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Bassett Hosts Webinar On COVID-19 Vaccine COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Charles Hyman, Infection Disease Specialist and Dr. Kelly Rudd, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, are speaking now on the COVID-19 vaccine. According to Rudd, Bassett hopes to begin using the Moderna vaccine – which they believe will be approved by the end of the week – with front-line healthcare workers by early January. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE ZOOM …
Jim Seward Lauded, Given Key To Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Comparing retiring state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford to “Ghostbusters,” Mayor Gary Herzig lauded the Senator and presented him with a key to the city for his “timeless support” to the City of Oneonta. “It was never quite ‘Who you gonna call,’ because usually, he called me first,” Herzig said. “And he always asked, ‘What do you need me to do?'”…
BILL INTRODUCED IN ALBANY Salka Proposal Would Let Citizens Refuse Vaccines Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, today announced introducing a bill, A.11172, that would allow individuals to decide whether or not they want to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Salka, who represents Oneonta, Cooperstown and Richfield Springs, introduced the bill in response to recent proposals that would make the. COVID-19 vaccine mandatory.…
New Cluster Linked To Worcester Open House Bond: Woman Dies After COVID Exposure At Adult Care Facility COOPERSTOWN – An elderly woman became the county’s tenth COVID fatality after she caught the virus from an employee at her congregate living facility, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director, reported this afternoon. According to Bond, the employee attended a Thanksgiving dinner with a person who later tested positive. However, the employee went into work after their exposure, and subsequently infected the…
Cooperstown Distillery Set To Open Store In Saratoga The Cooperstown Distillery is about to open a store in the heart of vibrant Saratoga Springs – 453 Broadway – Proprietor Gene Marra said this morning, with a “soft opening” perhaps as soon as the end of this week. “It’s a dream come true,” said Marra. Visitors from Otsego County will find a locale quite similar to the distillery’s Beverage Exchange at Main and Pioneer streets in downtown Cooperstown, he said. Along…
CCS Goes Remote Until January 19 COOPERSTOWN – With one positive case and a rising number of “potential close contacts,” Cooperstown schools have gone entirely remote until January 19, according to a phone message sent out to parents across the district. “This is not a decision we made lightly,” said Interim Superintendent Romona Wenck in a voicemail left for district parents this morning. “But due to the number of potential close contacts and the number of faculty and staff who…
9th Victim Succumbs To COVID-19 Virus COOPERSTOWN – A woman who became sick with COVID-19 at the end of November died of the virus over the weekend, marking the ninth such death in the county, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director, reported this evening. Bond said the victim was over 55, putting her in the most vulnerable category. The last death reported in the county was at the end of October.…
Cooperstown Schools Go To ‘Emergency Remote’ Learning COOPERSTOWN – With one reported case of a staff member testing positive for COVID-19, Cooperstown Central School has moved to their “100% Emergency Remote Plan” Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 14-15, for all students K-12. According to a post on the district website, CCS Staff will continue to report to the buildings on these days.…
‘Illegal Activity’ Suspected In Vacant Home With Broken Windows, Garbage Main Street Property ‘Unsafe’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In an emergency meeting of the Oneonta Board of Public Service, 503 Main St. was declared blighted and unsafe after Deputy Code Enforcement Officer reported broken windows, a dangerous balcony and piles of garbage. “We first heard about this property from a neighbor who reported that the owner had died and wanted to know what was going…
