LETTER from JAMES DEAN Well-Intentioned Visitors May Spur Rebound In Corinavirus To the Editor: The best practice COVID-19 containment plans of Otsego County, and its residents, could be upset to an unknown degree this summer when well intentioned visitors may start coming in from all over the country. That will be the uncontrollable variable that could show up in possible increases of positive local cases, towards the end of the summer, in my view. Contact tracing would seem very difficult…
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LETTER from FRED SCHNEIDER Coronavirus Extracts Outsized Sacrifices From Small Business To the Editor: So… here is the state of affairs for everyone who chose to create jobs by rolling their dice with their own capital, their own sweat, and their own ingenuity on building a business, only to have it pulled out from underneath them through no fault of their own: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (not a government entity but a very important pro-business non-profit) recently announced a…
LETTER from SUSAN HUGHSON What Is An Antibody? What Does It Tell Us? To the Editor: In his column of April 23-24 regarding coronavirus testing, Dr. Richard Sternberg refers to “an antibody test which would tell us who is immune to the virus.” It is my understanding that the antibody test indicates an individual’s direct exposure to the virus, with or without symptoms. Whether the presence of these antibodies confers immunity, and for how long, has yet to be determined.…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Want To Cut Loose? Try Las Vegas To the Editor: While Otsego County may be in the same Upstate region as Utica, the risk of re-opening Otsego County too soon is far greater than it would be for Utica. Otsego County, particularly Cooperstown, is an international tourist destination; Utica, not so much. While I am all for cautiously re-opening Otsego County, if the tourist industry were allowed to reopen in full, the relatively low number of…
MAY 15, FACTORIES, CONSTRUCTION A GO BEGINNING OF THE END? Governor Opens Door To County’s Reopening By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com By May 18, Greg Ward hopes that Burt Rigid Box in the Town of Oneonta can bring its 44 employees back to work. “We’re in the process of putting plans in place,” said Ward, the plant’s operations manager. “We’ve got a crew in there deep cleaning now, and we’re constructing Plexiglas barriers for when people can’t exercise…
USA TODAY COLUMN: INDUCTION MAY NOT BE HELD IN 2020 COOPERTOWN – The Hall of Fame is expected to announce this week that their induction ceremony weekend, scheduled to take place July 24-26, will be postponed until 2021, according to USA Today’s baseball columnist Bob Nightengale. His column said the Hall of Fame is scheduled to meet this week with its board of directors this week before finalizing a decision, but with the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the country –…
Democrat, Republican Primaries Planned Here Congress, Assembly Candidates Vie COOPERSTOWN – While New York State’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary was cancelled yesterday, Otsego County Republicans and Democrats will go to the polls 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, where each party will settle one race. • 19th Congressional District — Republican voters will decide between Kyle Van De Water, a Millbrook lawyer, and Ola Hawatmeh, a fashion designer from Poughkeepsie. The winner will face U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado on Nov.…
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…
Cooperstown Corner Once Commercial, Now Residential Corner Of Walnut Now Safe From Developers COOPERSTOWN – The corner parcel at Walnut and Chestnut, which raised concerns after a Dunkin Donuts was proposed there last fall, has been changed from commercial to residential zoning with a unanimous vote by the Cooperstown Village Board. “This property is a bit of an anomaly,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh. “There are two residential properties on Linden Avenue who didn’t know their back yards were zoned commercial.”…
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