‘Virtual Fundraiser’ For Delgado Sunday COOPERSTOWN – A Cooperstown-based “virtual fundraiser” is planned at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) for Democrat Antonio Delgado’s reelection as 19th District congressman. Participants are asked to send an RSVP and contrbution to katelyn@delgadoforcongress.com, and donors will then receive a Zoom link.…
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Quarantine Scofflaws May Escape Oversight By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you’re planning a vacation to what Governor Cuomo has increased from 22 to 41 “hot spot” states, cancel it, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond suggests. “I had a vacation planned to North Carolina,” she said. “But it’s best not to travel right now, and I cancelled it.” With 15 new cases of COVID surfacing since July 1 – four in Oneonta; one in Cooperstown –…
IN MEMORIAM Jane G. Duel, 82 Dec. 16, 1938 – July 14, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Everyone said that it was impossible to get a parking place and admission to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Jane Goodwin Duel didn’t buy it. She and a close friend left Warren, Vt., before dawn in her light blue VW convertible bug with the Rolls Royce hood, car festooned with international flags and packed with helium balloons. Arriving at the Olympic checkpoints, their…
3 IN INTENSIVE CARE COVID FLARE UP ‘AS BAD AS EVER’ COOPERSTOWN – With 15 cases reported in the first 20 days of July, Heidi Bond, public health director, is warning that the current cases are rivaling the start of the outbreak. “Now is not the time to get complacent” she wrote in her daily press release. “We must all take responsibility to reduce the spread of the virus.”…
Mac Benton Is Joining Cooperstown Distillery Trustee Resigns From Elections Post COOPERSTOWN – MacGuire Benton announced a few minutes ago he is resigning as assistant Democratic elections commissioner at the Otsego County Board of Elections to join Cooperstown Distillery. Benton, a Cooperstown village trustee, said he’s joining the growing company as the New York Brand Ambassador, working on strategic sales to expand the distillery’s brands across the Empire State. He said he will continue to live in Cooperstown, “and plan…
Peers Honor Dr. Dalton With Excellence Award Prize Named For Dr. Frank, His Mentor COOPERSTOWN – Dr. James Dalton, MD, Bassett Hospital’s Medical Education director for 18 years, has been awarded the Healthcare Network’s most prestigious recognition for a physician, the Walter A. Franck Physician Excellence Award. The award was established to honor of Dr. Frank, the rheumatologist who retired from Bassett in 2015 after more than four decades of service, to a doctor who emulates his service to patients,…
Jeter, Others In ’20 Class Featured On Hall Website COOPERSTOWN – As big league baseball makes its season debut, the National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2020, including Derek Jeter this Sunday, will headline a slate of virtual events July 23-26 in honor of what would have been Hall of Fame Weekend 2020. Class of 2020 members Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry Walker will each be spotlighted in hour-long Legends of the Game programs starting at…
CLICK HERE FOR ZOOM MEETING Trustees Consider Requiring Masks On Main – Always Special Meeting Deals With Multiple COVID-19 Issues By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At a special meeting that ended just few minutes ago, the Village Board directed Trustee Richard Sternberg to confer with the village attorney on a law requiring people to wear masks at all times in the Main Street area. The law would be effective on Main between Chestnut and Fair streets,…
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TRUSTEES MEET MONDAY Cooperstown Has One Case, Mayor Reports Officer Walking Main Street To Ensure Masks Are Worn By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With one report of coronavirus in the village, complaints about people not wearing masks and lenience in places of business, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch has called a special meeting of the Village Board at 8:30 a.m. Monday. There, she will be seeking trustee approval of a FAQ (frequently asked questions) to be posted…