COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Only Plattsburgh, Potsdam Sites Offer Appointments Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New…
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Two Fatalities In 48 Hours By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In just 48 hours the COVID-19 fatalities within the county have gone up by two – both females over the age of 55 who were previously hospitalized as a result of the virus – bringing the total fatalities for 2021 up to six. Active cases continue to climb and stand now at 289. According to County Public Health Director Heidi Bond, “We are still seeing cases related…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Appointments Limited In Area And Beyond Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New York…
When It Has Vaccinations, Bassett Will Alert Patients COOPERSTOWN – As soon as the Bassett Healthcare Network receives sufficient vaccine, it will notify patients using a variety of methods, including MyBassett (the online patient portal), the Bassett website and social media. Meanwhile, Bassett’s weekly COVID-19 update encouraged patients to participate in the state’s vaccination process, which includes sites as nearby at Utica, Binghamton and Albany. The weekly update also directed patients to New York State’s state-run vaccination clinics at various locations;…
Common Council Discusses Oneonta Ford Building Transportation Potential City Engineer Greg Mattice discusses two transportation options with common council during monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Council members raised concerns such as funding and additional studies will be completed before ground breaks on the project which is not anticipated until 2022.…
Spike In Cases, Upward Trend Despite Reporting Delays By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For a week, new cases have remained below 40 per day until today, when a significant increase was reported. Eighty new cases were reported, offset by 22 completed periods of isolation. Further, the sudden uptick in cases can be attributed to a delay in lab reporting according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. That said, the trend “definitely” remains upwards Bond added.…
2021 STATE OF CITY ADDRESS Thank You, Says Mayor Herzig To His Constituents He Looks Forward COVID’s End, New Projects Planned Editor’s Note: This evening, Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig is delivering his sixth “State of the City” address to Common Council at City Hall, where he said “thank you” to his constituents for how they’ve pulled together against COVID-19, and detailed programs about to go into high gear, including the demolition of the former Oneonta Ford as part of Market…
IN MEMORIAM: Irene M. Johnson, 80; Served Oneonta Schools For Half-Century ONEONTA – Irene M. Johnson, 80, who worked for the Oneonta City School District for a half-century, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. She was born Sept. 27, 1940, at home in a house on Country Club Road, the daughter of James C. and Tressa A. Northup. On Aug. 8, 1959, she married Stephen N. Johnson Sr., who survives her. They were married for 62 years. Irene graduated from Oneonta…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Here’s How You Crack NY Vaccine Scheduling It Takes Determination, Stick-With-It-Ness By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If you’re like me, and I only mean that in the COVID-phobic sense, you have been trying to figure out how to get vaccinated. I have been on-line an average of an hour a day for about two weeks trying to find appointments. Then I heard on the news that the New York State vaccination site…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL You Can Register For Vaccinations Through NY State Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: Beginning with this post, www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. The good news is that, beginning yesterday, our Otsego County neighbors 65 and older report having been able to schedule appointments to receive the COVID-19 inoculations at State of New…