Letter From CHIP NORTHRUP County Primus Inter Paras To the Editor: Otsego County’s response to The Plague has been as good as anywhere in Europe or Asia and better than most places in America. For that reason, the county is on track to safely reopen ahead of almost any other place in America, having met Governor Cuomo’s requirements. By stark contrast, Texas is next to last in testing per capita, there are no contract tracers, little social distancing and few masks.…
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Lest We Forget WWII Veterans Tell Their Tales By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Fred Hicken, a few post-graduation classes at Oneonta High School made all the difference. “I was 17 when I went to Albany to register for the Navy,” he said. “It was April 1945. I had graduated in 1944, but went back to take some business classes, including typing.” As a result, he was assigned to personnel work stateside, avoiding the conflict. Hicken…
Unadilla Drive-In Opening For New, Classic Films By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com UNADILLA – If you’ve never seen the classics on the big screen, this year, you might get your chance. “There aren’t any movies being released this summer,” said Spencer Wilson, who manages his family’s Unadilla Drive-In. “But there are tons of options for screening older and classic movies.” Under Phase One of un-PAUSE, drive-in theaters can open, and Wilson will open The Unadilla on Friday, May…
Destination Marketing: Promote Great Outdoors By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – DMCOC is looking at the doughnut, not the hole. And the doughnut, for now, is the great outdoors, says Cassandra Harrington, executive director of the Destination Marketing Corp. of Otsego County. In an interview Friday, May 15, Harrington said DMCOC, which contracts with Otsego County to put “heads in beds” to generate occupancy tax, had met with her board of directors the day before and it…
COLUMN Worst Place To Live? Oneonta Family Enjoys It! The following May we moved to Red Lake Falls. Our family – me; Briana; Jack; Charles; Tiber, our 70-pound beagle-basset mix; and Ivy, our 12-year-old cat – arrived on a Sunday. The closing on the house was scheduled for the following day, but the previous owners, the Kleins, told us they’d leave the door open and…
In 1st Month, 230 Give Foundation $175K COOPERSTOWN – The one-month old Community Foundation for Otsego County has raised $175,000 in donations in its first four weeks of operation from 230 individuals so far. In the last 10 days, the foundation’s COVID-19 Fund has also made five awards, and now has a total of 17 in review or completed. Completed awards include: • HELIOS CARE – $5,000 to buy PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for staff to visit patient homes. •…
Letter From ANDREW STAMMEL Let’s Revisit One Oneonta To the Editor: As we enter Phase One of the easing of COVID-related public health restrictions, it is important to reflect on where we are, but also where we came from and where we are going. We are poised to surpass the sobering milestone of 100,000 dead Americans this Memorial Weekend, after just two short months of viral spread. NY’s “PAUSE” went into effect as the rate of infection and death was…
Honor The Fallen, Color Works of Art, Or Ride Your Bike Though they are intended to be private, Veterans Clubs around the county will still honor the fallen on Monday, May 25, while enforcing social distancing. • In Oneonta, the local chapter of the American Legion and the Boy Scouts will lay wreaths on the monuments on the Veterans Memorial Walkway, as well as play “Taps” and give a three-round volley at 11 a.m. in Neahwa Park, Oneonta. • In…
EDITORIAL Every Business Should Build On DMCOC’s Smart Marketing It’s been hard to approximate layoffs. Business owners don’t want to announce them, and the monthly figures seem so theoretical. Bassett Healthcare Network, people figure – and have heard anecdotally from time to time – has certainly furloughed and cut back hours after closing two floors and halting elective surgeries while coronavirus was considered a pending local emergency. But it doesn’t want to brag about it either. So the county Board…
$5M Redo of Doubleday In Time For Anniversary By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Personally, for me, The Sandlot Kid, in a place of prominence,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch when asked about the most meaningful part of the $5-million-plus redevelopment of Doubleday Field. “He’s so special.” Victor Salvatore’s bronze sculpture of a barefoot farm boy with a bat on his shoulder was installed in 1939, when the Doubleday Field grandstand was completed. “One of the true icons of…
