Oneonta NAACP Calls For ‘Positive Energy’ In Response To Death ONEONTA – Lee Fisher, Oneonta area NAACP president, released a letter this morning calling for citizens to make their communities stronger in the wake of the murder of George Lloyd, the black man who was pinned down and suffocated by Minneapolis police officers. “When we saw the heinous act of another black man, George Floyd, intentionally being held down by four relaxed policemen and George not resisting arrest, but resisting…
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Cooperstown To Allow Outdoor Sales For Summer By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTESGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In an effort to help businesses and bring shoppers back downtown, the Cooperstown Village Board has declared June 1 through Oct. 12 as a Special Event, dubbed “Cooperstown Outdoors,” during their meeting this evening. Business owners in the Commercial District – Main Street – will be allowed to apply for a permit to hold sidewalk sales. “By establishing a special event, we can allow…
Stressed By COVID? Bassett Opens New Mental Health Hotline By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare wants everyone to know that they do not have to feel alone if they are feeling stress about the Coronavirus crisis. The hospital network has now created a hotline for anyone who needs help handling the pressures and concerns of these unusual times. “Many people, although they may have family members in the area and are staying in touch, still feel…
CSO Gets $19K To Pay Musicians By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Thomas Wolf, executive director, Catskill Symphony Orchestra, was not going to let his musicians lose out on a paycheck. “Two days before the Cabaret Concert, the musicians had the rug pulled out from under us,” he said. “Many of our musicians are freelance, and they rely on this.” The annual Cabaret Concert, the orchestra’s largest fundraiser, was scheduled for Saturday March 14, but cancelled when…
HOMETOWN History May 22, 2020 135 Years Ago Why We Go To Church – Some go to church to weep; others go to sleep. Some go their wives to please; their conscience others go to ease. Some go to hear the preacher; others like the solo screecher. Boys go to reconnoiter; girls go because they oughter. Many go for sage reflections; precious few to help collections. Two perfect rings around the sun at Noon on Wednesday, which when looked at…
EDITORIAL As With 9/11, City Folks Will Flee Upstate When Pandemic is Over Small businesses in small towns like ours, and the small City of Oneonta, are taking a hit right now. But for businesses that make it through, there may be better days ahead. At one of the daily briefings of local community leaders by the Governor’s regional representative, it’s said, a Power Point showed how multiple infected travelers – pinpoints, charted through tracings – flew in from Europe…
Integris Executive To Head Bassett By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bassett’s new president and CEO has been called “a man on a mission.” Just 39, Dr. Tommy Ibrahim has accomplished a great deal in a short time. He graduated from medical school at 23 and made a rapid ascent into leadership positions, most recently serving as executive vice president and chief physician executive for Integris Health System, the largest not-for-profit and state-owned health care system in…
Life In The Time of COVID-19 Suffer The Poor Children There remains a lot about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 that we don’t know. What was “common knowledge” yesterday could be proved wrong tomorrow. The risk of morbidity and mortality in children was one of the things we thought we knew but now appears that we didn’t. SARS-CoV-2, the currently accepted scientific name for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, appears to be the precipitating cause of a newly recognized syndrome that causes…
Letter From CHIP NORTHRUP County Primus Inter Paras To the Editor: Otsego County’s response to The Plague has been as good as anywhere in Europe or Asia and better than most places in America. For that reason, the county is on track to safely reopen ahead of almost any other place in America, having met Governor Cuomo’s requirements. By stark contrast, Texas is next to last in testing per capita, there are no contract tracers, little social distancing and few masks.…
Lest We Forget WWII Veterans Tell Their Tales By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Fred Hicken, a few post-graduation classes at Oneonta High School made all the difference. “I was 17 when I went to Albany to register for the Navy,” he said. “It was April 1945. I had graduated in 1944, but went back to take some business classes, including typing.” As a result, he was assigned to personnel work stateside, avoiding the conflict. Hicken…
