Touched By Disabled Cat, Intern Returns, Brings ‘Ocean’ Home He Takes Little Wheelchair With Him By DARLA YOUNGS • Susquehanna Animal Shelter HARTWICK SEMINARY – On Sunday, May 24, Lucia Lopez made the 384-mile round trip from Maspeth, Queens, to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter here to adopt Ocean, a two-year-old male cat unable to stand or walk since birth due to a neurological disorder. Ocean had been at the animal shelter, located at 4841 State Route 28, since February. His…
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COMMON COUNCIL VOTE TUESDAY Murphy’s First Resolution: No Place For Racism Here By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Freshman Common Council member Luke Murphy will submit his first resolution at Tuesday’s meeting, reaffirming the City of Oneonta will continue working for equality and inclusion. The resolution seeks to “ensure that all its citizens receive equal treatment under the law, supports actions that ensure equity in the way our community is policed, and furthermore renounces all acts of…
IN MEMORIAM: Richard Breuninger, 73; Retired Pastor, Incoming Rotary President ONEONTA – Word has been received that Richard A. Breuninger, 73, retired United Methodist minister, passed away suddenly. He was vice president/president elect of the Oneonta Rotary Club, scheduled to assume the presidency July 1. Arrangements are in the hands of Johnston & Stanimer Funeral Home, Morris. A full obituary will follow when available.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Hospitalizations, Deaths Continue To Drop In NYS NEW YORK CITY – New York State is at the lowest number of deaths and hospitalizations since the pandemic began, Governor Cuomo reported today in his daily briefing. The number of total hospitalizations was down yesterday to lowest level since March 20 to 1,734. Thirty-two people in New York passed away due to COVID-19, down from a record-high of 800 just nine weeks ago. The Governor also:…
EDITORIAL Testaments Tell Us: We CAN Do Better At first, the “Defund the Police” initiatives surfacing nationwide seem like a truly awful idea: a blunt instrument to dissect a complex challenge dramatized again by George Floyd’s May 25 death while being taken into custody in Minneapolis. But drilling down, benefits surface. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that all organizations in Otsego County – local governments, non-profits, churches, businesses large and small, even newspapers – are rethinking operations in…
Wanna Bike? 4 Trail Systems Available Within Minutes Of Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If it’s been awhile since you rode a bike, now is the perfect time to get your wheels out of storage, Otsego Bicycles’ Sam Baskin will tell you. “There’s actually a bike shortage,” he said. “Because all the factories are shut down, we haven’t been able to get many new bikes in, so I’ve been busy fixing a lot of bikes…
MOST OPENING AT 50 PERCENT Slowly, Restaurants Open On Main Street By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Finally, it’s time to dine. During his press conference on Thursday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the Mohawk Valley, which includes Otsego County, was one of five regions that could move to indoor dining with 50 percent capacity as part of Phase Three of NY Forward. “Phase three allows indoor restaurant and food services and personal care services to resume,”…
For The Birds… Visit Audubon Sanctuary Atop Franklin Mountain By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com “TeacherTeacher. TeacherTeacher.” ONEONTA – That’s an Ovenbird,” said Andy Mason, co-president of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Sanctuary. “In all the years I’ve been birding, I’ve only ever seen two, and one of those times was because I almost stepped on a nest.” Named for their dome-shaped nest built on the ground, the Ovenbird is one of more than 100 species of birds who make their…
CLICK TO READ FULL PRESS RELEASE HERZIG, BRENNER ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR OPD REVIEW Mayor Apologizes To Wooden Family By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig and Police Chief Doug Brenner this morning announced Common Council will be asked to create a Community Advisory Board to review operating procedures in the wake of George Floyd’s death while being taken in to custody in Minneapolis. “All it can do it make us better,” the mayor said in…
Judge Coccoma Set To Retired June 30 Top Administrative Judge Outside NYC By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Whenever County Judge John Lambert had a question about the law, he knew he could turn to Judge Michael V. Coccoma, the county’s highest ranking jurist. “He was my mentor,” Lambert said. “There were times that a question would arise about how to handle something, he was a great person to bounce ethical questions of off. He was always willing…