6 MORE SUNY STUDENTS ILL Plus, 1 More Case Surfaces In High-School Infestation By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – COVID-19 has come home to the SUNY Oneonta campus. Six more SUNY Oneonta students tested positive overnight for COVID-19 and – for the first time – four of them are living on-campus, Heidi Bond, county public health director, said this afternoon. In a second gathering first reported yesterday – of high school students – a fifth attendees, an…
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With Wider Aisles, New Products, Remodeled ALDI Opens To Shoppers By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The expanded aisles in the Oneonta ALDI weren’t planned because of COVID-19, but they make shoppers feel much safer. “The aisles in the old store were so close, you couldn’t help but make contact with people,” said Alsada Wilson, Otego. “But now, two people can easily get through. That’s important these days, with the virus.” Closed since July, ALDI on Southside reopened…
Open For Tennis, Swimming, Bowling, Fitness With Masks, Reservations, Clark Sports Center To Open COOPERSTOWN – Adult members will be able to make reservations online to swim, bowl, play tennis or use the fitness center when the Clark Sports Center reopens tomorrow morning, according to their website. “Your health and safety is our top priority,” a notice on the website reads. “With continued guidance from the CDC and NYSDOH we will determine the safest course of action for everyone entering…
TCC Wireless Hosting School Supply Giveaway ONEONTA – As part of their annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway, TCC Wireless in Oneonta will give away up to 180 backpacks filled with school supplies on Sunday, Aug. 30. “It’s our favorite time of year as a TCC family,” said Scott Moorehead, CEO of Round Room, parent company of TCC. “We love helping students obtain essential supplies before they begin their school year each summer.”…
2 SUNY-O STUDENTS HIT WITH COVID-19 ONEONTA – Two SUNY Oneonta students living off-campus have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a release sent by the college this afternoon. “While all of us had hoped to avoid this situation, we have spent the better part of the summer preparing for it,” said SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris. “Today’s quick response to this unfortunate news is the result of our strong partnership with the DOH and the effort our campus…
Early Morning Blaze Guts Nate’s Auto, Tire By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Oneonta Fire Department had to shut down the railroad tracks on Railroad Avenue this morning to battle a blaze that destroyed Nate’s Tire & Auto. According to Robert O’Brien, director, Otsego County 911, the call came in at 3:52 a.m. When crews arrived on scene, the garage was engulfed.…
Pit Run Goes Virtual, Adds 100K Challenge ONEONTA – This year, Sid Parisian says, any day in October can be Race Day. The 27th annual Pit Run, known as “The Best Day in Oneonta,” has gone virtual, allowing racers to run the 5 or 10K any day in October, along any course of their choosing. “When we first started talking about this year’s race, we were hoping everything would have calmed down,” he said. “But it’s not safe, so holding…
Cooperstown Picks ‘C.O.O.P’ As Official Film Commission COOPERSTOWN – In the last nine years, New York State has seen $29.5 billion spent on making movies in the state. And now, with the official designation of the Cooperstown, Oneonta, Otsego County Film Partnership as Cooperstown’s official film commission by the Village Trustees, board president Greg Klein hopes that Otsego County could see a piece of that. “This is the first step to bringing the film industry into this area,” he said…
‘Say Their Names’ OK’d In Village, Too Mayor Questions Doubleday Field Locale By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A memorial to black lives lost to racial injustice and police brutality was approved for display in Cooperstown by the Village Board during its meeting this evening. “It’s a great idea,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. The memorial, spearheaded by Jennifer Dibble, Hartwick, would include laminated photos of black men and women from the “Say Their Names” memorial database,…
Court Overturns Murder Verdict v. Casey Callahan Husband Had Been Found Guilty 17 Years After Wife Was Run Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder in the second degree in the 2000 killing of his wife, Elizabeth Callahan, has been overturned by the Appellate Division, Third Department, according to a decision announced Friday. “Because the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was not overwhelming, there must be a new trial,” the decision…
