‘PHASE 2’ ALLOWS SHOPPING Sun Shines, Cooperstown, Oneonta Main Streets Open Kim Weekes, Oneonta, above, settles into the hairdresser’s chair Saturday at The Hair Studio, 179 South Main St., Oneonta for a much anticipated wash and cut from owner Kelly Woessner as “Phase Two” of NY Forward arrived Friday, enabling stores and “personal services” to restart, and offices to do so on Monday. Inset right, Sue Fink, Cooperstown, shows the hand sanitizer station, including sanitizer provided by Cooperstown Distillery, at…
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ONEONTA RALLY PEACEFUL Hundreds In Muller Plaza Join National Call For Justice Perhaps as many as 500 people rallied peacefully in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza this afternoon to hear Rev. LaDana Clark, a former police officer, above, say, “Most of our police are trying to do the right thing, but it’s the bad apples have to be checked and removed! There can be no peace as long as an officer can place his knee on the neck of a black man…
Oneonta NAACP Calls For ‘Positive Energy’ In Response To Death ONEONTA – Lee Fisher, Oneonta area NAACP president, released a letter this morning calling for citizens to make their communities stronger in the wake of the murder of George Lloyd, the black man who was pinned down and suffocated by Minneapolis police officers. “When we saw the heinous act of another black man, George Floyd, intentionally being held down by four relaxed policemen and George not resisting arrest, but resisting…
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.…
COUNTY’S SAGA BROADCAST WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’ Follows COVID-19 In County COOPERSTOWN – For two months now, the waxing and waning of COVID-19 in Otsego County has been chronicled by Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com and its sister newspaper, on WAMC’s “Morning Headlines,” hosted by David Guistina. Here are the reports Kevlin has been delivering at 7:05 a.m. each Thursday, which are broadcast to 250,000 listeners from here through the Capital Region into the Berkshires. Click the link, then click on…
Reprinted From This Week’s Edition Of Hometown Oneonta Imagine Dining Out In Middle Of Street City Hall Seeks To Help Restaurants By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The hottest restaurant in Oneonta could soon Be … Main Street? “One thing our ‘Survive and Thrive’ task force is exploring is shutting down streets to traffic for special dining events,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We don’t have a plan yet, but we’re looking into what streets we could close…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 28-29, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Sidewalk Sales All Summer In Cooperstown Imagine Dining Out In Middle of Main Street Auction Barn Exempt From Cuomo Order Numbers Show Oneonta DMV Had To Go Awaiting Sellers Market, Realtors Go Tech Andrew M. Blum; Many With Many Friends CCS To Name Principal For Lower Grades AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 ‘Chateau de Weeds’ Certified Wildlife Habitat Retired Lawyer To Run Cooperstown Diner Baseball Movies,…
CHECK BENSON’S DETAILED PHOTO TOURS Awaiting Seller’s Market, Realtors Use Technology Want A House? Take A Virtual Tour By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If lockdown has you feeling like the walls are closing in, you can look for a new house – without ever leaving yours. “The only way we can show homes is by doing it virtually,” said Betsy Shultis, Benson Realty. “We go into the house and give a tour either through Zoom or Facetime.”…
LETTER from ALBERT COLONE ‘Reimagine Upstate’ Will Lead To Single Oneonta A couple of weeks ago, Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal published my opinion piece, once again trying to promote the idea of consolidating the city and town of Oneonta. I submitted it to try and generate some meaningful debate on the issue. Surprisingly, the only subsequent reference I’ve seen was an unsigned comment in another paper. How can this be? Whoever submitted that comment, thank you for the…
CITY HALL SEEKS TO HELP RESTAURANTS Imagine Dining Out In Middle Of Street By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The hottest restaurant in Oneonta could soon Be … Main Street? “One thing our ‘Survive and Thrive’ task force is exploring is shutting down streets to traffic for special dining events,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We don’t have a plan yet, but we’re looking into what streets we could close when and how that would affect traffic downtown.”…
