HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MARCH 9 Hall Marks Women’s History Month VOICES OF THE GAME – 2 p.m. Celebrate Women’s History month. Join Jenny Dalton on Zoom to discuss her baseball career, and her experience in the Colorado Silver Bullets as well as her part in the 2010 USA Women’s Baseball team in Venezuela when they brought home the Bronze medal. Free, registration required. Presented by Baseball Hall of Fame. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-curator-spotlight-starting-nine-al-west?date=0…
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COVID-19 Outbreak Sent 30 Pupils Home, OHS Advises Parents By MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – On Friday, Oneonta High School notified families of a positive COVID-19 case at the school that forced 30 students and four staff members into quarantine. To date, there have been 16 confirmed COVID cases at the high school since the state began tracking the data last September. “The families of all 30 students received a phone call from the school nurse…
Delgado Plans ‘Town Hall’ On American Rescue Plan Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, will hold a virtual town hall focused on the American Rescue Plan at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. This week, the House will vote to pass the American Rescue Plan, which includes a provision introduced by Rep. Delgado that delivers $130.2 billion to local governments across the US. Rep. Delgado’s funding formula will bring over $400 million directly to local governments in New York’s 19th Congressional District.…
Malatras Praises End To Use Of Word ‘Indian’ Cooperstown Ahead On Naming Issue ALBANY – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras is praising SUNY Albany’s decision to rename “Indian Quad” and “Indian Drive” on its campus. “James Baldwin said,’To accept one’s past—one’s history—is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it,'” said Malatras.…
ONEONTA TO HOST VACCINATION SITE, BLISS ANNOUNCES By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The state will open a vaccination center in SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Arena in the next few weeks, county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, announced a few minutes ago. The Oneonta site was one of 10 Governor Cuomo announced at his press briefing this morning, and is the only new one in the Mohawk Valley region, which includes Otsego County.…
For 2nd Year In Row, No Springfield Parade SPRINGFIELD CENTER – For second year in a row, the venerable Springfield Fourth of July parade has been cancelled due to COVID-19, according to Parade Committee Chair Ernie Whiteman. Whiteman said, in his view, holding the parade would be “irresponsible.”…
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IN MEMORIAM Hugh C. MacDougall, 88; Retired Diplomat, Historian COOPERSTOWN – Hugh C. MacDougall, 88, retired diplomat, longtime village historian and expert on James Fenimore Cooper, passed away over the weekend at the Thanksgiving Home, where he had lived in recent months. With the U.S. Foreign Service, he served in Lourenco Marques and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar), as well as several assignments at the Department of State in Washington D.C.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MARCH 8 Learn About Railroads Through Upstate New York HISTORY PROGRAM – 7 p.m. “Railroads in Schoharie County: Travel from Esperance to Sharon Springs & Middleburgh to Schoharie Junction” with Bob Holt. Free webinar, pre-registration required. Presented by Sharon Historical Society. Call 518-860-5513 or visit www.sharonhistoricalsocietyny.org to register.…
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