More Free COVID-19 Tests; This Time, At Southside Mall ONEONTA – Free COVID-19 tests are being offered 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, Aug. 20, in the Southside Mall parking lot, the county Department of Health has announced. You must pre-register at (607) 547-4279. These tests are for people who are not sick but want to be tested, and will be performed will be a nasal pharyngeal swab.…
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GOP Committee Chooses Getman For Burns’ Post From Among 6 Attorneys, He’ll Join Bench On Jan. 1 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Almost 30 years of legal practice in Otsego County culminated this afternoon for Michael F. Getman, 62, who was chosen on the third ballot to succeed fellow Oneontan Brian D. Burns as Otsego county judge. The son of a city judge, Getman, who has served as chief assistant district attorney and city prosecutor, will…
BULLETIN Getman Selected As County Judge COOPERSTOWN – Oneonta City Prosecutor Michael F. Getman was selected this after by the Republican County Committee to succeed fellow Oneontan Brian D. Burns as county judge. CHECK BACK FOR FULL STORY…
S.S. Van Dine, Philo Vance Focus Of Swart-Wilcox Panel Libby Cudmore, mystery author and managing editor, Hometown Oneonta/The Freeman’s Journal/AllOTSEGO.com, speaks about the creation of Philo Vance, one of the premier sleuths of the “Golden Age” of detective fiction, by Willard Huntington Wright, who adopted the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine to write the mystery series, during a talk at the Swart-Wilcox House this afternoon. With her are Bob Brzozowski, executive director, Greater Oneonta Historical Society, who discovered that Wright likely…
OSCAR WINNER DIRECTS CARVIN ‘Oneonta’s Heartthrob’ Shoots New Film Locally…
CLICK FOR GOFUNDME ACCOUNT CV-S 14-Year-Old Swims Otsego Lake Feat Benefits Community Foundation COOPERSTOWN – A five minutes past noon today, 20 friends and relatives helped Mina Aramini up onto the village docks after she swam the entire 9-mile length of Otsego Lake. Mina, 14, a Cherry Valley-Springfield High School student, completed her swim in 4 hours and 39 minutes with her mother April paddling alongside in her kayak. Mina dedicated her accomplishment to the Community Foundation of Otsego County. …
MEETING UNDERWAY AT OTESAGA GOP Committee Deciding On Next County Judge The six candidates for Otsego county judge gathered a few minutes ago in The Otesaga Ballroom in Cooperstown, where deliberations are underway at this hour on who will succeed Brian D. Burns of Oneonta on the county bench. All attorneys, the candidates, from left, are Rich Brown, Mike Getman, Susan Lettis, Jill Ghaleb, Mike Trosset and Will Green. Inset right, County Republican Chairman Vince Casale calls the meeting of…
Attention Bowlers! Governor Will Let Lanes Reopen Monday ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced bowling alleys throughout New York State will be allowed to reopen starting Monday with strict safety protocols in place. Bowling alleys will be able to operate at a 50-percent maximum occupancy limit; face coverings and social distancing will be required at all times; every other lane must be closed; patrons need to stay with the party at their assigned lane; thorough cleaning and disinfection of shared…
CLICK HERE TO REVIEW QUESTIONNAIRES ‘Affordable Housing’ Is Her Priority For Village, Tillapaugh Tells League COOPERTOWN – “Affordable housing” will be the priority of Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who is running unopposed in the Sept. 15 Village Board primary, according to questionnaires posted today by the League of Women Voters, Cooperstown chapter, on the LWV’s “Vote 411” web site. “The village’s largest employer, Bassett Healthcare, employs 2700 people on the Cooperstown campus alone,” wrote Tillapaugh in response to the League’s…
IN MEMORIAM: Barton Bonney, 80; Owned Chestnut Street Radio Shack ONEONTA – Barton Bonney, 80, a WDOS engineer and former owner of Radio Shack on Chestnut Street, Oneonta, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, July 25, 2020. Born in Philadelphia, Barton relocated to Oneonta with his family to work for WDOS as a radio engineer, later owning the Radio Shack.…