LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Even Now, Is Enough Being Done At SUNY? By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it,” wrote George Santayana. What about the recent history of the spread of COVID-19 and the attempted reopening of colleges was so difficult for SUNY Oneonta to learn? How can you trust 6,000 adolescents and very young adults to do what is correct when set free after being…
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DR. WHELAN’S BOOK PUBLISHED What Happened To Freddie Gray? Editor’s Note: Here are excerpts from Dr. Mary Anne Whelan’s just-published “Freddie’s Last Ride,” the retired Bassett Hospital neurologist’s assessment of the controversial case of a black teenager in Baltimore who died in police custody in 2015. It is available through www.amazon.com. April 12, 2015, … police saw a young black man, Freddie Gray, and without provocation other than his identity, chased him when he ran and pinned him when he…
BULLETIN Sodexo Lays Off 72 Of 80 Staffers ONEONTA – According to an employee, Sodexo, SUNY Oneonta’s food service, laid off 72 of its employees today after the COVID-19 outbreak emptied the campus. According to the employee, who gave his name, but asked that it not be used, 11 Sodexo workers remained on the job. Eight of those were offered continuing positions while the campus closes for the rest of this semester. Some of the employees had been in place…
Delgado Obtains $475K For ‘Violence Against Women’ Program Operated By OFO ONEONTA – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today announced $475,000 in federal funding for the Transitional Housing Assistance Program at Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. The grant, from the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women, will provide funding for 42 residences for survivors and their families through private landlord housing units.…
First Hospitalization In 5 Weeks Reported ONEONTA – The first Otsego County hospitalization for COVID since Aug. 12 was contained in today’s report from the county Health Department. Daily reports remained in single digits, at four: two SUNY Oneonta students, one Hartwick student and one resident. That brings COVID totals to:…
It’s (Indeed) A Tie Candidates Agree: Runoff, Not Coin Toss COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Elections today certified the Republican Mary Margaret Robbins and Democrat MacGuire Benton are indeed tied at 272 votes for a Cooperstown Village Board seat. The next question: coin toss or runoff? Both candidate ruled out the coin-toss option. “I want the people to decide,” Benton said. “The vote is critically important; it’s democracy.” Asked if she supported a runoff election, Robbins replied, “Absolutely. …
Austin Partridge Wins Seat As Milford Village Trustee…
MEMBRINO LEADS TICKET Mary Margaret, Mac Tie At 272 For Village Post Democratic incumbent MacGuire Benton and Republican challenger Mary Margaret Robbins, top photo, share a shrug and a laugh after Village Administrator Teri Barown announced that the two tied, 272-272, for a seat on the Cooperstown Village Board in today’s election. Democratic incumbent Joe Membrino led the ticket, with 287 votes, winning one of the two seats outright. (His wife Martha hugs him, inset photo.) It’s unclear what happens…
Homeless Man Arrested For Stealing From Cars ONEONTA – A homeless man was arrested by state troopers and charged with stealing items from cars on Southside Drive and Glen Drive in Oneonta, according to Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C Public Information Officer. Eric M. Meade, 26 (Homeless) of Oneonta, was arrested after troopers were dispatched to a complaint of a theft in progress on Southside Drive in the town of Oneonta just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13.…
Knapp, Partridge Seek Seat On Village Board In Milford MILFORD – In addition to Cooperstown, the polls are open in Milford until 9 p.m. today, where two candidates, Kathleen Knapp and Austin Partridge, are competing for one vacancy on the Village Board, according to Village Clerk Kitty Ruling. The two, who are not running under a party label, are seek to succeed Village Trustee David West, who decided not to run again. The polling place is Village Hall on South…