Editorial: Omicron, is it? It sounds a lot like something out of Hollywood — one of those action/sci-fi movies that demand we suspend our disbelief more than usual and go along for the ride in a world where it can’t happen here. The problem, of course, is that it can. And it is. We had barely dried the Thanksgiving dinner dishes when word came out of the World Health Organization that it was meeting in emergency session over a newly…
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Grand Union set for Hartwick Seminary after FTC OKs Price Chopper/Tops merger Last year’s merger putting competing grocers Price Chopper and Tops under a single parent company left local shoppers wondering the fate of branded stores in Otsego County. As a condition of approving the merger, the Federal Trade Commission required proposed parent company Northeast Grocery to divest its interest in a dozen stores — among them the Tops Market on Route 28 in Hartwick Seminary. C&S Wholesale Grocers, a…
SQSPCA sets lofty goal of $160,000 for Save-A-Life Campaign “This campaign greatly boosts our year-end totals and helps us improve and expand our services,” Stacie Haynes, SQSPCA executive director, said. “We are so grateful to Staffworks for this opportunity once again to leverage donor contributions into additional funds,” Ms. Haynes said. “Community donations help us keep the shelter running.” To help in this fundraising effort, go to www.sqspca.org.…
Cooperstown Central asks voters to approve elementary gym updates By Ted Potrikus • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown Central School District voters head back to the polls December 14 to decide on a $2.5 million capital project referendum that would complete renovations on the elementary school gymnasium initially approved in 2019. School Superintendent Dr. Sarah Spross said the proposal at hand would have no change in the tax impact on district property owners. “We cannot emphasize that enough,” she said. “Voters…
Otsego Sheriff wants more County support By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego County Sheriff’s office is having difficulty staffing and retaining deputies and corrections officers, a problem Sheriff Richard Devlin blames on low pay, excessive overtime, and what he calls “a lack of support” from the county. Currently, there are 11 open positions for corrections officers at the Otsego County Jail in Cooperstown, which Sheriff Devlin says causes health issues for its officers required to work longer…
Bassett urges vaccinations as Omicron variant looms By Ted Potrikus • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com President Joe Biden this week called the COVID-19 Omicron variant “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic” as New York State Governor Kathy Hochul redoubled her call for residents across the state to get vaccinated and receive booster shots as a defense against variants existing and potentially yet to come. In a briefing, though, the Governor said she wants to avoid drastic steps such…
Park Friends prep Cooperstown’s Badger Park for ice skating fun By Jaye Shelby Cooperstown’s Badger Park ice skating rink opens Sunday, December 5, with Friends of the Parks collaborating with the village to welcome residents for family skating fun. Volunteers have more than 100 pairs of sharpened skates available at Badger Park for use by local families. The walls of the rink that hold the liner have been scraped, repaired, and freshly painted, and a new pavilion was installed to…
‘Porch pirates’ on the hunt for holiday shipping booty By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com They take on the title “porch pirates,” but really, they’re package thieves — the dark side of the busy holiday shopping season deliveries. Just two weeks ago, two people were arrested for stealing packages from porches in Hartwick, Garrattsville, and New Lisbon, according to New York State Police. The pair were arrested November 15 and charged with petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property…
Life sketches by Terry Berkson: Too stuck up for Thanksgiving Several years ago, two friends from Richfield, Tiger Goodale and Rootie Marriot, came up the drive with what they thought was a good story for me to write. They had been in the Genesee, one of the local watering holes, when this guy came in and told how he or some other one-legged man — they didn’t make it clear — was up in a tree, building a stand for…
The Farmers’ Museum brings ‘lantern tours’ back for another December By Ted Potrikus • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Holiday Lantern Tours return this December to The Farmers’ Museum — evening events guiding visitors through museum grounds by lantern light with talks on the history of December holidays, including Christmas, and how they were celebrated in Upstate New York in years past. Deb Anderson, Museum interpreter and assistant to the director of education, said the hour-long tours “give visitors a real picture…
