5-Star Subaru Donates $16.9K To ‘Shelter Us’ Drive $1.2M Short Of $5M Target COOPERSTOWN – A $16,963.64 check this week has brought the Shelter Us drive one-third of the to its latest matching challenge grant of $100,000. The SQSPCA is $1.2 million away from its Shelter Us campaign target of $5 million. Ben Guenther, proprietor of Five Star Subaru, Oneonta, presented the check this week SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes.…
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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…
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…
BOUND VOLUMES May 21, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Shocking Accident – The Norwich Agriculturalist states that two men, by the names of Wood and Edwards, were burnt to death on Thursday last in the Town of Pittsfield, Otsego County. They had been engaged in firing some fallow land and retired much-fatigued to a small shingle house, where it is supposed they fell asleep. The wind, blowing fresh, communicated fire to the shavings about the shingle house, and before it was…
Trolley Service Suspended Until July 1 Paid Parking, Parks Remain in $3.8M Budget COOPERSTOWN – Though the Cooperstown Village Board had considered a late start or suspending it entirely, they voted that paid parking will go into effect on Memorial Day weekend as part of the $3.8 million budget approved during their monthly meeting. Trustee Cindy Falk estimated that revenues will only be $100,000 for the year, down from $463,000 last year. “It’s a huge punch in the gut,” said…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Thursday, 4/23 Cuomo: 13.9% Of New Yorkers Immune To COVID-19 Threat ALBANY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced Phase One of the state’s antibody testing survey found 13.9 percent of New Yorkers have COVID-19 antibodies, and are thus immune to the virus. The survey developed a baseline infection rate by testing 3,000 people at grocery stores and other box stores over two days in 19 counties and 40 localities across the state. The governor also announced:…
NEW YORK STATE’S 2020-21 BUDGET Cuomo Cites Fracking Ban, $700M For ‘Mother Nature’ ALBANY – Governor Cuomo called the state’s 2020-21 budget, passed at 3 a.m. yesterday, “extraordinary,” according to the press statement from his office. “I understand we’re all consumed with the coronavirus situation but we have to be able to walk and chew gum,” the governor said after the passage, adding “the budget was difficult because the state has no money, … and we came up with a…
DiNAPOLI: ADD $4B TO NY DEFICIT State Could Raid Counties’ Coffers To Fill Budget Gap Medicaid Shortfall Alone May Cost Otsego $1M, Ruffles Fears By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As the State of New York begins to assess the impact of Governor Cuomo’s emergency declaration, issued Thursday, the chairman of Otsego County’s Emergency Task Force is fearful of the impact on the county budget. An initial assessment by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, posted in letter form…
LETTER from ELLEN TILLAPAUGH KUCH Mayor Tillapaugh: Vote So Work Can Get Done To the Editor: Since 2011, I have been honored to serve my hometown community in village government. First elected as a trustee in 2011, I was appointed deputy mayor in 2014 and served in that capacity until my election as mayor in 2018. Over the past nine years, I along with fellow elected officials have worked to stabilize the village’s finances. We are proud that for seven…
ENDORSEMENT EDITORIAL Mary Margaret Will Put People Back In Picture Mary Margaret Robbins Sohns was a breath of fresh air at the Thursday, March 5, League of Women Voters’ debate for Cooperstown Village Board candidates. Village voters should open the windows Wednesday, March 18, and let that fresh air in. Polls are open noon – 9 p.m. at the fire hall. “They never should have allowed CVS to leave Main Street!” she declared, and cut to the heart of an…
