Committee Assignments Give New Senator Inputs On Broadband, Bail Law ALBANY – Otsego County’s new state senator, Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, has been named ranking Republican on two Senate committees: Internet & Technology and Alcoholism & Substance Abuse. He will also serve on Education, Health, Higher Education and Judiciary. “Being tasked with leadership roles on two senate committees is a major responsibility. Both of these key committees deal with vital issues that have intensified in need during the COVID pandemic.”…
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Delgado Completes Pfizer Double-Shot Combination WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, received the second and final dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. “With full confidence in the science and following the advice of public health officials, today I received the second and final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine,” he said after his vaccination.…
SEND US 100-WORD TRIBUTE Help Say Thank You To Senator Jim Seward The next edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta (Jan. 14-15) will be a Tribute to State Sen. Jim Seward, who retired on Dec. 31 after serving Otsego County in Albany for 34 years. You are welcome to participate. Please keep your tribute to 100 words, and email it by noon Monday, Jan. 11, along with your name and town of residence to jimk@allotsego.com…
BULLETIN 75% Of Moderna Vaccine Used, Hospital Reports COOPERSTOWN – 75 percent of Bassett Hospital’s supply of the Moderna vaccine has been administered to employees, spokesman Karen Huxtable-Hooker said this morning, up from 30 percent earlier this week. The Pfizer vaccine has also been administered to some employees, she said.…
IN MEMORIAM Oneonta Native Dies Of COVID Downstate ONEONTA – Oneonta native Gary C. Hungerford, 78, passed away suddenly on Jan. 6, 2021, in Farmingdale, L.I., of COVID-19. The Oneonta High School Class of 1961 graduate and Navy veteran, “Tin Can Sailor” was reunited in heaven with his beloved wife of 54 years, Felice.…
DELGADO SAYS: REMOVE TRUMP WASHINGTON – A few moments ago, Otsego County’s congressman, Antonio Delgado, D-19, called for President Trump’s removal from office. He joined U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and some members of the state’s congressional delegation, who also called for the president’s removal. Here’s Delgado’s complete statement: “Yesterday, a core tenet of our democracy – the peaceful transition of power – came under siege. And in appalling fashion, the siege occurred in the People’s House.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 7, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Cuomo Calls Out Fox New Senator Joining Salka To Stem COVID Overreach Thanksgiving Bubble Pops: County COVID Cases Drop 31 In Day Next Generation Buys Rudy’s City Hall Seeks $500,000 To Redo Oneonta Theatre EDITORIAL In COVID Year, Leaders Did Step Up COLUMNS DELGADO: I’ll Focus On What 19th District Needs McREYNOLDS…But I Wasn’t Afraid Of ‘The Troubles’ STERNBERG: COVID Transforming Calls…
LOOKING AHEAD DELGADO: I’ll Focus On What 19th District Needs Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Otsego County’s Congressman Antonio Delgado’s State of the District address Monday, Jan. 4, the day after he was sworn in for a second term at the U.S. Capitol. Accessibility, accountability, transparency. To me, these are not just words—they are my creed. I can’t promise that we will always see eye-to-eye on a particular issue. But I can and do promise you that I…
Thanksgiving Bubble Pops: County COVID Cases Drop 31 In Day By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After burgeoning since Thanksgiving get-togethers, the number of active cases county-wide have suddenly dropped by 31 in a single day. Despite 10 new cases and 19 hospitalization of either new or ongoing cases being reported today, the total active cases as of Tuesday, Jan. 5, was 126, 30-plus-one lower than the day before. Most likely, the drop is due to successful quarantines, said…
Cuomo Calls Out Fox Use Vaccine Or Lose It, He Says By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In a daily press conference Monday, Jan. 4, Governor Cuomo called out Fox Hospital: If the Oneonta facility doesn’t use its anti-COVID vaccine allocation more quickly, it won’t get any more. The governor said Fox had only used 18 percent of the doses it has. Bassett Healthcare Network’s spokesman, Karen Huxtable-Hooker, said that figure is actually 30 percent as of Tuesday the…
