Bond: Wedding Party Latest COVID Cluster COOPERSTOWN – Seven members of a wedding party came down with COVID-19 following the weekend event in Oneida County, according to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. According to Bond, there were only 45 people at the wedding, under the state’s maximum cap of 50 people, and precautions were put in place. “This shows that in the wedding setting, sometimes people get closer either when they’re eating or celebrating, and…
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Daffodil Giveaway Returns To Farmer’s Market Saturday…
27th Annual Pit Run On Through Oct. 31 Race Day Goes Virtual, As Skies Remain Clear Since the first race in 1994, it has never once rained on the day of the annual Pit Run, and that track record continued today as Mike Rubino, Bob Scanlon, Eric Michelitsch, and Nancy Scanlon joined Deb and Sid Parisian this morning in Neahwa Park to honor fallen Trooper Ricky J. Parisian at the traditional finish line for the annual PIT Run, which is…
ONEONTA CLOSED UNTIL 10/15 CCS Students Returning On Monday, In Rotation By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Utilizing the hybrid model combining in-person and remote learning, students will return to Cooperstown Central School classrooms on Monday, Oct. 5. “Cohort A” will attend classes on Monday and Thursday, and “Cohort B” will attend on Tuesdays and Friday. Students can also opt to continue remote learning.…
He Pitched For Phillies In World Series Display On Jim Konstanty At GOHS During October ONEONTA – “Jim Konstanty & the World Series,” featuring Oneonta’s most accomplished Major Leaguer, is on display at the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., through October. Helen Rees, Konstanty’s daughter, is sharing her collection of memorabilia from her father’s professional baseball career. Konstanty (1917-1976) played for five teams during his 11 years in the Majors. Although also a starting pitcher, he is considered baseball’s first…
27th Annual PIT Run, Underway – Virtually!…
It’s Beginning To Look Less Like Halloween By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Come late October, there will be no parade of ghosts and goblins haunting Cooperstown and Oneonta. The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce won’t be seeking a parade permit, Chamber Executive Tara Burke told Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. “But many businesses are going to continue giving out candy, as they have for the last decade,” the mayor said. For a second year in a row, Oneonta won’t have…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 1-2, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Trustee Mac Benton Wins Another Term 3 At Bassett Found COVID-19 Positive Bassett CEO’s Aim: Knit Network Together For Sheriff, Son’s Investigation Not Over Museum Hosts Safer, Longer Celebration Governor Appoints Casale To Election Board Repeat Offenders Have Oneonta On Edge It’s Beginning To Look Less Like Halloween EDITORIAL Trustees, Launch ‘Year Of Cooperstownian’ Was Polling Place Big Enough? LETTERS KLINE: Law-Abiding…
Repeat Offenders Have Oneonta On Edge By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Oneonta Police Chief Doug Brenner, the recent slate of thefts from unlocked cars are more than just petty crimes. They’re a stress on the Oneonta community as a whole. “These aren’t huge larcenies, but they create a more hyper-sensitive community,” he said. “You have to remember to lock your car, your house, you might be more sensitive to when your dog barks.” On Sept.…
Delgado Featured On Panel On Local Childcare Shortage ONEONTA – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, will be among the speaker at 9 p.m. next Tuesday, Oct. 6, at an Otsego County Chamber “virtual roundtable” on access to affordable, high-quality childcare. The discussion, including businesspeople, elected officials, child-care providers and neuroscientist Dr. Sloka Iyengar, a consultant with Phase Five Communications, New York City. The program is co-sponsored by ReadyNation, a Washington D.C. consultancy focused on workforce issues and children.…