STEAGALL ZOOMS IN FROM GEORGIA MLK Observance Features Innocence Project Leader Christian Steagall, operations coordinator at the Georgia Innocence Project, keynoted the Martin Luther King Day commemoration organized Monday by Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church.…
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IN MEMORIAM Wayne J. Balnis, Jr., 59 Feb. 18, 1961-Jan. 16, 2021 ONEONTA – Wayne J. Balnis Jr. better known as “JR”, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 of heart complications. Wayne was born on Feb. 18, 1961, in Oneonta, to Wayne Balnis and Patricia (Weitzel) Balnis. He married Carla Palmer on May 23, 1992, in the First United Methodist Church. They were married for 28 years and were constant companions, partners and best friends. His children survive…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Here’s How You Crack NY Vaccine Scheduling It Takes Determination, Stick-With-It-Ness By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If you’re like me, and I only mean that in the COVID-phobic sense, you have been trying to figure out how to get vaccinated. I have been on-line an average of an hour a day for about two weeks trying to find appointments. Then I heard on the news that the New York State vaccination site…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL You Can Register For Vaccinations Through NY State Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: Beginning with this post, 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. The good news is that, beginning yesterday, our Otsego County neighbors 65 and older report having been able to schedule appointments to receive the COVID-19 inoculations at State of New…
Vets Club, Genesee Bar Spawn COVID Outbreak RICHFIELD SPRINGS –The county Department of Health a few minutes ago announced a potential COVID-19 exposure at at the Richfield Veterans Club and the nearby Genesee Tap Room. If you were at the vets’ club, 13 Lake St., Jan. 8-10, or the Genesee, 38 Lake, Jan. 8-13, monitor yourself for symptoms, the health department recommends.…
IN MEMORIAM Barbara Duell Hewitt, 69; OHS Grad Raised Champion Morgan Horses ONEONTA – Barbara Duell Hewitt, who was raised in Oneonta and went on to raise world champion Morgan horses in Virginia, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, losing her final battle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Her loving family was at her bedside. Barbara was born in Las Cruces, N.M., on Sept. 9, 1951. The family lived in Kansas with generations of family until Barbara was 7,…
Delgado Visits, Promises Funding, COVID Assistance COOPERSTOWN – After visiting Otsego County government offices yesterday, Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today issued a statement praising County Treasurer Allen Ruffles and Public Health Director Heidi Bond and calling for federal assistance to get through COVID challenges. “I thank Treasurer Ruffles and Health Director Bond for their unrelenting work to maintain critical services and protect the public health of Otsego County residents,” said Delgado. “Counties like Otsego are ready, willing, and able to…
Herzig’s ‘State Of City’ To Explore Moving From ‘Survive’ To ‘Thrive’ ONEONTA – Reviewing a COVID-embattled year, Gary Herzig will deliver his annual State of the City address at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the regularly scheduled meeting of Common Council. Herzig’s address will focus on how the city is preparing to turn the corner from “Survive” to “Thrive” in 2021. The speech and the Council meeting can be viewed by the public at the City’s YouTube page.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Bart Barown, 93; Served In Pacific In World War II HARTWICK – Bart Barown, 93, a World War II Army veteran, serving in the Pacific Theater, died peacefully on Jan. 2, 2021, at Cooperstown Center. Following completion of his military service he married Inge (Wappler) in 1949. They moved to and raised their three children on their farm in Hartwick. Inge predeceased Bart in 1988.…
