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Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told

CLICK HERE FOR MEMO TO SCHOOLS Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told COOPERSTOWN – In a memo released Friday evening, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond advised local school superintendents that sports can resume as early as Monday. “Effective Feb. 1, participants in higher-risk sports may participate in individual or distanced group training and organized no/low-contact group training,” Bond wrote, “…including competitions and tournaments, if permitted by local health authorities.”…

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Council To Name Lt. Witzenburg As Chief Of OPD

JOIN LT. WITZENBURG ON BEAT Council To Name Brenner Deputy As Interim Chief Lieutenant Witzenburg To Take Helm Until Decision Made On OPD Leader ONEONTA – Common Council plans to name Police Lt.  Christopher Witzenburg as interim chief of the Oneonta Police Department when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday via Zoom. He succeeds Chief Doug Brenner, who announced earlier this month that, age 56, he is retiring after 15 years service with the OPD, the last four at the…

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Cooperstown’s Josh Pearlman Completes Marine Boot Camp

Cooperstown’s Josh Pearlman Completes Marine Boot Camp COOPERSTOWN – CCS graduate Joshua Potter Pearlman received the Eagle, Globe & Anchor pin of the United States Marine Corps earlier this month at a ceremony following completion of boot camp at Marine Base Parris Island, SC . Pearlman, 30, is the son of Nancy Potter and David Pearlman of Cooperstown. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 2008 and served for a year in AmeriCorps NCCC, the year-long component of the Corporation…

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Lynn Richards Jones, 77 April 10, 1943-Jan. 22, 2021

IN MEMORIAM Lynn Richards Jones, 77 April 10, 1943-Jan. 22, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Lynn Richards Jones, a folk artist well-known for her intricate scissor cuttings, passed away peacefully Friday evening, Jan. 22, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. She was 77. Like many loving couples who have spent their lives together, it might be said that Lynn died of a broken heart following the death of her husband of 53 years, David Jones, less than six months ago on…

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CVS: No Vaccines For NY

COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL CVS: No Vaccines For NY 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 York…

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Read NY AG’s Findings That Caused Firestorm

CLICK HERE TO READ REPORT Read NY AG’s Findings That Caused Firestorm Elderly Deaths In Nursing Homes 50% Higher Than Reported: James New York Attorney General Letitia James’ report, “Nursing Home Response to COVID-19 Pandemic,” found 50 percent more people died of COVID in nursing homes than the Cuomo Administration has been saying. The report, released yesterday, In response, Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, asked his colleagues to pull Governor Cuomo’s emergency powers; state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, called for Health…

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Oberacker To Zucker: Resign Over AG Report Of Low COVID-19 Count

Oberacker To Zucker: Resign Over AG Report Of Low COVID-19 Count Subpoenas Should Be Issued, Senator Adds ALBANY – Newly elected state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, joined his Assembly colleague today in reacting to Attorney General Letitia James’ report that the Cuomo Administration underreported COVID-19 nursing home deaths by 50 percent. Supporting Senate Republican Leader Rob Ort, Oberacker called for the “immediate resignation” of state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker. “I join with Senate Republican Leader Ortt in calling for the…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.