Masks – Necessity…? Or Fashion Statement? By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If you must wear a mask, it might as well express your personality, as is happening in Oneonta, Cooperstown and places in between. “I have made masks from fabric with emojis, Care Bears, My Little Pony and patriotic prints, and I just ordered some baseball fabric,” said Sarah Vandomelen, a supervisor at the Cooperstown Price Chopper. She started by making a few masks for her co-workers at…
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From Edmeston Comes NYC Angel Of Mercy By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com EDMESTON – The family, David Delker said, was desperate. “They were calling from Florida, but their mom was in The Bronx,” he said. “She wasn’t a COVID-19 death, but the funeral homes in the city had a month and half backlog, and they were just calling further and further upstate. “They were panicking, they had seen the horror stories and were thinking the worst. But as…
Seward: Prayers Helped Through COVID-19 Scare By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – The coronavirus came on bit by bit. “In late March, I got a cough, a hacking cough,” said state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, now recuperating at home from a narrow escape from COVID-19. “I didn’t think a lot about it.” Then, “I started feeling quite fatigued and lethargic.” Also suffering from a second cancer bout – the first was in 2016 – he went to…
With Elective Surgery, Bassett Normalizing By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As COVID-19 cases slow and the virus appears more contained, Bassett Hospital is beginning to start the process of returning to a new version of normalcy. “We realized that things that could be put off for a few weeks can no longer be deferred,” said Dr. William LeCates, hospital president. “What was elective for a week or two is often not for two to three months.”…
Week 1, Donors Give Foundation $127K COOPERSTOWN – In less than a week, the fledgling Community Foundation of Otsego County raised $127,000 towards its “COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund for Otsego County.” The original $30,000 challenge grant, announced Tuesday, April 21, was matched in 72 hours. A second $20,000 challenge, announced Friday the 24th, was met over the weekend. “The community is really coming on like gangbusters to support their neighbors and fellow community members,” said Harry Levine, CFOC board…
IN TIME OF COVID-19: Latest Cancellations: Springfield 4th of July, OHS Alumni Weekend SPRINGFIELD – Springfield’s annual Fourth of July Parade, the second oldest continually running parades in the United States, has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, according to the Springfield 4th of July Committee. The Oneonta Alumni Association has also cancelled its annual reunion, scheduled for October.…
The One’s Still The One – Later Jeter’s Celebration Lives, Only In 2021, Hall President Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Just because Derek Jeter’s induction has been postponed for a year doesn’t mean that we’ve missed out on the big one. “His induction will still be the one,” said Tim Mead, president, Baseball Hall of Fame. “Instead of focusing on it for five years, we’ll have to focus for six. But it will still be…
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JETER TO JOIN CLASS OF 2021 BOARD MEETS, CANCELS HALL’S 2020 INDUCTION By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Derek Jeter will have to wait another year to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame. “Being inducted into the Hall of Fame will be an incredible honor, but the health and safety of everyone involved are paramount,” said Jeter. “I respect and support the decision to postpone this year’s enshrinement and am looking forward to joining current Hall…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 30-May 1, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS UPDATE BEGINNING OF THE END? NO JETER INDUCTION UNTIL 2021 Week 1, Donors Give Foundation $127K With Elective Surgery, Bassett Normalizing Seward: Prayers Helped Me Through COVID-19 From Edmeston Comes NYC Angel Of Mercy ‘Bad Batch’ Cause 4 Oneonta Overdoses AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Masks – Necessity Or Fashion Statement? Garden Club’s Daffodils Brighten Oneonta Libby’s List Of Virtual Things To Do EDITORIALS With Facts…