COUNTY DOH SAYS COVID-19 HAS AWAKENED 15 New Cases In July; 4 In Hospitals, 3 On Ventilators By LIBBY CUDMORE & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After a quiet May and June, 15 cases since the beginning of July, nine in the past week, may mean we’re heading right back where we started from. “This increase is similar to what we were seeing in the beginning,” county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said Tuesday. “If we continue to see a…
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City Council Asked For $153K To Fund Pandemic Recovery By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Common Council Tuesday will be asked to approve $153,000 in funding for Mayor Gary Herzig’s “Survive Then Thrive” Committee, according to the meeting’s agenda released this afternoon. Of the total, $75,000 will be used for Small Business Reopening; $75,000 for Small Business Recovery; and $3,000 for a Survive Art/Online sales promotion.…
Chamber Chair: Reopening Chance For Growth, Creativity By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Though Phase One of “un-PAUSE” is limited to construction, manufacturing and curbside retail, Al Rubin, chair, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Board, wants to make sure all businesses are ready to begin the process of rebuilding the local economy. “It’s exciting,” he said. “Now is the time for innovation and creativity. Now is not the time to be shy. We need to be sharing…
For More Details, See This Week’s Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta FOUNDATION FORMS, FIGHTING COVID-19 ITS FIRST PRIORITY Levine, Herzig In Leadership Roles; Public Asked To Assist Fundraising COOPERSTOWN – Local citizens face “an emergency need” to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the new Community Foundation of Otsego County. So at 2 p.m. today, the CFOC announced it has created the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund. “Otsego County unemployment is rising and we are seeing growing numbers of potentially fatal…
Mayor: ‘We Will Come Out Of This Stronger Than Ever’ https://www.facebook.com/garyherzigoneonta/videos/819348891875495/ Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig has begun posting videos on his Facebook page, briefing his City of the Hills constituents on on the fight against the coronavirus threat. This is the latest.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 Sci-Fi & Horror Festival Returns SCI-FI & HORROR – 11 a.m. Day 2 of the strange and horrific festival. Features authors, vendors, speakers, activities, more. Cost, $6/person for day pass. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/SciFiHorroFest/…
SUMMER DREAMS Oneonta, Cooperstown Mayors Both Anticipate Glimmerglass In Autumn By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Not one, but two Otsego County mayors highly recommend boating on Glimmerglass this – or any – fall. Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig have long loved boating on the lake – motor, sail, kayak, paddleboard – you name it. And while summer is peak boating time, both go out on Lake Otsego through autumn – Herzig and…
Signs Say Loud: RSS Not Welcome Mayor Herzig Would Be ‘Surprised’ If State Funds River Street Project By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Bill Shue doesn’t see the Sixth Ward’s fight against housing developer RSS as a strictly Sixth Ward issue. “If this can happen here, it can happen anywhere,” he said. “It can happen in Center City or on the East End.” The Sixth Ward Neighbors United, which has vocally opposed Rehabilitation Support Services’ proposed 64-unit…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 GOHS Annual Dinner DINNER – 6-8:30 p.m. Annual dinner meeting of Greater Oneonta Historical Society with keynote speaker Mayor Gary Herzig. $45, reservations due April 18. Toscana Northern Italian Grill, 76 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, reservations, info@OneontaHistory.org, (607) 432-0960.…
Transit Hub Planning Study On Common Council Agenda Separately, DRI Grant Approvals Due In Early March ONEONTA – Common Council will be asked to approve a $155,000 contract for planning a transit hub around the Downtown Parking Deck when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. Paid for with state money available through the DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative), the contract will be with Wendel, a consulting firm in Williamsville, the Buffalo suburb, for a Transit Hub Conceptual Planning…