LIFE IN TIME OF COVID-19 Social Distancing Works – Do It! By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com One and one-half weeks ago Otsego County, as part of the Mohawk Valley Region, was allowed to begin reopening following almost two months of lockdown to try and prevent the spread and decrease the incidence of COVID-19. Reopening is something desired by pretty much everyone. As long as all reasonable measures would be taken to prevent further spread and it is reasonable,…
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CITY HALL SEEKS TO HELP RESTAURANTS Imagine Dining Out In Middle Of Street By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The hottest restaurant in Oneonta could soon Be … Main Street? “One thing our ‘Survive and Thrive’ task force is exploring is shutting down streets to traffic for special dining events,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We don’t have a plan yet, but we’re looking into what streets we could close when and how that would affect traffic downtown.”…
LETTER from JOHN RUDY 5 Traffic Signals Doing Job Of One To the Editor: Until now, Cooperstown could be characterized as a quaint little village with one traffic light. That one light, on Main and Chestnut, has multiplied into five: one one each corner and one suspended above the middle of the intersection. Is this someone’s idea of a joke? Or just a case of Buy 4 Get 1 Free? JOHN A. RUDY Cooperstown…
After County Resolution, CSEA Changes Its Mind On Benefits To Laid-Off…
EDITORIAL Action Needed, And Responsible Majority Acted 9 ACCEPTED IMPERATIVE; 5 DIDN’T Sometimes things have to be done. Imperatives, they’re called. Such is the regrettable layoff of 59 county workers, a decision made May 20, a week ago Wednesday, by the Otsego County Board of Representatives. The layoffs go into effect Monday, June 8, the day county government is allowed to reopen. The vote was 9-4-1, with the nays all Democrats: a veteran county rep, Andrew Stammell, Town of Oneonta,…
FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE Off To Civitan Convention, Lad Sailed On Packet Line By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Fifteen years old. Never away from home overnight without my parents. And yet, wonderful! Sprung loose for two days on my own – with the night in between to be spent on a 250-mile trip on a steam packet, traveling down Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore, Md., to Norfolk, Va. I owe that dazzling adventure to the Annapolis Civitan Club, which had…
CCS Ready To Name Elementary Principal COOPERSTOWN – The CCS school board was hoping to name an elementary school principal this week. Anne Mecciarello, the former principal, will be promoted to high school principal June 1, and the appointee will be her successor. As soon as the new principal is announced, the news will be posted on www.AllOTSEGO.com…
OUTDOOR DINING ENCOURAGED, TOO Sidewalk Sales OK’d All Summer In Village By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It may not feel like a “special event,” but this summer, Cooperstown is going to celebrate – with a sale. “By establishing a ‘special event,’ we can allow for sidewalk vending in certain locations,” said Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk told her Village Board colleagues Tuesday, May 26. “A lot of our shops are in smaller spaces, so it may be advantageous…
HOMETOWN History May 29, 2020 135 Years Ago Home & Vicinity – A few nights ago a fair damsel who was coming out of one of our churches was approached by a young man who requested the pleasure of seeing “her home.” The young lady replied,” “No, sir; if you want to go home with me you must go with me to church, sit with me during the exercises and thus show yourself worthy of my company!” Sensible girl, that!…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Tuesday, May 27 Cuomo, Trump To Meet Today At White House ALBANY – Governor Cuomo Tuesday announced the Mid-Hudson Region has met all seven metrics and could begin Phase One of reopening, joining the Capital Region, Western New York, Central New York, North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley Regions, which includes Otsego County. Long Island is still on track to reopen today, May 27, when their contact tracing operation comes online and if deaths continue to…