Virus SWAT Team Heads To SUNY-O As COVID Explodes Chancellor Hurries To Campus; Classes Cancelled For 2 Weeks By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras said Governor Cuomo is deploying a COVID-19 testing SWAT team to quell the worst outbreak of the disease in the 64-campus system. Three sites will be set up by Wednesday, where all students will be required to get tested, and members of the community at large can get tested for…
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BULLETIN WITH 105 CASES, SUNY CLOSING FOR TWO WEEKS ONEONTA – As the COVID-19 cases climbed from two on Tuesday to 105 today, SUNY Oneonta has announced that they will close for two weeks, according to state reports. SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras moved his scheduled visit up a day, and is slated to give a press conference shortly. Presently, he is conferring in a conference room at the Netzer Administration Building with Barbara Jean Morris, SUNY Oneonta president, Mayor Gary…
Bond: ‘Now Is Not The Time To Socialize.’ 29 New COVID Cases At SUNY; 2 More Infected in Community ONEONTA – 29 more SUNY Oneonta students have reported positive COVID tests on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 56 at the college alone, according to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. Additionally, a sixth teen from the reported gathering last weekend has tested positive, and another new case popped up, with no connection…
LISTEN TO JIM MALATRAS ON WAMC ONEONTA OUTBREAK WORST IN STATE SUNY CHANCELLOR DUE HERE MONDAY Plans To Meet With Herzig, Morris On ‘How Things Have Been Going’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY’s new chancellor, Jim Malatras, will be in Oneonta Monday, meeting with the mayor and the local college president to ensure everything is being done to stem the worst outbreak of COVID-19 – 29 cases – among the system’s 64 institutions. “We’re one…
State Appellate Court Overturns Callahan Murder Conviction By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – District Attorney John Muehl doesn’t see how overturning Casey Callahan’s guilty verdict is in the interest of justice. “This ruling was made ‘in the interest of justice,’” he said. “But their interest of justice is for a murderer, not a victim, who was a loving mother and a member of a close-knit family.” The Appellate Division, Third Department, overturned Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder…
MANY GETMANS IN LAW, MEDICINE Local Roots Run Deep For New County Judge By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Getmans and Otsego County go back a long way, in law and medicine, too. “In the Laurens cemetery, there are a lot of Getmans,” said Michael F. Getman, who will be sworn in Jan. 1, 2021, as the newest Otsego County judge. Norman Getman, a cousin of Damon Getman, the incoming judge’s grandfather, was county coroner during the…
Feared Quagga Mussel Invades BFS Researchers Locate Invasive Worse Then Zebra, Researcher Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SUNKEN ISLAND – At 2:41 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, just north of here, one of Sarah Coney’s worst fears was realized. There in a sieve that was straining a bucket of mud from Otsego Lake’s bottom was a tiny mussel the SUNY Oneonta biology master’s candidate immediately recognized. It was a quagga mussel, even more feared than the zebra mussel that…
COVID BREAKS OUT AT SUNY ONEONTA City Police Bust Party, Noise Violation Issued By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Walking downtown at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, Mayor Gary Herzig saw exactly what he’d hoped he wouldn’t see. “There were significant numbers of young people congregating in groups and not wearing masks,” he said. “I had high expectations, and I am very disappointed we did not achieve them.” And on Tuesday, Aug. 25, SUNY Oneonta announced…
ONEONTA ROTARY REDOUBLES EFFORT Challenged, ‘Operation Warm’ Aims To Keep More Kids Cozy Editor’s Note: To donate to “Operation Warm,” send checks to Oneonta Rotary Fund, Box 1122, Oneonta, NY 13620. For tax deduction, write “Operation Warm” in the memo line. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade of Operation Warm has created a decade of warm memories. “The pride of ownership is something new for a lot of the kids,” said Oneonta Rotarian Dave Mattice.…
CAN IT! In Time of Challenge, Breweries Get A Boost By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Roger Davidson ordered the new canning machine for Council Rock Brewery, he didn’t know it would be his restaurant’s lifeline. “We’ve been kicking around the idea of canning our beers for a few years,” he said. “And back in February, we just bit the bullet and bought the machine.” Dubbing the cans “Crowlers,” Davidson can put any beer the brewery…