CLICK HERE TO WATCH MEETING COUNTY MAY LOSE $22M Worst-Case Scenario Arrives From NYSAC By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In a dramatic moment at the county board’s Zoom meeting a few minutes ago, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles received a new worst-case scenario showing Otsego County government stands to lose $22 million in tax revenues and state aid in the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus threat. That would be double the current tax levy, meaning the…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, Sunday, 4/26 Upstate May See Reopening After 5/15, Cuomo Says He Specifies Mohawk Valley, Including Otsego, As One Of 1st ALBANY – In today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo said Upstate regions – including Otsego County’s – may reopen May 15 if individual regions experience 14 days of declining coronarivus infection rates at that time. In response to a question, he specified “Central New York, the North Country, the Mohawk Valley” as the region’s likely to be the first come…
2 COVID-19 Cases Arose Over 2 Days COOPERSTOWN – After a lull, two new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Otsego County as of 2 p.m. today, raising the total cases to 57, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported a few minutes ago. These were the first cases she reported since Monday, when she said five cases had surfaced over the weekend. Deaths remain at four.…
4TH CORONAVIRUS DEATH REPORTED COOPERSTOWN – A fourth death from coronavirus in Otsego County was reported as of 2 p.m. today by county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. Only one, Brenda Utter, 63, of Morris, has been identified by her family. The county’s first COVID-19 death, she passed away March 26. New cases, hospitalizations and the number of people quarantined are down. Here are the details:…
IN TIME OF CORONAVIRUS As Need Grows, Local Food Banks Welcoming Needy By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – In an average shopping trip, Laura Eggleston, Milford Food Pantry director, might buy 1,100 pounds of food to serve their 39 households. On Monday, April 13, she placed an order for 4,300 pounds. “In these last two weeks, we’ve served 56 families,” she said. “That’s 193 individuals.” As the COVID-19 crisis deepens, food banks across the county are seeing “a…
Stay Home This Easter, DOH Advises Some Positive Trends Continuing. Bond Says: Keep Them That Way COOPERSTOWN – “Adhered to the stay home order,” the Otsego County Department of Health is advising citizens as we enter the Easter Weekend. “Many people typically celebrate Easter/Passover by gathering with family and friends. However,” county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said a few minutes ago, “…you should not be gathering with anyone who does not live in your home. “…
COVID-19 Claims 2nd Local Victim COOPERSTOWN – As of noon today, a second Otsego County person died of COVID-19, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reports. As prescribed by county policy, no further details were released. In all, there are now 35 confirmed cases, up two from yesterday.…
VENTILATORS SAFE FOR NOW He Asks Upstate Hospitals For Inventory, Just In Case By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Upstate communities can breath a sigh of relief. National Guard troops will not be taking ventilators from Upstate hospitals for use in downstate hospitals hit hard by coronavirus, the infection that causes COVID-19. In an executive order signed today, Governor Cuomo backtracked on statements made Friday about issuing an executive order to requisition medical supplies, including 20 percent of unused…
IBM Includes County Among Tech Pioneers Internationally Distributed Release Quotes Tech Director Brian Pokorny By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When computer behemoth IBM issued an internationally distributed press release yesterday on its “Watson Assistant For Citizens” tool for ensuring citizens get the information they need during the coronavirus threat, it listed Otsego County among its pioneering customers. “The AI solution from IBM will be a great resource for the county’s residents and will help alleviate call-center…
