Quarantine, Get Tested Only If Symptomatic Health Department Issues Post-Holiday COVID PSA COOPERSTOWN – With many concerned that they were exposed to COVID-19 during holiday gatherings, The Otsego County Department of Health has issued a public service announcement to instruct people on what to do in the event they learn they have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for the virus. “Please do not call the on call nurse,” the release reads. “The department is very busy following…
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Bond: Over Holidays, 50 COVID Cases Emerge COOPERSTOWN – With 21 cases of COVID on Christmas Eve and 29 over Christmas and today, 50 cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Otsego County Health Department this evening. There are 114 active cases, with 14 hospitalizations. Earlier in the week, Bond expressed concerned that holiday travel will produce a sharp uptick in cases within the next two weeks, similar to what the county experienced after Thanksgiving.…
Let There Be Lights! Against All Odds, Festival Takes Flight By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As dusk settled over Neahwa Park, Carol Mandigo wasn’t sure what to expect when she flipped the switches to turn on the Festival of Lights. What she saw were cars lined up as far as Main and River streets, waiting their turns to be driven around the 37 displays of holiday lights and decorations set up around the park. “I couldn’t believe it,”…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Vaccines, Part II: They Arrive I wish I had the time, stamina, and column inches to write an article daily. That’s how fast the news is coming. Since last week, Pfizer has begun distribution and vaccinations around the nation, the Moderna vaccine has been approved and it will start distribution by the time you read this, with inoculations going into arms probably by Thursday the 24th. The 350 Tier One healthcare workers from Bassett Healthcare will…
This Christmas, Hope Should Be Foremost As We Count Our Blessings, Let’s Stay The Course Last Sunday, www.AllOTSEGO was able to trumpet the news: “VACCINE HERE! 350 Bassett Tier 1 Workers Getting Shots Over Weekend.” Within hours, thousands had clicked throughto read the good news. It – the COVID-19 pandemic – is not over, but it’s on the way to being over. This happy news comes at a time when, as the Gospel of Luke had it, humanity wishes for…
December Deadliest Month, Bond Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With three deaths in two weeks, four people in the ICU and 16 hospitalized, Otsego County Public Health Director Heidi Bond has declared December to be the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic so far. “Three deaths in a month is the most we’ve had,” she said. “Before that, it was two in April.” The victim, a woman over 55, had not been in the ICU, but had…
In 2022, Ommegang Eyes $1M Expansion By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Brewery Ommegang isn’t going to let a pandemic get in the way of customers enjoying Neon Rainbows – and other popular brews. “We installed a canning line two years ago,” said Rick DeBar, director of operations at the brewery. “But we’re aiming to double our capacity on the line starting next March.” The current line can fill five cans at a time; with the addition of a…
50-Car Parade Salutes Cooperstown Mainstay By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In the midst of the 50-car drive-by celebrating Carol B. Waller’s retirement as Mohican Flowers’ proprietor, a customer stopped by looking for greens to decorate his home for Christmas. Carol and her 42-year assistant, Claire Satriano, who was also honored at the event, ducked into the store and got him what he needed. “They work until it’s done,” said Elaine Bresee, who spent three weeks organizing the parade…
VACCINES HERE By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Dr. Anush Patel, Bassett Hospital’s chief of medical oncology and radiology, expressed relief on receiving the first of his two Pfizer vaccinations. “This is the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said. Patel was one of 350 Tier One Bassett employees who received the Pfizer vaccine last Saturday through Monday at Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, and Faxton-St. Luke’s Campus, Utica. “People were overwhelmingly excited to receive the vaccine,”…
11th COVID Death Marks 3rd In Month COOPERSTOWN – A third woman has died of COVID-19 this month, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director, reported this evening. This marks the 11th death in the county since the pandemic began in March. Bond reports that the victim, a woman over 55, had not been intubated, but had been hospitalized for “less than a week” when she succumbed to her illness.…