UPDATE: SENATOR OUT OF ICU Seward Off Ventilator, On Road To Recovery MILFORD – As with everything since the coronavirus arrived in Otsego County, things moved quickly. When the last edition of this newspaper went to press on Tuesday, March 31, the news was state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and his wife, Cindy, had been stricken with COVID-19. It was announced the day before that the senator was being treated at Albany Medical Center, and Cindy was recuperating at their…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 09-10, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Downstate Ventilator-Grab Stalls, Streck Says Off Ventilator, Senator Seward Now Out Of ICU County May Lose Equivalent Of 2/3 Of Tax Levy 3 Healthcare Workers Ill, Maybe Not Bassett’s Cooperstown Man’s Father Dies Of COVID-19 Front Line Profile: County IT Director Pokorny County’s Wheels Of Justice Turn – Virtually AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Walkin’ Off The Coronavirus Blahs Desperate Calls Fast-Track Better Visor Libby’s List…
Streck Says Downstate Ventilator-Grab Stalls Deal: For Now, Only Inventory Required By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – National Guard troops will not be taking ventilators from upstate hospitals for use in downstate hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus. In an executive order signed Tuesday, April 7, Governor Cuomo backtracked on statements made Friday about issuing an executive order to requisition medical supplies, including 20 percent of unused ventilators, and having the National Guard help ensure compliance. Instead,…
BILL GATES ON FOX It’s Gotta End, Maybe By The End Of April…
WALKIN’ OFF…. …The Coronavirus Blahs For Sheltering Folks, Strolling A Safe, Healthy, Growing Habit By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Shelter-in-place is no excuse to be a couch potato. “It feels good to get some exercise,” said Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig. “People are respecting the social distancing, but you can see people and wave hello across the street. And these days, seeing someone smile and wave means a lot!” Herzig, along with many others, have made getting outside every…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS Clark, Y At Home, Yoga For The Kids And Dance Parties By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If the weather is lousy or you just don’t feel like going outside, there are plenty of low-cost (or free!) online fitness classes, from Zumba and yoga to chair workouts and cardio, from kids to grandparents. • The Clark Sports Center offers Pound classes, chair and at-home workouts and even a series for kids on their YouTube channel, all…
Samaritans Work ‘Round Clock To Fill Need Desperate Callers Spur Fast-Tracking Of A Better Visor By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com UTICA – Every day, Ivan Potocnik gets calls from people across the state, begging him for help. “The head of nursing from a hospital on Long Island just broke down crying,” he said. “She was telling me that there’s just not enough personal protective equipment, and it’s contributing to the spread. I wish that was uncommon, but we…
HOMETOWN History April 10, 2020 50 Years Ago The changes taking place on the surface of our Earth with which the hand of man has nothing to do are very remarkable. The Islands of Jersey and Guernsey are slowly sinking. People anxious to see them need not be in a hurry, but their places will, perhaps someday, be marked with lightships anchored to what is now fertile soil. Meanwhile, new islands rise in another hemisphere and Chile and Sweden are…
BOUND VOLUMES April 9, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Newbern, North Carolina – An alligator, weighing 900 pounds, measuring 12 feet in length, and pronounced to be 33 years old, was recently killed in this vicinity, brought to town, and exhibited as a curiosity. This hideous monster had been assailed…upwards of 100 buck shot were found in his carcass which had hardly penetrated his “coat of mail” and seemed to have caused him no inconvenience. When last discovered, the old offender…
3 HEALTHCARE WORKERS ILL They May Not Be Working At Bassett Hospital, Though By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Three of the 33 in-county people who tested positive in Otsego County are healthcare workers, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond announced for the first time in her Tuesday, April 7, tally. However, where they worked and how they became infected with coronavirus is, for now, unknown. Bassett spokeswoman Karen Huxtable-Hooker would not confirm or deny that the individuals…
