Facing COVID-19 Cluster, Hartwick Confines Students By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With 12 cases at Hartwick College since Friday, Oct. 23, President Margaret L. Drugovich is asking students to stay in Oneonta for the next 27 days. “And if you choose to travel to a red or orange zone, you will not be allowed to return to campus for the remainder of the fall semester,” she said in a video posted on the college website, www.hartwick.edu.…
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75-Guest Wedding Yields 19 COVID Cases By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you were at that 75-guest wedding in the Town of Otsego, you better get tested for COVID-19. According to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director, 19 people have tested positive for the virus following a wedding at a local home. “Our challenge with this wedding is that they have not been the best at cooperating,” said Bond. “We have not yet received the…
Teri Barown’s Successor Recruited In Former Clerk By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN —Jenna Utter was worried. She had three children at home – Lucas, 10, Dawson, 6 and Leah, 5 – and had lost her job as a paralegal in County Attorney Ellen Coccoma’s office after working for the county – in various roles – since 2012. Then, she saw that the Village of Cooperstown was seeking a deputy treasurer. “It was local and I wouldn’t have…
Many People Are Casting Votes Early By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In 2018, the first year early voting was permitted, 340 people took advantage of it. This year, by noon Tuesday, Oct. 27, three days into early voting, 2,053 early-voting ballots had already been cast. “Saturday this year, more people voted early than in the entire nine days last year,” said Mike Henrici, Democratic county elections commissioner. Saturday, 544 people voted early; Sunday, 563; Monday, 796.…
Salka Brings Bail Reform Message To Otsego County Again, Oberacker Promises Companion Bill ‘On Jan. 1’ If Elected Tuesday To State Senate…
8th County Resident Dies After COVID Fight COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County has reported its eighth COVID-19 fatality, a man who had been hospitalized for more than two weeks with the virus, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director. “We know people over 60 are at most risk for severe illness,” Bond said in her press release. “We need to do all we can to protect our seniors.”…
‘Small Explosion’ Injures 2 At Bassett By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Two construction workers were injured when a “small explosion” occurred near the hospital’s receiving dock this morning, with one injured severely enough to require transport to Upstate Medical in Syracuse. According to Karen Huxtable-Hooker, public and media relations director, the accident happened this morning, when a contractor was transporting equipment in an exterior service stairwell connected to a construction site.…
City Committee Lauded By Conference Of Mayors ONEONTA – The city’s “Survive, Then Thrive” committee has awarded the “Local Government Achievement Award” by the NYS Conference of Mayors for their work in seeking grants, planning events and strengthening partnerships for both the present and the “post-COVID” world. “In March, I called upon 6 people to form a committee to identify strategies for Oneonta businesses to Survive, then Thrive,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “Fifty more people – you – volunteered to…
Former Clerk Named To Succeed Barown By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Jenna Utter, former deputy to Clerk of the County Board Carol McGovern, has been tapped to succeed Village Administrator Teri Barown as Village Clerk, following a unanimous vote by the Cooperstown Village Trustees at their meeting this evening. Utter, a former assistant to County Board Clerk Carol McGovern “came with high recommendations,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh. For now, she will hold the position of village…
First Defendant Receives 22 Years In Worcester Death By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Nicholas Meridy, who plead guilty to second-degree murder in the October 2019 death of Kenneth Robinson at his home in Worcester, was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison during a hearing in Otsego County Court this morning. “I’m satisfied with it,” said District Attorney John Muehl. “After speaking with the family, that was the offer I made so we didn’t have…
