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SUNY Oneonta Will Host 2020 Graduation In August President Says: Let’s Celebrate Achievement! ONEONTA – More than 1,000 seniors will return to SUNY Oneonta in this summer to receive their degrees at a belated commencement ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 29. Three ceremonies will be at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. in the Alumni Field House. “Especially now, against a backdrop of adversity and change, it is vital to remember and celebrate all that we are achieving,” said President…
Supermarkets Assure: There’s Plenty Of Food Buy Only What You Need, Shoppers Advised By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com First it was toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Then chicken. Then pasta. Our usually full supermarkets now feature empty shelves where products we rely on used to be. Tops, Price Chopper and Hannaford are all struggling to keep up with unprecedented demand as consumers stock up in the face of the COVID-19 virus crisis, but that doesn’t mean the food…
You’ll Have It TO GO! From Emergency, Novelty: Folks Around County Pick Up Dinners By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At Brooks House of BBQ, the staff can’t answer the phones fast enough. “We’re going to add additional phone lines,” said owner Ryan Brooks. “They’re just ringing constantly. With Governor Cuomo’s order that all “non-essential” businesses be shuttered, restaurants can no longer accommodate dine-in customers. “When the quarantines started happening last week, I walked into work and there…
COOPERSTOWN’S JOYCE; ONEONTA’S BETTIOL County Ex-Pats Report From COVID Hot Spots By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The city that never sleeps has become a “ghost town.” Ask Carleigh Bettiol. “As of 8 p.m. Sunday evening, the city was on lockdown,” she said. “People are not allowed out unless for essential trips such as grocery, pharmacy, or medical visits.” Bettiol, daughter of Patricia Bettiol and the late Gene Bettiol Jr. turned Broadway star, is holed up in…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 26-27, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Coronavirus Halts Dreams Park 2020 Jobless Claims Soar; Sales-Tax Slump Expected It’s Here: First Otsego Case Surfaces (Since Presstime, Second Case Surfaces) County Ex-Pats Report From Hotspots TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS SHATTERED DREAMS … One Park Shuts ALL-STAR HOPES .. Another Stays Open AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Dinner? You’ll Have It TO GO Methodist Sewing Club Making Face Masks EDITORIALS Job 1, Beat Coronavirus. Joe 2,…
FULL REPORT TO FOLLOW IN THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN ONEONTA, FREEMAN’S JOURNAL Week By Week, All-Star Village Will Chart 2020 WEST ONEONTA – Marty Patton, owner of Cooperstown All-Star Village, today announced the youth-baseball park has put together a flexible plan that may allow it to function through the 2020 season. “We have decided to make a decision regarding the 2020 tournament… four weeks in advance of each week,” Patton wrote in a public letter. Players’ families and coaches will then be…
Locals ‘Prioritized,’ Spokesman Says Bassett Ready If NYS Sends Patients Here Systems Adds 120 Beds, Raising Capacity To 300 By LIZZIE COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Could Bassett Healthcare Network see an influx of COVID-19 patients from downstate? It’s possible. In his briefing Friday, Governor Cuomo told reporters he is very concerned about finding hospital beds for all those who may be sickened by the Coronavirus. “We have lower numbers in Upstate, so we are coordinating the downstate need…
BASSETT LIMITS COVID-19 TESTS TO INPATIENTS Demand, ‘Extreme Shortages’ Require Hospital To Prioritize COOPERSTOWN – Due to the demand for Coronavirus testing and extreme shortages worldwide, Bassett Healthcare Network today announced it is “prioritizing hospitalized patients for COVID-19 testing,” network President/CEO Bill Streck announced this morning. In addition to limiting COVID-19 testing to “the most vulnerable, ” the network is “also postponing all non-essential medical, surgical and dental procedures,” Streck said. “These are extreme measures for an extraordinary time and…
IN MEMORIAM: Michael Murin, 61; Gentle Soul Battled Mental Illness ONEONTA – Michael F. Murin passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020. He was born in 1958, the son of Mary Ellen Murin and the late, George Murin, of Franciscan Heights in Rensselaer, formerly of West Oneonta. Michael enjoyed his music and writing. Many will remember him for feeding the squirrels in Huntington and Wilber Parks. Although he battled mental illness his whole adult life, those who took the time to…
