HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 Explore Otsego County Farms FAMILY FARM DAY – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Explore 41 local farms throughout Schoharie, Otsego, and Delaware Counties. Tour, try products, learn about farming from fish farming to beekeeping, more. Pick up your farm guide from participating, farms, farmer’s markets, libraries, more in the 3 counties. Call 607-547-2536 or download guide from www.familyfarmday.org…
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City of Oneonta requiring masks in all city buildings Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Effective Tuesday, Aug. 10, all city buildings will require masks due to the CDC’s recommendations on the spread of the delta variant. Otsego County is considered an area with high transmission, and therefore the CDC recommends wearing masks while indoors. “While we are all weary of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, wearing a mask at work and arounds friends and family helps to prevent…
Mayor Gary Herzig sounds warning about COVID variant at Common Council By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Common Council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 3, began with a message from Mayor Gary Herzig regarding the recent updates regarding the delta variant of the coronavirus. “We’re all concerned about the variant,” Herzig said. “The numbers aren’t alarming but they are going in the wrong direction.” Herzig likened it to a race between the virus and vaccinations. “Unfortunately, what we…
Department of Health: COVID cases on the rise in Otsego County STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COVID-19 is on the rise in Otsego County with 12 cases being reported in the past two days. Eight new cases have been reported in first three weeks of July but since Friday, July 23, there have been a total of 20 new cases. The Otsego County Department of Health urges people to get vaccinated if they haven’t already done so, with the…
In Memoriam Connie Jean (Truex) Bennett Lifelong West Exeter resident, artist, Mets fan, grandmother. Connie Jean (Truex) Bennett passed away peacefully on July 22 with her family by her side. A lifelong resident of West Exeter NY, Connie was a loving mother and doting grandmother to seven beautiful grand daughters whom were the entire world to her. She raised her family with her husband of 25 years, Rick Bennett at the family home that was the center of activity for…
Lights, camera, Otsego County Summer film shoot for ‘Bring Him Back Dead’ highlights industry’s growth in Cooperstown, Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD — The push to bring the film industry to Otsego County produced big results in July, in large part thanks to efforts of Film COOP and scenery in the region that the filmmakers couldn’t get anywhere else. Tucked away at a “hideout” location, the small-budget action film “Bring Him Back Dead” was shot at…
Otsego communities struggle with housing needs By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Affordable and available housing remains an issue in Otsego County in general, but particular issues have come up recently in both Cooperstown and Oneonta. However, both areas are doing their part to amend this issue. Although there has been some backlash, elected officials acknowledge the necessity of creating affordable housing in the area. A planned development at 10 Chestnut St. in Cooperstown is being considered by the…
COVID update for Otsego County STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As of Tuesday, June 1, COVID cases in Otsego County have decreased to a 0.6% positivity rate with 1% of tests coming back positive, according to the Otsego County Health Department. Currently there are 15 active cases with two hospitalizations as a result of COVID. As COVID cases continue to go down, many businesses and towns are seeing an easing of COVID restrictions. A mask ordinance in Cooperstown is…
Delgado visits Otsego County to tout American Rescue Plan By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-NY19, appeared in Otsego County on Thursday, May 28, to speak about the money the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan, which he help shepherd through Congress. Otsego County receive about $11.5 million, he said, half of which has already been delivered, with the other half to follow within a year. Other county towns and villages will…
Junior firefighters provide big lift to Fly Creek department By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK — The Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Department is creating and nurturing future firefighters with its junior firefighter program and four young men have already reaped the benefits while serving their community. Three junior firefighters including Troy Hight, 18, Wayton Cassell, 14, and Connor Voulo, 17, have all been training as Fly Creek firefighters. “I’m sort of an outcast in school,” Hight said.…
