A COVID-Era Visit From St. Nick… By MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the dark night of COVID, and all through the county Not a traveler was budging, not one little amounty; The masks were hung by the front door with care, In hopes that the vaccine soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of Zoom school danced in their heads; The schools had…
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6 PIONEERS GET SHOTS It’s Beginning Of End Of Virus In Otsego County By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Six Tier One Bassett employees elected to receive the Moderna vaccine in Bassett Hospital’s Clark Auditorium this morning. Housekeeper Eddie Cook, among the six, was “excited and a little nervous” about receiving the vaccine. “If it helps stop the spread and will keep his wife safe,” he said, “I am happy to do it – I will be…
MODERNA VACCINE ARRIVES First Shot Given In Otsego County CHECK BACK FOR FULL STORY…
BULLETIN Bassett Hospital Plans 1st Local Vaccine Shots COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital announced it plans to administer its first Moderna vaccinations at 11 a.m. today in its Clark Auditorium. CHECK BACK FOR FULL DETAILS…
‘A Christmas Carol’ Makes Audiobook Debut By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Five years after he made his stage debut as Belle’s Baby in “A Christmas Carol,” Dashiell Henrici is ready to take his career to the next level. “A few months ago, he announced he was going to be an actor,” said his mother, Danielle. “And for this show, he was told to say the word ‘God’ like you have a hot dog in your mouth,…
TJ Maxx Offers ‘Virtual Queue’ To Limit Lines, Protect Customers ONEONTA – TJ Maxx at Southside Mall has begun offering customers a chance to virtually save their spot in line, rather than wait out in the cold. This morning, TJ Maxx unveiled the plan, which will affect not only the Southside location, but all locations and sister stores, Marshalls, HomeGoods and Homesense. With COVID policies limiting the number of people in the store at any time, the “queue” alerts shoppers when…
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11th COVID Death Marks 3rd In Month COOPERSTOWN – A third woman has died of COVID-19 this month, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director, reported this evening. This marks the 11th death in the county since the pandemic began in March. Bond reports that the victim, a woman over 55, had not been intubated, but had been hospitalized for “less than a week” when she succumbed to her illness.…
AllOTSEGO.com MINI-EDITORIAL ‘OneBassett’ Is Promising Idea; Let’s Get Behind It This mini-editorial is prompted by our next two editions’ editorials: This coming week, the topic is, of course, Christmas. The following week, Citizen of the Year. That means we would be unable to comment on “OneBassett,” an exciting innovation at the 5,200-employee Bassett Healthcare System, until the New Year. We all depend on Bassett, particularly in Otsego County on the mother ship, Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, and Fox Hospital in…
Bond: COVID Cases Still High From Thanksgiving COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Department of Health is still seeing cases of COVID-19 related to Thanksgiving gatherings, according to Heidi Bond, public health director. 25 cases were reported today, with one additional hospitalization and 978 quarantined.…
