MORRIS CALLS IT ‘HEARTBREAKING’ SUNY Postpones 2020 Graduation Until Fall ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta has announced that the 2020 commencement, originally scheduled for Saturday, May 9, has been postponed until fall. “We know this is absolutely heartbreaking for our seniors,” said President Barbara Jean Morris. “Unfortunately, there is just no way to safely move forward with commencement, our largest gathering of the year.” Classes will resume online Monday, March 23, and the college has developed a staggered move-out process that…
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CORONAVIRUS EDITION Cooperstown Distillery To Manufacture, Give Away Hand Sanitizer COOPERSTOWN – Gene Marra, the entrepreneurial founder of Cooperstown Distillery, has found a need and plans to fill it. Hand sanitizers. He’s ordered 200 four-ounce bottle – they arrived today – and plans to fill it with a 160-percent alcohol mixture. “Essentially vodka,” he said. On Friday, he should be distributing them at no cost and see how it goes. And the producer of Cooper’s Legacy Bourbon has come up…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION CSO Loses $47,000; Helios Hit For Now, As Events Cancelled By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2019, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra brought in record $47,000 with their annual Cabaret Concert, where guest conductors vie for contributions to conduct “Stars and Stripes Forever” at the show’s conclusion. But on Thursday, March 12, the CSO announced that its biggest fundraiser and the debut of new music director designee Maciej Zoltowski would be cancelled with no plans to…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Food Banks Expect Onslaught, Worry About Food Shortages Oneonta’s Lord’s Table Serving Only Takeout By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the kids home and many workers facing temporary layoffs as Coronavirus quarantines shutter businesses and send workforces home, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Walton Levitt, Coordinator, Hunger Coalition, is anticipating a higher demand on food pantries and feeding ministries. “So many people are one disaster away from food insecurity,” she said. “A lot of people are losing…
BOUND VOLUMES March 19, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement: Academy and Boarding School for Young Misses – The Rev. Mr. Molther, respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Cooperstown and its vicinity, that after New Year’s Day, 1820, he intends to establish in this Village, an Academy and Boarding School for Young Misses. Aided by his eldest daughters, he proposes to give instruction in the following branches of learning: Reading, English Grammar, Writing, Orthography (or correct spelling put to practice),…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP It’s Right To Close Schools; Dreams Park Must Be Next To the Editor: Schools are the absolute best places to transmit airborne diseases, almost as effective as cruise ships. In the average size high school, there are over 750,000 contacts a day at less than 10 feet that can potentially transmit an airborne disease such as the flu or COVID-19. And that does not include making out behind the stadium. The fact that children don’t get…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 19-20, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS EDITION 1000+ PLUS CALLS TO BASSETT HOTLINE SCHOOLS: What About SATs, Sports, More? GOVERNMENT: 50% Of Workers Sent Home BUSINESS: Merchants Look For New Niche POLITICS: Governor Cancels Village Elections Baseball Hall Of Fame Closes ‘Indefinitely’ Hall of Fame Classic Weekend Canceled Local Food Banks Bracing For Onslaught Non-Profits Take Hit From Cancellations Distillery To Distribute Free ‘Cooper’s Clean’ EDITORIALS Rah, Team! Beat…
HOMETOWN History March 20, 2020 150 Years Ago Shooting Affray – Nobody Killed: A disgraceful affair occurred in Shafer’s Store at Pepacton last Saturday evening. It appears that two men, James Frazier and Ad. Shafer, proprietor of the store, got into some dispute which brought on a war of words, when Frazier struck Shafer on the nose with some instrument which proved hard enough to break the said nose, and necessitate the sending for a medical man, who reconstructed it…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Schools Closed, But What About SATs? What About Sports? By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Families across Otsego County are working to adjust to a new normal of “social distancing,” and for many that includes having their school-age children at home. Fears about the COVID-19 virus and its contagion have brought a massive and rapid change to how we live, and it isn’t yet clear what impacts that will have on routines students and families have lived…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION 1,000+ CALLS TAKEN HERE Some Tests Will Be Positive, Streck Expects By JIM KEVLIN & ELIZABETH COOPER Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Bill Streck, Bassett Healthcare Network CEO, told the county’s Emergency Task Force Tuesday, March 17, that there’s still a shortage of Coronavirus test kits available locally. Nonetheless, a lot of people have been swabbed at the testing tents set up outside Bassett facilities. “They are out there, and coming back slowly,” reported county Board Chair Dave Bliss,…