11th COVID Death Marks 3rd In Month COOPERSTOWN – A third woman has died of COVID-19 this month, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director, reported this evening. This marks the 11th death in the county since the pandemic began in March. Bond reports that the victim, a woman over 55, had not been intubated, but had been hospitalized for “less than a week” when she succumbed to her illness.…
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Bond: COVID Cases Still High From Thanksgiving COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Department of Health is still seeing cases of COVID-19 related to Thanksgiving gatherings, according to Heidi Bond, public health director. 25 cases were reported today, with one additional hospitalization and 978 quarantined.…
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27 COVID-19 Cases Reported This Weekend COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Department of Health reported 27 cases of COVID-19 on their dashboard over the weekend, with 17 on Saturday and 10 on Sunday. It’s a decline from this week’s high of 35 cases on Friday, Dec. 18, although the number of patients hospitalized with the virus remains at 16.…
VACCINE HERE! 350 Bassett Tier 1 Workers Getting Shots Over Weekend COOPERSTOWN – The vaccine has arrived! Yesterday, today and tomorrow, approximately 350 employees in the Bassett Healthcare Network’s Tier One group are traveling to the state-established hub-hospital system in Utica and Elmira (Arnot Ogden Hospital) to receive the network’s allotted doses of the Pfizer vaccine, spokeswoman Karen Huxtable-Hooker confirmed a few minutes ago.…
Fare Thee Well! 50-Car Parade Surprises Retiring Carol B. Waller State Sen. Jim Seward and wife Cindy, top photo, halt a 50-car, drive-by surprise parade this afternoon to give a retirement present to Carol B. Waller, seated at center, the former mayor who is retiring at the end of the year as proprietor of Mohican Flowers on Main Street, Cooperstown. Also honored was Claire Satriano, who joined the organization 42 years ago, her first job out of college. Maitresse d’,…
35 Cases Today, 16 Hospitalized Bond: Daily COVID-19 Dashboard Moves Online COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Department of Health will begin posting their daily COVID-19 totals on their website, doing away with the daily press releases, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director. The website will also include a graphic, charting the daily totals for the last 60 days. Press releases will be sent out to report deaths or clusters where people may need to isolate following an…
IN MEMORIAM Bill Clark, 95, Cooperstown; Former Mayor, WWII Veteran COOPERSTOWN – William David Clark, 95, a World War II veteran, former mayor of Cooperstown and a member of the family that owned McEwan’s Hardware, died at his home on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. He was lovingly known as Bill, Dad, and Pop. He entered this world on June 18, 1925, the only child of Lester James Clark and Catherine Mae Halsdorf. He was raised in Cooperstown, graduated high school…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 I’m With Tom Cruise By RICHARD STERNBERG • AllOTSEGO.com Columnist I admit that I was just not a fan of Tom Cruise. I don’t dislike his acting, he’s just an actor that doesn’t get me excited or make me particularly want to see his movies. My antipathy may include a reaction to some of his off-screen actions in the past. But he just received some negative publicity for an act that I deem priceless…
In Just 2 Days, 32 Test Positive COOPERSTOWN – Fourteen people tested positive for COVID-19 today, with 18 testing positive yesterday, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director, has reported. Sixteen people have been hospitalized, but there have been no additional deaths after the two reported earlier this week.…