Winter Carnival Will Go On, With COVID-19 Precautions By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com This year, the Cooperstown Winter Carnival’s theme is “Around the World, but Safe at Home.” Scheduled Feb. 16-21, a couple of weeks later than usual, the carnival’s “Around the World” theme was intentionally broad to allow for more participation, according to Committee Chair Molly Myers. And, because of COVID-19, it sought to reflect the need to stay safe. In past years, all events were held…
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LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Working The System, Getting The Shot I had my first COVID-19 vaccination Sunday, Jan. 26. To get an appointment, I went through all the protocols and algorithms that I discussed previously in this column. I was able to find an appointment Sunday in Plattsburgh. A day later I found an appointment for Utica on Feb. 3 and canceled the Plattsburgh appointment and then I kept looking for something closer and sooner. Lucky for me, some close…
EDITORIAL WHAT IF? Hosting MLB Event In Plaque Gallery Gets Wheels Turning The idea was to bring fans to Cooperstown. What about taking Cooperstown to the fans? In the Age of COVID, the second sentence is a more intriguing one. And it played out this week with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s annual announcement of the Induction Class of 2021. While it turned out there was no one to announce this year, the MLB Network spent the afternoon transmitting…
Thank Heaven For Derek Jeter No 2021 Inductees, No Schilling, No Bond, No Clemens By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If not for Derek Jeter and his Classmates of 2020, this would have been another sparse summer for baseball in Cooperstown. For the first time since 2013, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected none of the 25 Hall of Fame candidates above 75 percent, leaving the class of 2021 at zero. Hall of Fame President Tim Mead announced…
Pandemic Takes Down Fly Creek Cider Mill By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The numbers told Bill Michaels it was time. “I learned a lot going through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program,” said the Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard president. “One of them was knowing your numbers. I spent a lot of time looking at them throughout the pandemic.” In 2020, “our customer visitation was down all year. Then, after the holidays, it just stopped, to…
LETTER from SAM MORKAL-WILLIAMS College Campuses Opening Again. Are We Sure It’s A Good Idea? To the Editor: This week, Hartwick College began moving students onto campus. SUNY Oneonta will begin the same process on the 22nd. I am sure that many area residents are wondering the same thing that I am: Why are we opening campuses at all? Last semester at SUNY Oneonta can be called nothing but a failure, (although the “Retrospective on Fall 2020” on www.oneonta.edu, through…
Food For Thought As it happens, the best hope now is not Biden’s ability to summon the better angels of our nature with a soaring speech. To the contrary, the new president’s modest oratorical gifts – the fact that he is by modern political standards a bit boring – can be a powerful asset. JOHN F. HARRIS Politico Jan. 19, 2121…
STATE OF THE CITY After COVID, Many Projects Will Happen Oneonta Ford Demolition, Renovations On Upper Floors Planned, Mayor Says Editor’s Note: Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig delivered his sixth annual “State of the City” speech to Common Council Tuesday, Jan. 19. This is the text. Good evening, Oneonta – We have been tested these past 10 months; however, I can tell you that the state of the City of Oneonta is one of Strength, Resilience, and Caring 2020 was a…
When Will Shots Arrive? Meanwhile, Otsego County People 65 And Older Registering By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Beginning this week, some members of the general public are now eligible to schedule an anti-COVID vaccine appointment. As of Monday, Jan. 11, the state gave the go-ahead to expand vaccine appointments to Phase 1b populations – seniors, first responders, corrections officers, teachers and other school staff; in-person college instructors, childcare workers, public facing grocery store workers, transit workers and individuals…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 7, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Cuomo Calls Out Fox New Senator Joining Salka To Stem COVID Overreach Thanksgiving Bubble Pops: County COVID Cases Drop 31 In Day Next Generation Buys Rudy’s City Hall Seeks $500,000 To Redo Oneonta Theatre EDITORIAL In COVID Year, Leaders Did Step Up COLUMNS DELGADO: I’ll Focus On What 19th District Needs McREYNOLDS…But I Wasn’t Afraid Of ‘The Troubles’ STERNBERG: COVID Transforming Calls…