Feared Quagga Mussel Invades BFS Researchers Locate Invasive Worse Then Zebra, Researcher Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SUNKEN ISLAND – At 2:41 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, just north of here, one of Sarah Coney’s worst fears was realized. There in a sieve that was straining a bucket of mud from Otsego Lake’s bottom was a tiny mussel the SUNY Oneonta biology master’s candidate immediately recognized. It was a quagga mussel, even more feared than the zebra mussel that…
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COVID BREAKS OUT AT SUNY ONEONTA City Police Bust Party, Noise Violation Issued By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Walking downtown at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, Mayor Gary Herzig saw exactly what he’d hoped he wouldn’t see. “There were significant numbers of young people congregating in groups and not wearing masks,” he said. “I had high expectations, and I am very disappointed we did not achieve them.” And on Tuesday, Aug. 25, SUNY Oneonta announced…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Aug. 27-28, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE COVID-19 Breaks Out At SUNY Oneonta Feared Quagga Mussel Invades Otsego Lake New Judge Getman’s Local Roots Run Deep Callahan’s Murder Conviction Overturned Cooperstown Hosts ‘Say Their Name’ Exhibit Clark Gym To Reopen Thursday, Aug. 27 AllOTSEGO.life CAN IT! New Packaging Helps Microbreweries Challenged, ‘Operation Warm’ Plans To Expand COLUMNS BERKSON: The Perils Of Puffball Hunting? SORENSEN: Reject 2nd Amendment Sanctuary STERNBERG:…
ONEONTA ROTARY REDOUBLES EFFORT Challenged, ‘Operation Warm’ Aims To Keep More Kids Cozy Editor’s Note: To donate to “Operation Warm,” send checks to Oneonta Rotary Fund, Box 1122, Oneonta, NY 13620. For tax deduction, write “Operation Warm” in the memo line. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade of Operation Warm has created a decade of warm memories. “The pride of ownership is something new for a lot of the kids,” said Oneonta Rotarian Dave Mattice.…
CAN IT! In Time of Challenge, Breweries Get A Boost By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Roger Davidson ordered the new canning machine for Council Rock Brewery, he didn’t know it would be his restaurant’s lifeline. “We’ve been kicking around the idea of canning our beers for a few years,” he said. “And back in February, we just bit the bullet and bought the machine.” Dubbing the cans “Crowlers,” Davidson can put any beer the brewery…
5-DAY ADVANCE WARNING POSSIBLE SUNY Oneonta Experiments With Waste-Water Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is looking to get as far ahead of the coronavirus as it can – through waste-water testing. It is what it sounds like. “Even asymptomatic people start shedding coronavirus through their feces in the first day of their infection,” said Lachlan Squair, SUNY Oneonta’s chief of facilities & safety. “The reason we’re doing the waste-water test,” he continued, “is…
For Tifanne Friend’s Garden Of Good Deeds Keeps Alive Memory Of Vital Life By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At home, Lorraine Brady gardens for herself. In the Community Garden on Wilcox Avenue in the Sixth Ward, she gardens in honor of her best friend, Tifanne Wells. “She was always trying to help everyone,” she said. “She started First Night and the Hometown Fourth of July. She did so much.” Wells, 44, died in 2015, shot by her…
LETTER from Pamela Fitch Tausta No Mask? No Dr.’s Excuse? HMMMM! To the Editor: It is hard to go to the store and have people tell you they have a doctor’s excuse to not wear a mask. The rest of us take the risk. If they go to the American Disability Association site, they will see that the alternatives for them are not in-your-face responses but using face shields or order and pick-up services. These are available at our grocery…
LETTER from BUZZ HESSE Let’s Move Forward United, As Americans To The Editor: I was born in 1940 in Endicott, a diverse cultural area where many people were from the Old World. In fact, on the street where I lived were Italian, German, English, Jewish and Swedish families. We all lived side by side compatibly. A very meaningful school experience took place when I was in first grade. I remember all the students sat in rows, side by side. Teacher…
OTHER VOICES As Of July 23, No State Has Time To Ensure Smooth Voting’ More than a month after New York’s June 23 primary elections, state election officials are still counting votes. In some legislative districts, they haven’t even started counting absentee votes. In the best-case scenario, election officials hoped to declare winners by the first Tuesday in August – six weeks after Election Day. It might take a lot longer than that. Election officials in New York City have…
