IN MEMORIAM: Amber J. Constable, 35, Dies In Oneonta; Three Children Survive SIDNEY – Amber J. Constable, 35, passed away unexpectedly in Oneonta on April 29 from undetermined causes. Amber was born on Feb. 18, 1985, in Walton. She grew up in Sidney Center and graduated from Sidney High School in 2003. Amber studied early childhood education at Tompkins Cortland Community College and was most recently employed as a residential counselor at Springbrook in Oneonta.…
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All Star Village Cancels Week I Of 2020 Season Owner Marty Patton Vows: Nothing Will Happen As Long As There’s Risk By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Cooperstown All Star Village has cancelled its youth baseball tournament for the week of June 6, Week One of its 2020 season, proprietor Marty Patton said this morning. A letter to the 70 teams scheduled for the first week will be going out later this week. For now, he said,…
Found In Room With 4 People Sleeping, Bat Tests For Rabies ONEONTA – A second bat, this one retrieved from a room in Oneonta where four people were sleeping, tested positive for rabies today, the county Health Department announced. The bat was captured and sent for rabies testing; the people exposed were started on post-exposure treatment. This is the second local rabies alert: On April 14, a skunk tested positive in the Town of Hartwick.…
Common Council To Hear Treasurer’s Report City Hall Could Face $1.6M Loss In Sales Tax By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The bad news: Oneonta could face as much as a $1.9 million shortfall in sales tax, according to city Finance Director Virginia Lee. “I’ve outlined a mild, medium and severe – one, two and three – scenarios for loss of sales tax,” she said. “Mild would be $478,000. Medium would be $861,000, and severe scenarios could…
IN MEMORIAM Alvin L. Osterhoudt, 91 Nov. 24, 1928-April 23, 2020 ONEONTA – Alvin L. Osterhoudt, 91, passed away from natural causes on April 23, 2020, at the NYS Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born Nov. 24, 1928, to Millard J. and Alice (Morey) Osterhoudt, and was raised on the family farm in Emmons. After he graduated from Oneonta High School in 1946, he furthered his education at Alfred State College with a degree in Refrigeration. Alvin enlisted in…
LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR Protect Us From Returning Students Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s letter, sent to Governor Cuomo this week, expressing concern about college students’ return to the City of the Hills. Thank you for your effective leadership during these dangerous and unpredictable times. The City of Oneonta is proud to be the home of two fine colleges – SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. The 7,000 plus students who live and study with…
FROM THE GOVERNOR Construction, Factories Can Start Re-Opening Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Governor Cuomo’s daily briefing from Sunday, April 26, outlining the plan to return to “The New Normal.” 1) Today I outlined a phased plan to safely reopen New York at the appropriate time, taking a regional approach. Phase one will be to reopen low-risk construction and manufacturing businesses in parts of the state that have experienced a 14-day decline in the hospitalization rate. Phase two…
EDITORIAL With Facts As Guide, Let’s Start Reopening As the headline has it, that’s what Governor Cuomo is doing. And he’s convincing. When on April 16, Cuomo announced he was extending NY PAUSE from April 29 to May 15, most of us probably thought that it would then be extended to the end of May, then mid-June, and so on. Upstaters, given the daily reports of New York City’s spiraling death code, were in that frame of mind. So it…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS Tour The Rock Hall, A Virtual Talent Show And Learn Photography See Michael Jackson’s sequined glove, Slash’s top hat, some great guitars and other rock & roll memorabilia with a virtual tour of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. www.rockhall/your-tour • Tune in for a talent show of Shakespearean monologues, short fiction, opera and original songs, presented by the Fenimore Art Museum. Thursday evening, April 30. And on Saturday, May 2, check out a virtual play…
Garden Club’s Daffodils Brighten City of Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Even though April has been heavy on the showers – and snow! – there is still sunshine to be seen on lawns across Oneonta. “Daffodils are so cheerful,” said Anita Levine. “They really do give a sense of sunshine on a cloudy day.” Levine, along with her neighbor, Rachel Hamblin, were two of the nearly 180 Oneontans who received a free bag of 25…
