GOAL: KEEP COVID-19 AT BAY Hartwick Students Tested Twice Even Before Class Starts ONEONTA – Students returning to Hartwick College this weekend must already have been tested for COVID-19, and will be tested again before classes begin Monday, Aug. 31. By then, all students and employees must sign a document averring they will “Our Social Compact: A Healthy Hartwick College,” outlining all steps they must take to keep the COVID threat at bay. “Hartwick’s goal is to enable our students to…
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PARENTS BRIEFED VIA ZOOM Oneonta’s ‘Hybrid’ Plan Allows Parents To Keep Children Out Of School ‘We’re Giving … A Choice,’ Brindley Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If the Oneonta School District reopens, as planned, on Oct. 13, parents can still keep their children at home, learning remotely, moms and dads learned at last evening’s Zoom public hearing on the reopening plan. “Many districts who plan to open in hybrid, your child has to be there,”…
Police: Richfield Springs Man Threatened Teens With Knife RICHFIELD SPRINGS – A Richfield Springs man was arrested after he allegedly threatened two teenagers with a knife, according to a release from State Police, Troop C. Thomas A. Niznik, 45, allegedly approached two teenagers on James Street in the Village of Richfield Springs. The teens told the police that they had stopped when the chain broke on one of their bikes.…
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4 COVID-19 Cases Surface This Week Still, No New Hospitalizations Reported COOPERSTOWN – Another new local case of COVID-19 was reported today, the fourth this week, bringing the total since March to 116. Of those, the county Health Department reported one on Tuesday and two on Wednesday. However, there are no current hospitalizations.…
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CLICK FOR REOPENING PLAN CLICK TO JOIN ZOOM BRIEFING CCS Will Delay School Opening A Month To 10/5 COOPERSTOWN – The opening of Cooperstown public schools has been pushed back a month, parents and citizens participating at this morning’s Zoom meeting on the reopening plan were advised. At-home instruction will be offered from Sept. 9, when schools were supposed to open, until Friday, Oct. 2; then current plans are for students to return to class that Monday, Oct. 5, said…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Aug. 20-21, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK STUDENTS RETURN 3 SUNY Stances Disappoint Oneonta Mayor Campus Experiments With Waste-Water Test Incoming Hartwick Students Tested Twice EDITORIAL: Resolve SUNY-City Hall Issues LETTER: Text Of Mayor’s Welcome, Warning More From FRONT PAGE Week One, All Agree: Masks Being Worn Oneonta Atty. Getman Next County Judge AllOTSEGO.life Big Time Beckons ‘Heartthrob’ Cuyle Carvin For Tifanne, Garden Of Good Deed Grows COLUMNS VELEZ: Will COVID…
Catskill Symphony’s Sounds To Be Heard Online Sept. 12 ONEONTA – Maciej Żółtowski, the Catskill Symphony Orchestra’s new conductor, will pick up the baton in a live Internet concert on Sept. 12, the CSO announced this morning. The concert will feature a string ensemble from the CSO, playing the music of Pachelbel, Mozart, Grieg and Bartòk. Subscribers will receive information on how to join the event over email.…
LETTER from HUDI PODOLSKY Shortening Census Deadline Adds Urgency: Fill Yours Out! To the Editor: Counting everyone in the country for the Census is an enormous job, and we need everyone’s help right now. The work is done by the professionals of the Census Bureau and by thousands of temporary workers they hire and train. Their work is supported by a vast army of local volunteer groups, Complete Count Committees.…