GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, TUESDAY, 4/7 State Develops COVID-19 Test ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced the state Department of Health has developed a test to detect antibodies to the COVID-19 infection in an individual’s blood. This test is an important step towards determining whether New Yorkers are developing immunity and when they could potentially return to work or school. At today’s briefing, he also the state will invest in private companies to bring rapid COVID-19 testing to scale and accelerate…
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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…
Frank Edward Marra, 101, Succumbs To COVID-19 Retired Banker Leaves Local Survivors Born in New York City at the height of the deadly Spanish Influenza on Sept. 24, 1918, Frank Edward Marra succumbed to complications of COVID-19 on April 5, 2020, in White Plains at the age of 101. The son of the late Arthur and Mary Marra, Frank resided for most of his long life in Yonkers, and had winter residences in Boca Grande and Sarasota, Fla. Upon Graduation…
4 More Cases Overnight For Total 33 Here COOPERSTOWN – Four more coronavirus cases have surfaced in Otsego County since county Public Health Director Heidi Bond’s Monday report, for a total of 33 as of a few minutes ago. Of the 33 cases, four are hospitalized and nine have recovered and are off isolation. There has been only one death, of Brenda Utter, 63, of Morris, on March 26 at Bassett Hospital.…
Schools’ Closure Extended To 4/29; Regents Cancelled By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The news had leaked out, but ONC BOCES superintendents, including Cooperstown’s Bill Crankshaw and Oneonta’s Tom Brindley, got the news officially at a superintendents’ summit this afternoon: The school break announced March 13, extended once, will be extended again for another two weeks, until Wednesday, April 29, at least. More surprising to the school chiefs was the news, delivered to the assembled group by…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, MONDAY, 4/6 Governor Extending PAUSE 2 More Weeks ALBANY – Earlier today, Governor Cuomo announced all “NYS on Pause” functions will be extended for an additional two weeks. He also directed schools and nonessential businesses to stay closed for an additional two weeks, through April 29. The state will re-evaluate after this additional two-week period. The governor also announced: • The state is increasing the maximum fine for violations of the state’s social-distancing protocol from $500 to $1,000…
IN MEMORIAM: Lloyd D. Allen, 86; Chief Custodian At CCS Elementary MIDDLEFIELD – Lloyd D. Allen, 86, formerly of Middlefield, former head custodian at Cooperstown Elementary School, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020, following a short illness, at Onslow Hospital in Jacksonville, N.C., where he was residing with his daughter and son-in-law. He was born on June 15, 1933, in Exeter Center. He was the son of Earl and Gertrude (Filkins) Allen. Lloyd married Elizabeth A. Bronger on Nov. 27,…
Wear Mask, Mayor Urges, And She Does So Herself • Review Bassett’s pattern for two-ply mask • Review Bassett’s pattern or video for three-ply mask…
CLICK TO READ TEXT OF STATEMENT For Now, We Can Help Downstate, Bliss Is Advised If Otsego County Endangered, Chairman Says He’ll Be Told By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – While “deeply troubled” by Governor Cuomo’s announcement that Upstate ventilators will be seized for downstate patients, county board Chairman David Bliss today said he’s been assured local health-care believe they can participate without jeopardizing local care. “We have been assured that if those circumstances begin to change,…
Oberacker’s Form Tech Labs To Distribute Hand-Sanitizer SCHENEVUS – Form Tech Solutions – state Senate candidate Peter Oberacker is its president – is using its food-lab facility to make hand-sanitizer for distribution throughout the area. “During this unprecedented time, it’s important to chip in wherever we can to help our neighbors and community members to better weather the COVID-19 crisis,” said Oberacker in announcing the news. To receive a bottle, email info@PeterForSenate51.com…
