CLICK FOR TENTATIVE 2020-21 BUDGET Village Budget Hearing Monday On YouTube Written, Emailed Inputs Due By 6 p.m. 4/13 COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board will convene a public hearing on the 2020-21 budget via video-conferencing on Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 13. Citizens may view the meeting at the village’s www.YouTube.com channel (Cooperstown Village Hall) or by clicking on the YouTube link for the meeting at www.cooperstownny.org. The budget may be reviewed by clicking link at top of this…
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COVID-19 DATA FOR U.S. Centers For Disease Control Summary As of 4 p.m. Thursday, April 9 Total cases: 427,460 Total deaths: 14,696 (Data will be update daily after 4 p.m.)…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, THURSDAY, 4/9 Governor Issue Plea For Funeral Directors ALBANY – At today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said he will issue an executive order to bring in additional funeral directors to help with the high number of deaths in the New York Metropolitan Area.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 10 All Events Cancelled CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
Bogus Officer Stopping Traffic, Issuing ‘Travel Ban’ Warnings ONEONTA – State Police are investigating two incidents of who allegedly impersonated a trooper to conduct traffic stops and harass drivers over a non-existent “travel ban.” According to Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C Public Information Officer, the suspect – likely the same person in both instances, she noted – allegedly pulled over two cars in late March. The individual then asked the purpose of the motorists’ travel and warned they would be…
Birthday Party Cancelled? Have A Parade Instead! There was lots of hooting, hollering and horn-blowing on Elm Street in Oneonta this afternoon as 13 cars filled with friends, family, teachers and classmates, all dressed in costumes with signs and decorations, were escorted by Oneonta police in a birthday parade for Zoey Tonner, who turned 7 today. “The invitations were ready, the treat bags were all made, then everything shut down,” explained her mother Danielle. “We had to cancel her party…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY, 4/8 At Last, Trends Show COVID-19 May Be On Wane To Keep Decline Going, Governor Urges Citizens Not To Back-Slide ALBANY – At last, good news. Despite a record daily death toll. Governor Cuomo told New Yorkers at today’s briefing: “What we are doing is actually working and it’s making a difference … It is flattening the curve and we see that again today so far.” While New Yorkers must continue to be “rigorous” with social-distancing, hand-washing…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Digital Seminar With HeatSmart Otsego HEATSMART – Noon – 1 p.m. HeatSmart Otsego campaign director Bennett Sandler introduces clean heating, cooling technologies from heat pumps to wood gasification boilers. Advanced registration required for Zoom conference. Visit occainfo.org/calendar/heat-smart-otsego-lunchtime-webinar/2020-04-09/ for details.…
IN MEMORIAM: Robin Joy Hartzel, 64; Oneonta Native Was Artist, Navy Veteran ONEONTA – Oneonta native Robin Joy Hartzel, 64, of Evansville, Ind., a Navy veteran and artist, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital there. She was born Aug. 25, 1955, in Oneonta, to the late Clifford and Anni (Bech) Gray. Robin was very proud of her Danish heritage. Robin loved to camp. She was very artistic and used her artistic skills to carve realistic life-like…
COVID-19 Claims 2nd Local Victim COOPERSTOWN – As of noon today, a second Otsego County person died of COVID-19, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reports. As prescribed by county policy, no further details were released. In all, there are now 35 confirmed cases, up two from yesterday.…