Governor Cuomo announces most COVID restrictions will be ending STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, June 15, that he will ending most COVID restrictions affecting businesses, after hitting the threshhold 70% of New Yorkers vaccinated with at least one dose. As a result, concerts, sports, nights clubs and other businesses can return to normal operations without the need for social distancing, masks or limits on capacity. “It means we can return to life as we…
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Cooperstown Dreams Park to open July 23 without masks or social distancing for vaccinated participants STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown Dreams Park is set to open Friday, July 23, without masks or any guidelines on social distancing, according to the park’s website. However, a vaccine will be required for participating children and adults. The opening will include no restrictions on high fiving or other physical contact, as well as face-to-face pin and baseball card training. The 2021 baseball…
EDITORIAL Here’s Evidence That The Arts Can Be Entrepreneurial, Too When the going gets tough, the entrepreneurs get going. A corollary: The entrepreneurial spirit isn’t limited to entrepreneurs. (Per Merriam-Webster: “A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater-than-normal financial risks in order to do so.”) So it was telling to watch the Cooperstown Chamber’s first “Coffee With Coop” panel discussion via Zoom last Friday, March 19. Kudos to the Chamber, and Executive Director Tara Burke,…
Glimmerglass Plans 4 Shows On Lawn Opera will be back on Otsego Lake’s shores this summer. The Glimmerglass Festival announced today it will build an outdoor stage on the festival grounds, where it will present four operas. The 2021 season will run July 15 through Aug. 17 with performances of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Offenbach’s “Songbird” (La Périchole), and the world premiere of “The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson,” a new play with music about the founder…
Proposed City Law Would Seek Distancing, Masks Everywhere ONEONTA – Common Council will consider mandating social distancing and/or wearing of masks in “all public and private indoor and outdoor locations” when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. The new chapter to the city code, entitled “Mask and Face Coverings,” appears to require social distancing or, if that’s not possible, masks everywhere in the city, private and public places. The Oneonta Town Board passed a mask ordinance only…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Paddle On Butternut Creek FUN PADDLE – 1 – 4 p.m. Take in the sights, sounds on beautiful creek, learn about plants, animals, history of this diverse region with Otsego County Conservation Association. Bring your own (cleaned, drained, & treated) canoe or kayak or reserve one of OCCA’s. Bring water, a snack, & sunscreen. Free, registration required. Butternut Creek. 607-547-4488 or visit occainfo.org/occa-calendar/…
Is Governor Requiring $1,000 Fine For People Who Don’t Wear Masks? Oneonta Will; Cooperstown Unsure By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig said a few minutes ago that Governor Cuomo yesterday directed municipalities to enforce a state Department of Health directive allowing localities to fine people who do not wear masks up to $1,000 per violation. Fearful of what 7,000 college students may bring with them this fall, Herzig said, “I don’t think the state…
Village Hoists Banner Encouraging Wearing Masks, Social Distancing…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 17 Virtual Council Rock Race COUNCIL ROCK RACE – Enjoy fun race in time of Social Distancing. Run 4.4 miles in a location, distance from Council Rock to Council Rock Brewery, at time & location of your choosing. Visit www.facebook.com/clarksportscenter for info on virtual event. CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
4 Generations Wish Freda ‘Happy 93rd Birthday!’ Armed with signs, banners, poems and song, 17 family members spanning four generations gathered in the parking lot at The Plains at Parish Homestead this afternoon to wish resident Freda Beach a “Happy 93rd Birthday!” Above, Angela Saggese reads a poem she wrote, as Karen Gibertson, Austin Gilbertson, McKenna Gilbertson, Joyce Beach and Scott Beach look on. At right, birthday girl Freda smiles and waves with joy from her balcony. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…