Judge Michael Coccoma Announces Retirement COOPERSTOWN – After 25 years on the state judiciary, Judge Michael V. Coccoma, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Courts outside of New York City, has announced his retirement at the end of June. He began his legal career in Otsego County in private practice in 1979. In 1980 he was appointed as Assistant District Attorney. Over the years he served as Otsego County Attorney and as District Attorney. Elected in 1994 as Otsego County Judge,…
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Unadilla To Host Third Black Lives Matter Rally UNADILLA – Unadilla will host the third of the region’s Black Lives Matter rallies 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 13 at the Community Field in Unadilla. “Our little town needs to speak up for our black brothers and sisters,” wrote organizer Taylor Reed in on Facebook.…
Debate Held Tonight Over Zoom Tillapaugh, Katz, Endorse Buttermann For Assembly COOPERSTOWN – Ahead of his democratic primary debate against Corey Mosher, Assembly candidate Dan Buttermann has received endorsements from Mayor Jeff Katz and current Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh for the 121st Assembly District seat. “I’ve known Dan for years,” said Katz. “He’s a great listener, engaged and active, and a thoughtful person. More than that, he’s a good and decent man, exactly the kind of person we need in…
SUNY Oneonta Submits Reopening Plan To State President Morris Isn’t Saying What’s In It ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta has submitted a proposal to SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson for reopening this fall, according to a release from the school, and now awaits a decision on whether or not they will hold classes in-person or online. The announcement contains no details of what’s in the proposal. “In a nutshell, our proposal documents how we would like to operate this fall,” said Barbara…
‘Next Year In The Park’ Pridefest 2020 Goes Virtual Evvergreen’s Margaret Uhalde, left Chris Scaduto perform “It’s All You” in a studio concert performed as part of Oneonta Pridefest 2020, being presented virtually this year due to the COVID-19. The event included remarks from Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Ron Zacchi, Director Of External Affairs for the NYS Department of Human Rights, as well as members of the Otsego County Pride Alliance. At right, Mayor Gary Herzig gave remarks honoring the…
Phase 2 Opens Main Street Shops By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Kim Weekes, Oneonta, had been waiting for this moment for two months. “I feel giddy, like a school girl,” she said. “It’s like a first date!” Weekes, a client of Kelly Woessner at The Hair Studio in The Shops at Ford and Main, snagged a coveted appointment on Saturday, May 29, Oneonta, the first full-day retail and hair salons could be open under Phase Two of NY…
Bassett Uses Parking Lot As Patients Flood Back In By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Your car is the new waiting room, said Dr. Steven Heneghan, Bassett Healthcare’s chief clinical officer. “Before you come in, someone will call you the day before and screen for symptoms, travel, et cetera,” he said. “The day of, you’ll be asked to wait in your car until staff calls you in. You’ll get your temperature taken, then be escorted to an…
HOMETOWN HISTORY June 4, 2020 135 Years Ago Home & Vicinity – A few nights ago a fair damsel who was coming out of one of our churches was approached by a young man who requested the pleasure of seeing “her home.” The young lady replied,” “No, sir; if you want to go home with me you must go with me to church, sit with me during the exercises and thus show yourself worthy of my company!” Sensible girl, that!…
After 500 Protest, 2nd One Planned By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – When Sadie Starr Lincoln first created the invite for the Black Lives Matter rally in Muller Plaza on Sunday, May 31, she thought it might be she and some friends speaking out against police brutality. “By Saturday, 100 people said they were going. By Sunday morning, 350 said they were going,” said Lincoln, who organized the rally after a black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis,…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Navigating Without a Compass One thing is very clear when dealing with a pandemic, it is very important to have good statistics in order to determine a plan of attack. Without good numbers it’s hard to say what to do next. It’s also important to understand what these numbers mean. With COVID- 19, it has proven difficult to determine its morbidity and mortality rate and its infectivity. Additionally, we’re not sure exactly what the…
