2 SUNY-O STUDENTS HIT WITH COVID-19 ONEONTA – Two SUNY Oneonta students living off-campus have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a release sent by the college this afternoon. “While all of us had hoped to avoid this situation, we have spent the better part of the summer preparing for it,” said SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris. “Today’s quick response to this unfortunate news is the result of our strong partnership with the DOH and the effort our campus…
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5-DAY ADVANCE WARNING POSSIBLE SUNY Oneonta Experiments With Waste-Water Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is looking to get as far ahead of the coronavirus as it can – through waste-water testing. It is what it sounds like. “Even asymptomatic people start shedding coronavirus through their feces in the first day of their infection,” said Lachlan Squair, SUNY Oneonta’s chief of facilities & safety. “The reason we’re doing the waste-water test,” he continued, “is…
Early Morning Blaze Guts Nate’s Auto, Tire By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Oneonta Fire Department had to shut down the railroad tracks on Railroad Avenue this morning to battle a blaze that destroyed Nate’s Tire & Auto. According to Robert O’Brien, director, Otsego County 911, the call came in at 3:52 a.m. When crews arrived on scene, the garage was engulfed.…
Pit Run Goes Virtual, Adds 100K Challenge ONEONTA – This year, Sid Parisian says, any day in October can be Race Day. The 27th annual Pit Run, known as “The Best Day in Oneonta,” has gone virtual, allowing racers to run the 5 or 10K any day in October, along any course of their choosing. “When we first started talking about this year’s race, we were hoping everything would have calmed down,” he said. “But it’s not safe, so holding…
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For Tifanne Friend’s Garden Of Good Deeds Keeps Alive Memory Of Vital Life By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At home, Lorraine Brady gardens for herself. In the Community Garden on Wilcox Avenue in the Sixth Ward, she gardens in honor of her best friend, Tifanne Wells. “She was always trying to help everyone,” she said. “She started First Night and the Hometown Fourth of July. She did so much.” Wells, 44, died in 2015, shot by her…
LETTER from Pamela Fitch Tausta No Mask? No Dr.’s Excuse? HMMMM! To the Editor: It is hard to go to the store and have people tell you they have a doctor’s excuse to not wear a mask. The rest of us take the risk. If they go to the American Disability Association site, they will see that the alternatives for them are not in-your-face responses but using face shields or order and pick-up services. These are available at our grocery…
BIG TIME BECKONS Oscar-Winner Recruits County’s Cuyle Carvin By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – ‘BlacKkKlansman” Oscar-winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott has discovered what Oneonta fans have known all along: Cuyle Carvin is destined to be a star. “When I arrived on set, he told me that he had seen my audition and knew right then that they wanted me,” Carvin said. “They said they were looking for an unfamiliar face that could rival the looks of Brad Pitt,…
GOAL: KEEP COVID-19 AT BAY Hartwick Students Tested Twice Even Before Class Starts ONEONTA – Students returning to Hartwick College this weekend must already have been tested for COVID-19, and will be tested again before classes begin Monday, Aug. 31. By then, all students and employees must sign a document averring they will “Our Social Compact: A Healthy Hartwick College,” outlining all steps they must take to keep the COVID threat at bay. “Hartwick’s goal is to enable our students to…
PARENTS BRIEFED VIA ZOOM Oneonta’s ‘Hybrid’ Plan Allows Parents To Keep Children Out Of School ‘We’re Giving … A Choice,’ Brindley Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If the Oneonta School District reopens, as planned, on Oct. 13, parents can still keep their children at home, learning remotely, moms and dads learned at last evening’s Zoom public hearing on the reopening plan. “Many districts who plan to open in hybrid, your child has to be there,”…
