Plan: Catch Virus Before It Can Spread By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A draft plan on reopening SUNY Oneonta on Feb. 1 was released Monday, Nov. 16, that – among many points in the single-spaced, 22-page document – addresses a particular community concern. That is, preventing this fall’s outbreak of 700-plus on-campus cases from happening again. In an interview, SUNY Oneonta President Dennis Craig called it “a strong plan” that includes a five-point prevention protocol he…
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Oneonta Owl Hitches Ride On Rockefeller-Bound Tree By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A Saw-whet owl who nested in “Daddy Al” Dick’s 75-foot Norway Spruce was rescued when workers tasked with transporting the tree to Rockefeller Center found the hitchhiker while putting up the tree in New York City. According to a Facebook post, the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties received a phone call that the owl had been rescued from the tree after it arrived in…
Oneonta School District Goes Remote Until N0v. 30 ‘Highest Number of Cases’ Reported In 1 Day, Warns Bond ONEONTA – With 18 cases of COVID-19 reported today, Otsego County Public Health director Heidi Bond has warned that, with the exception of the college-based outbreaks, today’s total marks the highest number of single-day cases in the community since the pandemic began in March. Bond said that the health department is working to determine if there is a cluster, but that the…
After Student Tests Positive, Greater Plains Goes Remote ONEONTA – Students and staff members at Greater Plains Elementary School have been ordered to quarantine until Friday, Nov. 20 after a student tested positive over the weekend, according to Superintendent Thomas Brindley. The district was notified Sunday afternoon that the student had tested positive, and students immediately went to remote learning on Monday, Nov. 16. The school is working with the county Department of Health to do contact tracing and order…
After Potential COVID Exposure, Mayor, First Lady In Quarantine By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Following a “potential exposure” to COVID-19 at Cooperstown Elementary School, Connie Herzig, wife of Mayor Gary Herzig, is in precautionary quarantine and undergoing testing, as mandated by the Otsego County Department of Health. Herzig is also “voluntarily” quarantine for 14 days. “It’s something we’re all going through,” he said. According to Mayor Herzig, Connie, who retired from the school in 2018, was…
CLICK TO READ REOPENING PLAN SUNY Oneonta Posts Plan Aimed At Feb. 1 Opening Goal: Serve 20% Of Students On Campus, Expand Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta today posted its draft plan to bring, if not face-to-face, mask-to-mask (M-2-M) instruction back to campus, offering an in-person option in 20 percent of its courses to the 1,100 students who, for now, may return to class as of Feb. 1. Revisions to the draft are…
Public Hearing Tuesday For New City Mask Law ONEONTA – A public hearing on the city’s amended “Masks and Face Coverings” law will be opened at the top of this week’s Common Council meetin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The law, which was drafted after a stricter ordinance was vetoed by Mayor Gary Herzig, will require that face coverings be worn at all times in outdoor public space in the city’s downtown (MU-1) zoning district. Masks will also…
Senator Presented With Bettiol Award Today, Chamber Will Also Recognize Otsego County’s Entrepreneurial Spirit…
LETTER from JAY FLEISCHER Much Can Be Expected From President Biden To the Editor: Presidential election results show the popular vote exceeds 145 million (75+ to 70+). The candidate with 75+ pledged to unite America, which will require the cooperation of the 70+. That’s what unity means. To bring America together again and to achieve unity guided by law and order will require the support and partnership of both political parties. With the Presidential change on Jan. 20, 2021, we…
Under New SUNY Plan, Students Return Feb. 1 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For the last two weeks, SUNY Oneonta Interim President Dennis Craig has been listening – to staff, to community members, to students. “We have identified that 50 percent of the students desire on-campus courses,” he said in an address sent to the campus community on Monday, Nov. 9. As such, Craig plans to re-open the campus as a “low-density” model, with approximately 900…