Facility Offered To Bassett DREAMS PARK CANCELLING 2020 SEASON By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Citing the “best interest” of community, employees and traveling players and families, Cooperstown Dreams Park has announced it will be closed for the 2020 season. “Cooperstown Dreams Park was hoping to avoid this outcome,” says a letter on its website. “But it is the only responsible course of action.” All teams will receive a 100 percent refund or the option of future…
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DAY 5 OF COUNTY EMERGENCY So Far, No COVID-19 Otsego County Cases Bassett Expects Some, But So Far It’s Treating Only 1, From Herkimer By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – There are still no cases of Otsego County residents testing positive for the COVID-19 corona virus. There are, however, four positive cases in the Bassett Healthcare Network catchment area, but only one is being treated presently at a hospital facility. Of the four, two are from Herkimer…
FIGHTING CORONARIVUS Cuomo To Business: Send Half Of Your Employees Home Governor Cuomo today ordered New York State’s business to require half of their employees to work from home. That extends an order that all in-state local governments have been enacting this week. The governor also ordered all malls and bowling alleys to close at the fight against Coronarivus continues.…
Community Bank Shuts All Lobbies Drive-Thrus Open At Branches With Them Community Bank today announced it has closed all of its branch office lobbies, effective at the end of business today. There are 12 branches in Otsego County, including five in Oneonta and two in Cooperstown. Branches without drive-thru capabilities will close temporarily, Senior Vice President Hal Wentworth, who oversees retailed banking, announced. All branch lobbies will be available by appointment only, including locations with and without drive-thru.…
Seward Lists State Resources To Fight COVID-19, Job Loss ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, this afternoon released a list of state websites to help his constiuents to connect with state services to fight the Coronavirus infection, or to deal with its impacts, such as job loss. The services include:…
In Blunt Interview, Governor Says State Hospitals Lack Beds Coronavirus’ Peak: Maybe 45 Days, He Tells NYT’s ‘The Daily’ Podcast In a blunt interview on today’s New York Times podcast, “The Daily,” Governor Cuomo said the Coronavirus will require 110,000 hospital beds. “In this state you have 50,000 hospital beds,” he told host Michael Barbara. “Needing 37,000 intensive care unit beds, and having 3,000 ICU beds.” He predicted the disease may peak in 45 days. He said he’s been in…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION CSO Loses $47,000; Helios Hit For Now, As Events Cancelled By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2019, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra brought in record $47,000 with their annual Cabaret Concert, where guest conductors vie for contributions to conduct “Stars and Stripes Forever” at the show’s conclusion. But on Thursday, March 12, the CSO announced that its biggest fundraiser and the debut of new music director designee Maciej Zoltowski would be cancelled with no plans to…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP It’s Right To Close Schools; Dreams Park Must Be Next To the Editor: Schools are the absolute best places to transmit airborne diseases, almost as effective as cruise ships. In the average size high school, there are over 750,000 contacts a day at less than 10 feet that can potentially transmit an airborne disease such as the flu or COVID-19. And that does not include making out behind the stadium. The fact that children don’t get…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION 1,000+ CALLS TAKEN HERE Some Tests Will Be Positive, Streck Expects By JIM KEVLIN & ELIZABETH COOPER Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Bill Streck, Bassett Healthcare Network CEO, told the county’s Emergency Task Force Tuesday, March 17, that there’s still a shortage of Coronavirus test kits available locally. Nonetheless, a lot of people have been swabbed at the testing tents set up outside Bassett facilities. “They are out there, and coming back slowly,” reported county Board Chair Dave Bliss,…