Common Council Discusses Oneonta Ford Building Transportation Potential City Engineer Greg Mattice discusses two transportation options with common council during monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Council members raised concerns such as funding and additional studies will be completed before ground breaks on the project which is not anticipated until 2022.…
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Spike In Cases, Upward Trend Despite Reporting Delays By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For a week, new cases have remained below 40 per day until today, when a significant increase was reported. Eighty new cases were reported, offset by 22 completed periods of isolation. Further, the sudden uptick in cases can be attributed to a delay in lab reporting according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. That said, the trend “definitely” remains upwards Bond added.…
HALL OF FAME PAYS TRIBUTE Don Sutton, Ace Pitcher, Dies In California At 75 COOPERSTOWN – Don Sutton, who never missed a turn in the rotation in 756 big league starts, passed away this morning at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 75 years old. “Don Sutton’s brilliance on the field, and his lasting commitment to the game that he so loved, carried through to his time as a Member of the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 Virtual Tour Of Hamilton Exhibit PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION – 46th President Joe Biden to be inaugurated in Washington DC. VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 p.m. Zoom meeting featuring walk through of exhibit ‘Hamilton’s Final Act: Enemies and Allies’ with manager of arts education Kevin Gray. Free, registration required. Suggested donation $5. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Rite Aid Offers Inoculations, But Oneonta Not Listed Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, New York State’s special site at SUNY Binghamton was still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over, however, all other special sites – with the exception of Plattsburgh and Potsdam…
SQUALLS EXPECTED IN SNOW BELT Rounds Of Light Snow Continue In Mid-Week If Otsego County winter lovers have been disappointed by a generally mild January thus far, a return to wintry conditions has commenced and will continue into midweek. Areas of snow and flurries that persisted from Sunday night to Monday morning were part of the old storm that affected the region over the weekend. At the start of this past weekend, a large storm system pushed across the Great…
IN MEMORIAM: Irene M. Johnson, 80; Served Oneonta Schools For Half-Century ONEONTA – Irene M. Johnson, 80, who worked for the Oneonta City School District for a half-century, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. She was born Sept. 27, 1940, at home in a house on Country Club Road, the daughter of James C. and Tressa A. Northup. On Aug. 8, 1959, she married Stephen N. Johnson Sr., who survives her. They were married for 62 years. Irene graduated from Oneonta…
STEAGALL ZOOMS IN FROM GEORGIA MLK Observance Features Innocence Project Leader Christian Steagall, operations coordinator at the Georgia Innocence Project, keynoted the Martin Luther King Day commemoration organized Monday by Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church.…
IN MEMORIAM Wayne J. Balnis, Jr., 59 Feb. 18, 1961-Jan. 16, 2021 ONEONTA – Wayne J. Balnis Jr. better known as “JR”, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 of heart complications. Wayne was born on Feb. 18, 1961, in Oneonta, to Wayne Balnis and Patricia (Weitzel) Balnis. He married Carla Palmer on May 23, 1992, in the First United Methodist Church. They were married for 28 years and were constant companions, partners and best friends. His children survive…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 Learn To DIY Maple Syrup COVID TESTING – 8 – 10 a.m. Free Covid-19 testing for people with no symptoms. Call for an appointment. Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown Clinic, 1 Atwell Dr., Cooperstown. 607-547-7973. MAPLE SYRUP – 6 p.m. Learn how to make Maple Syrup at the micro scale with Aaron Wightman, Co-Director of the Cornell Maple Program. He will cover why sap flows, sap collection options, the basics of processing, filtering, and grading.…
