Council Approves Law Requiring Masks Downtown ONEONTA – Unanimously, Oneonta Common Council approved an ordinance requiring masks be worn at all times downtown and in any public space when social distancing cannot be maintained, such as crowded neighborhood streets or parks. Last month, Mayor Gary Herzig vetoed the city’s original proposed law, which codified the state’s public health law and required masks be worn in private homes when there was no social distancing.…
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Otsego County Tops 1K COVID Cases Since Spring COOPERSTOWN – With 12 Hartwick College students testing positive for COVID-19 today, the county has reported 1,011 cases of the virus since the pandemic started this spring, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County public health director. “We are busier now than we were in April,” she said. “We have more cases now. People are getting lax with social distancing, they’re gathering with friends and family and not wearing masks.”…
Smithsonian Secretary: Museums Bring Us Closer By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – One afternoon, while walking through the Smithsonian’s exhibit of Emmett Till’s glass-topped casket, Secretary Lonnie Bunch III saw a young African-American woman sitting on a bench, sobbing. “I was about to go over to her, but a white man approached her and said, ‘I’m crying too. Can we cry together?’ And they hugged. That’s what museums can do. Museums can help us come together, share…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DENNIS CRAIG MAN of THE HOUR Can Hero Of Purchase Save SUNY Oneonta? By LIBBY CUDMORE & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For SUNY Oneonta’s interim President Dennis Craig, 55, it’s all about how you react to a crisis. “In tough incidents, sometimes you’re more defined by your response than by the incident itself,” he said, whether cheating, an instance of bias, a suicide, even a murder. When that happens, “I’m all about transparency and…
27 STUDENTS POSITIVE SO FAR Hartwick Reports 12 COVID-19 Cases ONEONTA – With 12 new cases reported this morning, Hartwick College now has 27 students who have tested positive for COVID-19 following an outbreak that was traced to Red’s Ale House. This puts the college halfway to mandatory closure, per the state’s guidelines. According to Paula Lee Hobson, VP, College Advancement, 58 students – five percent of the on-campus population – would need to test positive in order to prompt…
Stamford Priest Assigned To Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Father Michael Cambi, who arrived at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church as pastor on Labor Day Weekend, grew up in a Catholic family, primarily in Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, with a stint in Northern Virginia. But it never occurred to him to be a priest. He grew up a Yankees fan, played center field and third base, and went off to Notre…
‘I’m certain that being called a ‘n—–‘ and experiencing hate many times in the past 47 years of my life has contributed greatly to my feelings of insecurity and lack of acceptance’ MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT Principal, Former Oneonta Council member, NAACP vice president Living With The ‘N-Word’ By MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Many people seem to believe that if one supports the Black Lives Matter movement, they cannot also be pro police. I disagree. And I refuse to participate in the vitriol…
LETTER from PATRICIA BROCKWAY Guns Needed To Protect Families To the Editor: The 2AS (Second Amendment Sanctuary) group has provided to the Otsego County Board of Representatives a resolution for its approval, along with petitions signed by 3,295 local residents. The resolution should be seen as a commitment of the county board to stand by their oath of office. When an elected official takes an oath, we, as residents, should want them to uphold that oath. Asking them to vote…
Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta Original, 1942-2020 Our ‘Mr. Bojangles’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the passing of “Mr. Bojangles” creator Jerry Jeff Walker, Doug Decker thinks it’s time to honor Oneonta’s most famous son. “It’s time,” he said. “I don’t think people realize how important he was to the western, gonzo and country scene. They revered him.” Walker – Oneonta’s own Ron Crosby, before he took his stage name and found fame with his 1968…
LOCAL LEGACY: 33 YEARS OF SERVICE SUNY Chancellor, Wife Brought Experience, Friends To Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If not for the Whartons, would Rosalynn Carter have ever looked across world-famous Otsego Lake toward the Sleeping Lion? In 1978, when Clifton R. Wharton Jr. became SUNY chancellor, one of the functions he inherited was hosting a two-day retreat twice a year at The Otesaga for all 64 SUNY presidents. The first day was a work day,…
