IT’S UNANIMOUS Village Board OKs Mask Mandate For Anyone Walking Main Street The Cooperstown Village Board this evening unanimously approved a local law requiring everyone to wear a mask on Main Street sidewalks between Fair Street and Pine Boulevard, and on Pioneer Street from Lake to Church streets. Only 21 seats were permitted in the Village Hall’s second-floor ballroom, but they were mostly filled, primarily with citizens supportive of the law. In top photo, Marge Landers, Glen Avenue, commends the…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
otsego county news - Page 114
HOCHUL AT TOURISM ROUNDTABLE ‘Market To Staycations,’ Lieutenant Governor Says…
Bassett Opens 21st School-Based Clinic Seward, Clark Foundation Helped Float Clinic At GMU GILBERTSVILLE – Bassett Healthcare Network announced a few minutes ago it has opened a new school-based health center – its 21st – at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, serving pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students. The program is funded through grants obtained by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and a contribution by the Clark Foundation.…
In Thanks, All Adoptions $23 Anonymous Donation Helps SQSPCA Top $100K Challenge COOPERSTOWN – With the support of a “generous” anonymous donor and community supper, the Susquehanna SPCA has surpassed the $100,000 dollar-for-dollar matching challenge, bringing the shelter $223,000 closer to the new shelter’s $5 million price tag. An anonymous donor funded the challenge to help the Shelter Us campaign meet its goal. “Thanks to the generosity of this anonymous donor – and to an incredibly supportive community that continues…
Otsego Lake Boat Traffic Triples, Steward Reports “There’s a lot of traffic,” said Dave Hubbard, Afton, this afternoon as he removed his boat, top, from Otsego Lake at Cooperstown’s Fish Road. “I imagine everyone is just trying to get outside and do something.” Lake Steward Jared Stauss, inset right, a member of the team that checks boats for invasive species, said 1,800 boats have been inspected this year, triple last year’s 600. “It’s definitely way, way more,” said Stauss. Hubbard…
CLICK HERE TO REVIEW MASK LAW Inputs Brisk, Positive On Village’s Sign Law Mayor: Bassett, HoF Among Supporters By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board has received 19 emails or letters supporting the law that will require mandatory masks in the downtown, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch said a few minutes ago. The law goes to public hearing at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Monday) in the Village Hall’s second-floor ballroom. Those 19 (representing 23 people) expressed “strong support”…
Historian Tells Crowd Susan B. Anthony Was Here…
In Fairyland, A Tribute Arises…
Chief Clinical Officer Heneghan Leaving Bassett After 28 Years COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network today announced the departure of Dr. Steven Heneghan, the network’s chief clinical officer and a key player in recent successful efforts to limit the coronavirus locally. Dr. Bill LeCates, Bassett Hospital president, will assume interim responsibilities of chief medical officer for the hospital and the network on an interim basis.…
COVID-19 Cases Continue To Drop COOPERSTOWN – Despite Tuesday’s announcement of a sixth COVID-19 death in Otsego County, cases continue to decline. Today, there were only two active cases in the county, down from 11 at the beginning of the week. And only one is hospitalized, according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. Despite testing, confirmed cases remained stable at 109.…