Letter From CHIP NORTHRUP County Primus Inter Paras To the Editor: Otsego County’s response to The Plague has been as good as anywhere in Europe or Asia and better than most places in America. For that reason, the county is on track to safely reopen ahead of almost any other place in America, having met Governor Cuomo’s requirements. By stark contrast, Texas is next to last in testing per capita, there are no contract tracers, little social distancing and few masks.…
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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…
In 1st Month, 230 Give Foundation $175K COOPERSTOWN – The one-month old Community Foundation for Otsego County has raised $175,000 in donations in its first four weeks of operation from 230 individuals so far. In the last 10 days, the foundation’s COVID-19 Fund has also made five awards, and now has a total of 17 in review or completed. Completed awards include: • HELIOS CARE – $5,000 to buy PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for staff to visit patient homes. •…
Honor The Fallen, Color Works of Art, Or Ride Your Bike Though they are intended to be private, Veterans Clubs around the county will still honor the fallen on Monday, May 25, while enforcing social distancing. • In Oneonta, the local chapter of the American Legion and the Boy Scouts will lay wreaths on the monuments on the Veterans Memorial Walkway, as well as play “Taps” and give a three-round volley at 11 a.m. in Neahwa Park, Oneonta. • In…
$5M Redo of Doubleday In Time For Anniversary By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Personally, for me, The Sandlot Kid, in a place of prominence,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch when asked about the most meaningful part of the $5-million-plus redevelopment of Doubleday Field. “He’s so special.” Victor Salvatore’s bronze sculpture of a barefoot farm boy with a bat on his shoulder was installed in 1939, when the Doubleday Field grandstand was completed. “One of the true icons of…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 21-May 22, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Destination Marketing: Promote Outdoors WWII Veterans Tell Their Tales Integris Executive To Head Bassett In 1st Month, 230 Give Foundation $175K AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 $5M Redo of Doubleday In Time For Anniversary Drive-In Opening For New, Classic Films Libby’s List Of Virtual Things To Do EDITORIALS Build On DMCOC’s Smart Marketing City Folks Will Flee Upstate When This is Over COLUMNS INGRAM: Worst Place…
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…
Oklahoma Doctor, Integris Executive, To Succeed Streck Tommy Ibrahim To Oversee 8-County Healthcare System COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Tommy Ibrahim has been appointed as the next Bassett Healthcare Network president/CEO, succeeding Bill Streck as head of the eight-county hospital system. He is expected to arrived here in mid to late July. Extending a Bassett tradition for its chief executives, he is a physician. Dr. Ibrahim, 39, has held leadership positions within the healthcare industry for the past 14 years, most recently…
League Of Women Voters Will Host Virtual Candidates’ Night COOPERSTOWN – The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown area is inviting the public to submit questions for the school board candidates to answer during the league’s virtual candidates’ forum. This year, three candidates are running for two seats. Two incumbents, Timothy Hayes and Gillian Spencer will run for another term. Denise Hollis is the third candidate. “In normal times, the league would be organizing a candidates’ forum, but the…
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