Otsego Express Cancels 3 Routes To Rural Towns ONEONTA – Beginning Monday, Otsego Express has cancelled Routes 5, 6, 9 until further notice, it announced today, as follows: • Route 5 goes from Hartwick to Oneonta, Schenevus, Worcester and East Worcester. • Route 6 goes from Oneonta to Otego, Unadilla and Sidney. • Route 9 connects Oneonta with Morris, Garrattsville, Laurens and Mount Vision.…
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MORRIS CALLS IT ‘HEARTBREAKING’ SUNY Postpones 2020 Graduation Until Fall ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta has announced that the 2020 commencement, originally scheduled for Saturday, May 9, has been postponed until fall. “We know this is absolutely heartbreaking for our seniors,” said President Barbara Jean Morris. “Unfortunately, there is just no way to safely move forward with commencement, our largest gathering of the year.” Classes will resume online Monday, March 23, and the college has developed a staggered move-out process that…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Food Banks Expect Onslaught, Worry About Food Shortages Oneonta’s Lord’s Table Serving Only Takeout By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the kids home and many workers facing temporary layoffs as Coronavirus quarantines shutter businesses and send workforces home, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Walton Levitt, Coordinator, Hunger Coalition, is anticipating a higher demand on food pantries and feeding ministries. “So many people are one disaster away from food insecurity,” she said. “A lot of people are losing…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Schools Closed, But What About SATs? What About Sports? By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Families across Otsego County are working to adjust to a new normal of “social distancing,” and for many that includes having their school-age children at home. Fears about the COVID-19 virus and its contagion have brought a massive and rapid change to how we live, and it isn’t yet clear what impacts that will have on routines students and families have lived…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Merchants Seek Niche: From Videos To Takeout By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Serenity Hobbies’ proprietor Nate Roberts, the game must go on. “We have weekly games that people still want to play,” he said. “But we have an account with Roll20, which is software that creates a virtual tabletop and has a voice chat.” It’s free for players, who will be invited by their Dungeon Masters to join as each game is set up.…
LETTER from TIMOTHY GIBSON Flippant Headline On Serious Topic To The Editor: I find it unruly that Tom Morgan would headline his column (“Nothing to Fear but Flu Itself”) attached to the coattails of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (a man crippled by the polio virus and consistently polled as one of America’s five greatest Presidents) in an attempt to attract reader attention to a very deadly and communicable virus and at the same time disparaging legitimate responses to it. Mr. Morgan…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Local Governments Send 50% Of Staff Home By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Following Governor Cuomo’s directive, Otsego County’s government and Oneonta’s City Hall took steps Tuesday, March 17, to send half of their workforce home. Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch said, because of the size of the village’s workforce, only “One or two” employees will be sent home. “We’re required to do this,” said county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield. “We’re not…
OFO Announces Temporary Closure, Virtual Services ONEONTA – Opportunities For Otsego has announced that they will be closed until Tuesday, April 14, closing Head Start and Universal Pre-K, and relegating emergency housing services to the County, according to a release from Dan Maskin, CEO. Essential staff will be working remotely to answer questions, and WIC and Weatherization participants with appointments will be contacted. The Violence Intervention Program staff will be providing virtual services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault,…
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FoxCare Fitness Gym Closed As Bassett Suspends Visits COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare has suspended visitations to all hospital and long-term care visitors at Bassett, Fox Hospital and all other hospitals in the network, as well as Fox Nursing Home. Additionally, access to clinic buildings and outpatient services areas in all Bassett Healthcare Network facilities, including clinic buildings and outpatient services, is being limited to only patients with scheduled appointments or required business, such as prescription pickup.…
