SUNY, Hartwick Presidents Will Suspend Classes Beginning March 23, Colleges To Offer ‘Remote Instruction’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Both local college presidents – SUNY Oneonta’s Barbara Jean Morris and Hartwick’s Margaret L. Drugovich – this evening announced they will be shifting to online instruction, beginning Monday, March 23. In sending the students home, both are acting out of concern about the unknown dimension of the coronavirus outbreak, which has emerged downstate and in Saratoga County.…
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CLICK FOR CORONAVIRUS RESOURCE PAGE If Coronavirus Does Surface Here, Bassett Has Structured Plan COOPERSTOWN – Preparing for the new coronavirus locally and the possibility it may be widespread, the Bassett Healthcare Network this afternoon released a multi-point plan of preparedness: A central phone number is being developed to assess the seriousness of people concerned they may have symptoms of upper respiratory illness and need further evaluation. This number should be ready for use within a week. All patients determined…
IN MEMORIAM Robert ‘Bob’ C. Benson, 89; Founded Insurance Agency ONEONTA – Robert “Bob” C. Benson, who founded the Benson Agency here and operated it for 35 years, passed away on March 7, 2020, in Summerfield, Fla., four weeks shy of his 90th birthday. He was the husband of Rosalie (Ropiak) Benson for 62 years. Bob was born on April 9, 1930, in Ellenville, Ulster County, a son of Clyde Samuel and Marguerite (Hamilton) Benson. He was a graduate of…
IN MEMORIAM Charles F. Goodwin, 90; 40-Year Afton Pharmacist AFTON – Charles F. “Charlie” Goodwin, 90, beloved Afton pharmacist for four decades, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at the state Veterans Home in Oxford. Charlie was born in North Tonawanda on April 9, 1929, from parents Bernard and Stella Goodwin. He graduated from the University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy in 1950, then served in the Army in Germany during the Korean War. Charlie subsequently returned to…
LETTER from JEFF KATZ Give Mayor Help She Needs To Complete Work At Hand To the Editor: Under the leadership of Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, the good work of the village government has continued. The enormous wastewater treatment plant rebuild has begun, as has the Doubleday Field renovation. Add to that the fantastic update of Pioneer Park and the TEP Main Street project and the village has never looked as good, or been taken care of so well. This is not…
LETTER from ELLEN TILLAPAUGH KUCH Mayor Tillapaugh: Vote So Work Can Get Done To the Editor: Since 2011, I have been honored to serve my hometown community in village government. First elected as a trustee in 2011, I was appointed deputy mayor in 2014 and served in that capacity until my election as mayor in 2018. Over the past nine years, I along with fellow elected officials have worked to stabilize the village’s finances. We are proud that for seven…
LETTER from JOHN PAULITS Disenfranchised, We Should Be Allowed To Contributed To the Editor: Re Mr. Kuzminski’s suggestion that politics and political donations be local, I’d like to point out that legislators from Alaska to Florida vote on laws affecting Cooperstown. If a Senate or House member from any state consistently votes on items damaging to Cooperstown’s best interest, there should be no reason to ignore that. Indeed, it should be an incentive, to help elect a legislator more sympathetic…
LETTER from JOE MEMBRINO More Needs Doing, Help Me Contribute To the Editor: On Wednesday, March 18, Cooperstown voters will elect our mayor and two trustees. Last year, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh appointed me to a vacancy on the Village Board and assigned me to chair the Finance Committee. I am now running for a three-year term as trustee for the following reasons. First, I want to continue the successful management and conservation of our Village’s fiscal resources. Auditors recently met…
BOUND VOLUMES March 12, 2020 200 YEARS AGO On the February 24, at 12 o’clock at night, Joseph Nelson, Nathaniel Brown, Philip Johnson, Lemuel Wood, John O’Brien, James Joyce, David Linus, James Martin, and John N. Baldwin, escaped from No. 12, in the Middle Hall of the State Prison at Auburn, by breaking through the outside wall of the cell. It was done with bars of iron, and is said to have been the work of a week or ten…
ENDORSEMENT EDITORIAL Mary Margaret Will Put People Back In Picture Mary Margaret Robbins Sohns was a breath of fresh air at the Thursday, March 5, League of Women Voters’ debate for Cooperstown Village Board candidates. Village voters should open the windows Wednesday, March 18, and let that fresh air in. Polls are open noon – 9 p.m. at the fire hall. “They never should have allowed CVS to leave Main Street!” she declared, and cut to the heart of an…
