compared to four on Friday), 31 have recovered (compared to 25) and are off isolation.…
2 Days After Smokey Fire, Garage Repairs Underway Family, Friends Aim To Reopen Neighbour’s Drive by Neighbour’s Service Center on Route 28, Village of Milford, anytime today, and you’ll see a crew of family and friends working on getting Antonino Triarsi’s business back in business. In top photo, Triarsi points out where the attachment from the oil heater, at left, slipped out of the pottery chimney pipe, in wall at right, and set the wall on fire. With Milford, Cooperstown…
IN MEMORIAM Charles D. Scofield, 93 Sept. 26, 1926-April 18, 2020 SCHENEVUS – Charles “Charlie” Duane Scofield, 93, passed away on April 18, 2020 at A.O. Fox Nursing Home, Oneonta from complications of COPD. Charlie was born in Otego, Sept. 26, 1926, the son of Charles E. and Dorothy (Hamilton) Scofield. He lived most of his childhood on a farm in Otego and going to school there. He joined the United States Navy in 1943 and served for three years.…