Mebust hopes to close swim career with NCAA run By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Mebust One of the top swimmers in the region has been training for his college senior season with a goal in mind, the NCAA Division III championship. Ted Mebust, a 2018 Cooperstown Central School graduate, missed almost a year of swimming at Bowdoin College because of the coronavirus pandemic, but he and his fellow 2021-22 captains have been planning to make up for it…
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Life in the Time of Covid-19 Here we go again with the coronavirus pandemic Richard Sternberg, retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon, is providing his professional perspective weekly during the COVID-19threat. A village trustee,he resides in Cooperstown. Several months ago, I stopped writing my weekly column on life in the time of Covid-19. The rollout of the vaccinations was going well locally, the numbers of people hospitalized locally were low, and organizations were opening up. The Rotary Club that I belong…
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MSNBC anchor Kate Snow broadcasts her show from the Fly Creek Cider Mill in 2016. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com). Fly Creek Cider Mill announces reopening, date TBA STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – The historic Fly Creek Cider Mill announced via social media that it will reopen later this year. In a message from owner Bill Michaels, which was shared on the Facebook page Celebrate Cooperstown, the mill announced it will reopen after a business reorganization and with help…
Loosened COVID rules allows Hall to open induction to more fans COOPERSTOWN — Following last week’s announcement by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that lifted significant COVID-19 restrictions, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced Monday, June 21, that tickets will not be needed for free lawn seating for the Wednesday, Sept. 8, induction ceremony. The ceremony was rescheduled from its traditional last Sunday in July to an event at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 8, on the grounds of the…
Cooperstown will halt enforcement of mask ordinance By Greg Klein • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Josh Edmonds shows design plans for a property at 10 Chestnut St., during a Board of Trustees meeting Monday, May 24, in Cooperstown. (Greg Klein/AllOTSEGO.com) COOPERSTOWN - The village of Cooperstown will stop enforcing its mask mandate as it waits for the state to rescind Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive orders on the coronavirus pandemic. The village’s Board of Trustees debated the issue at the end of…
Regatta switches to virtual event for 2021 By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Erica Collier of Cooperstown and John Collier of Richmondville race in the Mixed CC Endurance class of the 2018 General Clinton Canoe Regatta. (Cherly Clough/AllOTSEGO.com) The General Clinton Canoe Regatta, which is traditionally held Memorial Day, will be held virtually this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We have exhausted all other options,” the General Clinton Canoe Regatta website read. There will be no winners or…
Despite Pandemic Problems: Local Food Finds Its Customers By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Beth Redd, a volunteer with the Cooperstown Farmers Market, helps a customer with their purchase. The worst pandemic in a century has impacted the daily lives of everybody including farmers markets, which are a staple of the community in Otsego County. However, some farmers markets, such as the Cooperstown Farmers Market and Richfield Spring Farmers Market, have turned that misfortune into an advantage by implementing…
Views Around New York COVID Impatience Can Be Dangerous From: The Daily Gazette Editorial Board, Saratoga The return to normalcy has started. But we’re not there yet. And if you think we’re beyond the bad old days of seeing big spikes in cases, look no further than Saratoga Springs High School, where about two dozen students contracted the virus recently. Officials believe the outbreak was largely the result of a teen party in Lake George the weekend of April 10.…
For Sale One Cider Mill In Fly Creek Fly Creek’s favorite tourist attraction is seeking new owners. The Fly Creek Cider Mill, which dates back to 1856 and has been owned by the Michaels family for two generations, closed in January. Co-owner Bill Michaels said at the time that the coronavirus pandemic had hurt sales to the point where it was no longer cost effective to remain open. “We’ve survived floods. We’ve survived hurricanes, tropical storms, the 2002 recession, the…