Free Rapid COVID Testing Due Tuesday, Wednesday At Armory ONEONTA – The Otsego County Department of Health will offer two more chances to get a free, rapid-test for COVID-19 Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 15-16. The tests will be offered from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Oneonta Armory, 4 Academy St. All Otsego County residents are eligible, but reservations are required and can be made by calling (607) 547-4279. The tests are offered as a partnership with Bassett Healthcare and the…
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COVID Outbreak Stays On Campus, DOH Chief Advises SUNY Tally, 671; In County, 7 Cases Surfaced In Same Period By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The “large outbreak” of COVID-19 at SUNY Oneonta has not spread to the community, according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond, in reporting eight new cases on Friday. That is on a par with seven reported Thursday and seven reported, Wednesday, down from the dozens of cases being reported daily last…
Police Reported ‘Multiple’ Thefts From Unlocked Cars COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown police today reported “multiple” thefts from unlocked vehicles in the village between midnight Wednesday and 3-4 a.m. Thursday, and advised residents to lock their cars. The investigation determined loose change and any cash increments were the only items taken, if at all, as some vehicles were just left in disarray.…
Steady At 11, Positive Cases At Hartwick Decline To 9 ONEONTA – Hartwick College’s COVID-19 cases have held steady at 11 since Monday, college spokesman David Lubell reported today. Meanwhile, two of the cases have recovered, leaving nine current positive cases. …
LIBRARY OUTLINES PROPOSAL 40-Ft. Slide, Orchard, Gardens Proposed In Huntington Park Plan By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With a labyrinth, an orchard and a 40-foot slide set in the hillside, Stimson Landscape Architects, Cambridge, Mass., presented their plan for Huntington Park during a Zoom meeting this evening. “This really is a bright spot in a difficult era,” said Huntington Memorial Library executive director Tina Winstead. “It’s a design I believe Henry Huntington would be proud of.” Phase…
CLICK FOR VIDEO OF FORMER RESORT L.I. Families Look To Build Pricey Homes Agents In County Last Weekend With Sights On Fieldstone Farm By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Representatives of a group” of Long Island residents were in Otsego County over the weekend, looking for builders interested in constructing a number of single-family homes on Fieldstone Farm, a former resort and event venue overlooking Canadarago Lake. The project was discussed at Otsego Now’s Project Committee meeting…
19 YEAR AGO, TERRORISTS KILLED 2,977 In Time Of COVID-19, Low-Key 9-11 Arrives Rudy’s proprietor Fred Lemister ponders the lessons of 9-11 while inspecting the memorial that has been growing year to year in his front window on Main Street, Cooperstown, since terrorist hijacked airliners and drove them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, 19 years ago tomorrow. The exhibit includes a portrait of Father Michael F. Judge, the NYFD chaplain, who suffered…
14 Cases Over 2 Days, As Outbreak Tails Off ONEONTA – As the COVID-19 outbreak at SUNY Oneonta continues to tail off, the county Health Department reported a few minutes ago that 14 cases surfaced on campus today and yesterday. That’s a far cry from last week, when infections were topping 100 a day during the “large outbreak,” as the DOH described it. Total cases related to the SUNY outbreak, which erupted the week of Aug. 24 and led to…
IN MEMORIAM: Jean Marie Trask, 90; Otego Native Rose To Army Lt. Colonel OTEGO – Jean Marie Trask, who pursued a career in the U.S. Army, passed away peacefully at home, on August 24, 2020 in Blairsville, Ga. She was born June 1, 1930, Jean was the daughter of Arthur and Rosella (Fazone) Trask, and lived in the Otego area until she enlisted in the Army. She ended her career while stationed at the Pentagon with the rank of lieutenant…
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