Reported Cases Make Dramatic Climb By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In a single day, reported county-wide cases have climbed by nearly sixty increasing the active case count to 210 and the hospitalizations by three for a total of 18. No new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, keeping the 2021 fatalities at three and the fatalities to date at 21. Based on the figures, more than twenty people have successfully completed isolation and are considered no longer contagious.…
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DOH Helps To Vaccinate 100s In Single Day, Bond Says By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego Department of Health helped to vaccinate roughly 200 eligible tier 1a and 1b candidates at the Meadows Building on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. According to County Department of Health Director Heidi Bond, they are hoping to roll out additional clinics soon. Those interested in receiving the vaccine should visit: am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/…
Basset Extends Visitation Limits Through Feb. 15 Patients’, Employees’ Health, Safety Depend On It, Memorandum Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network has extended its limited visitation policy at Bassett and Fox hospitals and all facilities across the region through Feb. 15, it announced today. In addition, all regional clinics and long-term care facilities, including Fox Nursing Home, remain closed to visitors.…
IN MEMORIAM Susan Holmes Borden Landon Private Rites Jan. 30 In Oneonta ONEONTA – Susan Holmes Borden Landon peacefully departed this life on Nov. 23, 2020, at her home in Oneonta. The love of many and her own great spiritual strength will guide the rest of her journey. Sue was born as the second daughter to Leon and June Borden, in a large family of seven children. Growing up close, making music together and spending summers in the Adirondacks left…
READ ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT Delgado Among 200 Sponsoring Impeachment Bill Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today co-sponsored an article of impeachment against President Trump, citing incitement of insurrection. The article of impeachment, authored by Reps. Cicilline, Raskin, and Lieu, has been co-sponsored by over 200 congressmen. “On Jan. 6, the President incited a violent insurrection of the Capitol while Congress sought to uphold its constitutional duty to certify election results,” said Delgado.…
Frozen Lakes, 20s Temperatures Bring Ice Fishermen Onto Lakes Temperatures down into the single digits Saturday night brought ice fishermen onto frozen local lakes that were open water as recently as last week. Kadyn Bosley, Hartwick, top photo, shows off bass he caught on Goodyear Lake Sunday morning. Spending the weekend on the ice with his father, this was the first of twenty catches of the day on Sunday. Inset, Kris Solovitch, Laurens, drills a hole in the Goodyear Lake,…
Hold Onto Your Mittens: Icy Blast Due This Week A change in the weather pattern later this week could set the stage for more snow across the East Coast for the month of January, with some help from a familiar winter friend – the polar vortex. Temperatures will start tumbling in the Northern Plains and Midwest on Thursday, and the cooler air will likely reach places like the Ohio Valley on Thursday night and Friday. The cold is due to…
2021 Cooperstown Winter Carnival Lions’ Poster Contest Seeks ‘We’re All Connected’ Entries COOPERTOWN – The Cooperstown Lions Club is sponsoring a youth Peace Poster Contest on the theme, “We’re All Connected,” in conjunction with the 2021 Cooperstown Winter Carnival. The local winner will receive $250. Participants must be 11, 12 or 13 years old on Nov. 15, 2021. The winning poster will also be submitted to the Lions district for further judging and possible higher state and international level…
IN MEMORIAM Jeffrey E. Hahn, 76, Laurens; Former School Superintendent LAURENS – Jeffrey E. Hahn of Laurens, a 40-year educator nd former Laurens Central School superintendent, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at his home, with his wife, Corinne, by his side. He was born Aug. 10, 1944, in Syracuse, the son of the late Edward and Marie (Sheldon) Hahn.…
Warning Issued On Nancy’s Bar New Year’s Day Patrons, Beware SCHENEVUS – Patrons at Nancy’s Bar on Main Street here between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day may have been exposed to COVID-19, the county Health Department announced this afternoon. Those at Nancy’s Bar during that time should monitor themselves and further notify those they have been in contact with in the days following – should they develop symptoms, according to Public Health Director Heidi Bond.…
