Riesenfeld wins Walter Franck Award Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Bassett Healthcare Network announced last week that Erik Riesenfeld is the 2021 recipient of the Walter A. Franck Physician Excellence Award. Riesenfeld, is the medical director of respiratory therapy at Bassett Medical Center. Physicians are nominated for the Franck Award as a recognition for demonstrating “extraordinary service to patients, students, colleagues and the community – traits that emulate the career of retired Bassett rheumatologist Walter A. Franck.” Network physicians…
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Local officials praise New York’s next governor, Hochul By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Kathy Hochul, New York’s governor-in-waiting, has made a favorable impression on Otsego County officials the past few years. Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig said Hochul had visited Oneonta at least a half a dozen times. “She has been very supportive of Oneonta’s effort to revitalize and restore our economy,” Herzig said. “I think she’s a true friend of Oneonta. I hope to get her to visit…
Otsego County nearly at high level of community transmission for COVID Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com According to an Otsego County Department of Health press release, Otsego County is at a state where it could go from a substantial level of transmission to a high level of transmission as a result of the delta variant of the virus. As such, they are continuing to recommend that everyone wear a masks indoor regardless of vaccination status. In addition, they say…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta August 12, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Local politicians cheer as Gov. Cuomo resigns Fenimore Art Museum looks at 25 years of ‘Arthur’ Cooperstown & Around and City of the Hills Inside The Paper Schools prepare for Delta variant Reopening Day Alum, SUNY Oneonta grad take CCS jobs YMCA teaches water safety to children Huntington hosts anniversary party Otsego County Fair winds up with Sunday sundaes and packed rides…
HOMETOWN HISTORY August 5, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 135 Years Ago Home & Vicinity – Frank A. Robbin’s Circus & Menagerie drew a big crowd to Oneonta on Tuesday. The company met with delays in getting here from Delhi, where it showed the day preceding, and it was not until between twelve and one o’clock that the street parade occurred. The best feature of the tent performance was…
Craft beverages enjoy business boom in Otsego New places are popping up along the Beverage Trail with interesting takes on classic locally sourced fare By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County is famous for its Baseball Hall of Fame, art museums, hiking trails and more but there is also another thing that draws people to the region, its craft beverages. Otsego County has its own beverage trail and is home to the internationally known Ommegang Brewery. But new…
Mebust hopes to close swim career with NCAA run By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com One of the top swimmers in the region has been training for his college senior season with a goal in mind, the NCAA Division III championship. Ted Mebust, a 2018 Cooperstown Central School graduate, missed almost a year of swimming at Bowdoin College because of the coronavirus pandemic, but he and his fellow 2021-22 captains have been planning to make up for it their…
Otsego County Fair winds up with Sunday sundaes and packed rides By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MORRIS — Loud screams filled the air at the entrance of the Otsego County Fair on the closing day, Sunday, Aug. 8, as thrill seeking people enjoy ed the rides. The smell of fried foods, the sound of vendors hawking blooming onions, elephant ears, funnel cakes and other types of fried fair food and the invitations by the game vendors to try…
YMCA teaches water safety to children By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Oneonta YMCA, along with the Lyden family and the city of Oneonta’s Wilbur Pool, hosted a four-day, free workshop for kids on how to be safe around the water. The workshops, which were held between Monday, Aug. 2, and Thursday, Aug. 4, taught children some essential lessons on how to be safe in the water, with the intent of preventing drowning. The history of…
Cooperstown & Around and City of the Hills August 12, 2021 Lost letter has town looking for ‘Nana’ A letter addressed only to “Nana, Springfield Center,” from her relative “Graham” has the town of Springfield searching. According to officials at the Springfield Center Post Office, attempts to locate Graham’s Nana have been unsuccessful so far and their hope is a larger audience will help ensure letter delivery. Art Garage to host Black Lives Matter project from N.J. An East Orange…
