Bassett Healthcare, NYS Nurses Association reach bonus accord Bassett Healthcare Network announced February 28 that registered nurses at A.O. Fox Hospital and A.O. Fox Hospital’s Tri-Town Campus in Sidney will receive a one-time gratitude bonus in recognition of their dedication and hard work through the COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2021, Bassett Healthcare Network announced “gratitude bonuses” for employees across the health system, offered to the network’s nearly 5,000 caregivers and practitioners in recognition of their dedication and hard work through…
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Governor ends school indoor mask mandate beginning March 2 New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced February 27 that she will lift the state’s indoor mask mandate for schools beginning Wednesday, March 2. During her Sunday afternoon COVID briefing, the governor said she based her ruling on February 25 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control that removes indoor mask requirements in “low or medium” risk level settings. She said the CDC decision, sharply lower positive cases in New York, and…
Storm closes Otsego County office buildings At the direction of Otsego County Board Chair David Bliss, all Otsego County Office buildings are closed for today, Friday, February 25, 2022. Only essential employees are required to report to work.…
Opinion: Listen to your nurses [Editor’s note: The following letter comes from Diane Earl, RN, submitted on behalf of the NYSNA nurses at AO Fox and Fox Hospital Tri-Town Campus] Like nurses everywhere, the nurses at A.O. Fox Hospital and Fox Hospital Tri-Town Campus have experienced some of the most harrowing times of our careers these last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. As soon as a patient is discharged from the hospital, that bed is then almost immediately filled…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta February 24, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Milford landmark poised for comeback Delgado, Stafanik tour Otsego County manufacturers Irish Society: probably not Inside The Paper Cooperstown Pharmacy brings back beans Cooperstown watches as Major League labor issues drag on BOCES: Learning beyond the classroom Nora Jane Struthers back for Saturday gig Bassett: yes to booster extension Perspectives Editorial Gas pain, doubled COLUMNS COVID hits home: a personal perspective Menthol…
COVID hits home Editor’s Note: The author, Dr. Richard Sternberg, a retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon, is providing his professional perspective during the COVID-19 threat. Also a village trustee, he lives in Cooperstown. Until now, COVID did not hit too close to home for me. My cousin’s father-in-law died of it in late 2020 as did that gentleman’s sister, but nobody very close to me had. This past week, my elder daughter came down with COVID. She said it was…
Noteworthy News: Beyond the classroom at ONC BOCES [Editor’s note: This week’s “News from the Noteworthy” comes from Otsego Northern Catskills Board of Cooperative Education Services – ONC BOCES – serving student from 19 component districts throughout the greater Otsego County region. ONC BOCES has plenty of great stories to share, and we’re delighted they accepted our invitation to do so in this space.] One of the Career & Technical Education Course extras that students can take advantage of while…
Menthol marketing Editor’s note: This column appears in the 2/24/22 print editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. Its author, Jennifer Hill, is the Community Engagement Coordinator for Tobacco-Free Communities: Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie. Seventy years ago, the tobacco industry launched an aggressive marketing campaign to persuade African Americans to smoke menthol cigarettes. The industry endeared themselves to Black communities by being among the first white-led businesses to hire African Americans for executive positions and use Black models, actors,…
Editorial: gas pains How about those gas prices? Our friends at GasBuddy.com report we in New York are paying nearly 26 cents per gallon more than we were a month ago and a whopping $1.05 per gallon than one year ago. Surely someone is to blame, right? Presidents take credit when the price at the pump plummets, so they’re certainly within criticism range when the price rises. Vladimir Putin gets a good bonk on the noggin, too, for his Ukrainian…
Hurrah! The jelly beans are back! Stop the presses – the jelly beans are back! These aren’t just your average, everyday gourmet treats – they’re Church and Scott Jelly Beans. And after a two-year pandemic-related absence, they’re back on the shelf at the pharmacy, just south of Cooperstown’s village limits on Route 28. They’ve been a staple in and around Cooperstown since the 1950s when the store – then on the corner of Main and Pioneer streets – introduced the…
