BOUND VOLUMES May 13, 2020 200 YEARS AGO It is said that the death of Tamaahmaah, King of the Sandwich Islands, has caused so much dissension among his successors and officers, as to threaten a revolution and civil war. The old King left upwards of $150,000 dollars in specie. The death of this venerable Indian Prince at the present time, is a cause of serious regret among the friends of Christianity in this community. He was very favorably disposed towards…
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(new) NORMAL ARRIVES Moving Beyond COVID, Bassett Hospital Opens For Regular Treatments By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – No new cases in a week in Otsego County. No hospitalizations at Bassett facilities either. At a press conference Tuesday, May 12, in Bassett Hall, Healthcare Network leaders said the region has entered a new phase in the wake of its battle with the coronavirus. The network is already starting to ramp its number of surgeries back up and…
HOMETOWN History May 15, 2020 35 Years Ago Mr. Arthur Platt writes us from Colliers: On the bottom lands ten rods south of what is known as Quick Sand bank, and thirty rods due west of Wm. Burnside’s premises (about half way between Colliers and the Junction), I discovered Saturday a thick deposit of charred wood, mingled with small fragments of bone which had evidently been burned. Whether they were human remains or not could not be determined. I set…
(new) NORMAL ARRIVING OTSEGO COUNTY ABOUT TO ENTER PHASE 1 OPENING In Week, Debate Over Baby Step Turns Into Big Forward Strides By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For Otsego County businesses (and local governments that depend on the sales taxes they generate), it was the week the iceberg cracked. Just last Wednesday, May 6, the county Board of Representatives heatedly debated a mild resolution nudging Governor Cuomo to “reopen” Otsego County as soon as he could, please. “Leave…
All Star Village Cancels Week 2 WEST ONEONTA – Week 2 of the All Star Village 2020 season – June 13-19 — has been cancelled, the youth-tournament venue’s proprietor, Marty Patton, announced this morning. “While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our country at large, regrettably, we will not be able to deliver the ultimate Cooperstown experience your team and families have been looking forward to,” Patton wrote to Week 2 families across the nation.…
Puppies On Parade! SPCA Brings Smiles, Dogs To Chestnut Park…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Tuesday, May 12 Block COVID-19 Business Bailouts, Cuomo Declares ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced some members of New York’s Congressional Delegation will propose the “Americans First Law” to help prevent corporate bailouts following the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo did not list Otsego County’s congressman, Antonio Delgado, D-19, among the representatives supporting the legislation.…
Logging Accident Kills Unadilla Man UNADILLA – An 80-year-old Unadilla man was killed on his property after a falling tree struck him while he was logging, according to Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C public information officer. William P. Marszal was clearing trees on his property on Ben McCumber Road last night with a John Deere 420 bulldozer. While skidding a downed tree, the downed tree uprooted another tree, which then fell on Marszal and caused head trauma.…
COOPERSTOWN REDO NEARS END Entrance Arch Rises At Doubleday Field…
SPCA Rescues Worcester Dog After Life-Threatening Infection COOPERSTOWN – Cabela, a new mom with seven puppies at home, was so sick she couldn’t eat and wouldn’t nurse her pups. Her owner, Donna Robinson, Worcester, reached out to Stacie Haynes, executive director, Susquehanna SPCA, for assistance, after Cabela was rushed to Heritage Veterinary Clinic for emergency spay surgery. SQSPCA staff picked up mom and puppies and, at Heritage, Cabela was diagnosed with pyometra, a life-threatening infection in the uterus.…