Wenck: CCS Students ‘Happy To Be Here’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At Cooperstown Central School, it’s good to be back. “Last week, the faculty and staff were all saying, ‘We can’t wait until Monday,’” said interim Superintendent Ramona Wenck,. “The kids are happy to be here too. It’s like they say – you don’t know what you have until you’ve lost it.” Divided into “A” and “B” cohorts, students returned to the campus on Monday,…
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Freeman’s Journal Village’s Official Paper COOPERSTOWN – At its reorganization meeting Monday, Oct. 5, the Village Board designated The Freeman’s Journal, which has been serving Coopertown since 1808, as an official newspaper. Watch for legal advertising and official notices to keep you apprised of happenings inside 22 Main.…
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Cooperstown Man, 45, Charged In Vandalism Of ‘Mask On Main’ Signs COOPERSTOWN – A 45-year-old, Luke Smith, 67 Chestnut St., was arraigned in Otsego Town Court this afternoon on charges of spray-painting big Xes on 12 “Mask on Main” signs late Monday night in Business District. Five of the signs were 24- by 36-inch sandwich boards at the entry to Cooperstown’s downtown, designed to alert visitors that mask-wearing is required on Main Street sidewalks between Fair and Chestnut streets, and…
CLICK HERE FOR 2AS STATEMENT Petitions Signed By 3,295 Seek Gun Sanctuary Chairman Bliss Refers Issue To Public Safety Committee By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego 2AS movement arrived this morning in the county Board of Representatives’ chambers. County Rep. Rick Brockway, R-West Laurens, presented petitions on 2AS’ behalf with 3,295 signatures calling on the county board to declare Otsego County a gun-law sanctuary, where the state’s SAFE Act, consider one of the toughest such laws…
Senator Seward Mourns Leader Bruno’s Passing ALBANY – On the news of former state Senator Majority Leader Joe Bruno’s passing, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today issued a statement praising him as “a mentor, a friend and a dynamic public servant.” “Joe was a fighter through and through who stood up to every challenge he faced,” Seward said. “The Capital District as well as all of New York State will reap the benefits of his dedication for generations to come.…
County Sales-Tax Loss Largest Across NY State ‘Baseball, College Students’ Among Culprits COOPERSTOWN – Only two counties in New York State saw their sales tax drop in the most recent report – Hamilton in the Adirondacks and Otsego, county Treasurer Allen Ruffles reported to the county Board of Representatives this morning,. “It was very disheartening,” said Ruffles.…
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First SUNY-O Employee Tests Positive For COVID ONEONTA – One month after a COVID-19 outbreak infected more than 700 students, the first SUNY Oneonta employee has tested positive, Kim MacLeod, Associate Director of Communications, announced this evening. According to MacLeod, the affected employee was last on campus yesterday and is now isolating at home. Per its Fall 2020 Re-start Plan protocol, the college has performed enhanced cleaning in the affected employee’s workspace and all communal spaces the employee recently occupied.…
Bond: Wedding Party Latest COVID Cluster COOPERSTOWN – Seven members of a wedding party came down with COVID-19 following the weekend event in Oneida County, according to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. According to Bond, there were only 45 people at the wedding, under the state’s maximum cap of 50 people, and precautions were put in place. “This shows that in the wedding setting, sometimes people get closer either when they’re eating or celebrating, and…