Holiday Fallout Still Felt Locally By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The COVID-19 death toll continues to climb. Why? According to Public Health Director Heidi Bond, the fatalities are still largely related to the holidays, including as far back as Thanksgiving. “A lot of these people were those that were hospitalized for a long period of time,” Bond said today. One ongoing cluster remains active at a nursing home within the county that has yet to be…
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CLICK FOR COOPERSTOWN PLAN Oneonta, Cooperstown Police Reforms Readied City, Village Plan Hearings Next Week By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The City of Oneonta and Village of Cooperstown are ready to seek public input for proposed police reforms, as follows: In Oneonta, Common Council has scheduled a public hearing for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. No draft is available yet. The public may participate via the city’s Facebook page, www.youtube.com/cityofoneonta, or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84602261161?pwd=M1pNQkdWaXhYODB4UHlCdHJLMWZ4QT09 In Cooperstown, Village…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL All County Sites Short Of Vaccine Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New…
IN MEMORIAM: Georgina M. Acosta, 90; Seamstress Raised 5 Children In Oneonta ONEONTA – Georgina Miranda Acosta, 90, of Oneonta, passed on peacefully to her forever home with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Her last days were spent in the loving care of Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa., with her family close by. Born on Feb. 22, 1930, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Juan and Lucila (Gonzalez) Miranda. Georgina attended grammar…
IN MEMORIAM Allan J. Ahearne, DVM May 31, 1932 – Jan. 10, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Allan J. Ahearne, born May 31, 1932, passed away at home in Warwick on Jan. 10, 2021. Allan was raised by his beloved mother Helen McCauley Ahearne, his Aunt Virginia Anglescy, and his grandparents Michael and Ellen McCauley in a tight-knit Irish Catholic community in Jersey City, N.J. His childhood made a lasting imprint and infused in him a loving dedication to family, a tenacious…
With Snow Emergency, CCS Classes Cancelled COOPERSTOWN – With Governor Cuomo declaring a snow emergency Tuesday in Otsego County, Cooperstown Central School announced a few minutes ago it is closing schools. No doubt the same is happening across the county: Kids and parents, be sure to check when you wake up.…
Push To Remove Trump Billboard Hits A Roadblock Town Planners Seek Toppling; Village Unsure If That’s Legal By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Due to the weather, the Milford Town Planning Board meeting was cancelled this evening, delaying the resolution of efforts to have the “Trump 2024” billboard removed on Route 28 outside the north end of the village. The village’s mayor, Brian Pokorny, said this evening that two town Planning Board members approached him two weeks…
Springbrook Manager To Lead OFO’s $4M Head Start Program ONEONTA – Nicole Cashman joined Opportunities for Otsego today as Head Start director, OFO Director Dan Maskin announced. For the past five years, she has been director of Community Homes at Springbrook. She brings OFO nearly 20 years’ experience in the non-profit sector and a solid background in program operations, strategic planning, and financial management, Maskin said.…
Oneonta Native Named GOHS Executive Director Micucci Has SUNY Binghamton Ph.D. ONEONTA – Effective today, Marcela Micucci, who holds a doctorate in American history from SUNY Binghamton, has been named executive director of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. She succeeds Bob Brzozowski, who has been active as GOHS president, then executive director, for 18 years. Since obtaining her doctorate in 2016, she has served as a curator at the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan and the…
IN MEMORIAM Henry Raymond ‘Ray’ Armitage June 12, 1927-Dec. 26, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Henry Raymond “Ray” Armitage died Dec. 26, 2020, of COVID-19 at Bassett Hospital. Born June 12, 1927, in Irvington, N.J., he was the son of Henry Raymond Armitage Sr. and Madelyn Montigel Armitage. Ray was a member of the Cooperstown High School graduating class of 1944 and Colgate University, Class of 1949. After his freshman year at Colgate, Ray was called to the Navy in 1945 for one…
