IT’S HERE! 1st Otsego Case Surfaced; 35 Quarantined By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com There is still only one positive case of the COVID-19 virus in Otsego County. But don’t let your guard down, because that number doesn’t tell the whole story. With confirmed cases skyrocketing above 25,000 in the state and testing supplies dwindling, there may be many here who have the virus but remain unidentified. In Otsego County alone, there are 35 people on quarantine – either…
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Front-Porch Perspective Avast, Maties! Editor’s Note: Only a partial version of Front Porch Perspective was published March 12-13. Here’s the full version. By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Nope, I’m still not sitting on my front porch, laptop frozen to my lap. Maybe after I spot a first crocus, I’ll try writing out there again. Hey, I’m old and a bit ditsy – but not nuts. Meanwhile, last week some whimsical friends did find a way to distract themselves…
MOSHIER REPRESENTS NATIONAL CLUB Richfield Man Keeps Antique Trail Makers In The Public Sphere By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – In the early 1960s, as Bob Moshier tells it, if you bought three snowmobiles, you qualified to be a dealer. Looking for a year ’round use for the family’s Otsego Lake marina just north of the Otsego-Springfield town line, William Thayer picked up three Trail Makers. “The first time someone passed Willie on a Ski-Doo, he bought…
Helping World In Need Cooperstown Living Waters Team Visits Plant, Builds Chicken House By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s easy to take clean water for granted in Upstate New York, but Susan Jones knows that’s not so everywhere. “In Honduras, most of the water comes from mountain springs fed through plastic pipes,” said Jones. “But it’s often contaminated from wildlife and cattle, so people are drinking raw, not treated water.” Jones, who has headed up the…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Cooperstown Distillery To Manufacture, Give Away Hand Sanitizer COOPERSTOWN – Gene Marra, the entrepreneurial founder of Cooperstown Distillery, has found a need and plans to fill it. Hand sanitizers. He’s ordered 200 four-ounce bottle – they arrived today – and plans to fill it with a 160-percent alcohol mixture. “Essentially vodka,” he said. On Friday, he should be distributing them at no cost and see how it goes. And the producer of Cooper’s Legacy Bourbon has come up…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION CSO Loses $47,000; Helios Hit For Now, As Events Cancelled By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2019, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra brought in record $47,000 with their annual Cabaret Concert, where guest conductors vie for contributions to conduct “Stars and Stripes Forever” at the show’s conclusion. But on Thursday, March 12, the CSO announced that its biggest fundraiser and the debut of new music director designee Maciej Zoltowski would be cancelled with no plans to…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Food Banks Expect Onslaught, Worry About Food Shortages Oneonta’s Lord’s Table Serving Only Takeout By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the kids home and many workers facing temporary layoffs as Coronavirus quarantines shutter businesses and send workforces home, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Walton Levitt, Coordinator, Hunger Coalition, is anticipating a higher demand on food pantries and feeding ministries. “So many people are one disaster away from food insecurity,” she said. “A lot of people are losing…
BOUND VOLUMES March 19, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement: Academy and Boarding School for Young Misses – The Rev. Mr. Molther, respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Cooperstown and its vicinity, that after New Year’s Day, 1820, he intends to establish in this Village, an Academy and Boarding School for Young Misses. Aided by his eldest daughters, he proposes to give instruction in the following branches of learning: Reading, English Grammar, Writing, Orthography (or correct spelling put to practice),…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP It’s Right To Close Schools; Dreams Park Must Be Next To the Editor: Schools are the absolute best places to transmit airborne diseases, almost as effective as cruise ships. In the average size high school, there are over 750,000 contacts a day at less than 10 feet that can potentially transmit an airborne disease such as the flu or COVID-19. And that does not include making out behind the stadium. The fact that children don’t get…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 19-20, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS EDITION 1000+ PLUS CALLS TO BASSETT HOTLINE SCHOOLS: What About SATs, Sports, More? GOVERNMENT: 50% Of Workers Sent Home BUSINESS: Merchants Look For New Niche POLITICS: Governor Cancels Village Elections Baseball Hall Of Fame Closes ‘Indefinitely’ Hall of Fame Classic Weekend Canceled Local Food Banks Bracing For Onslaught Non-Profits Take Hit From Cancellations Distillery To Distribute Free ‘Cooper’s Clean’ EDITORIALS Rah, Team! Beat…
