Worcester student dies in ATV accident Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A seven-year old Decatur resident died Saturday, Aug. 28, as a result of an ATV accident on Fisher Road in Decatur. Hunter Hornbeck was riding an ATV when it crashed. He was airlifted to Albany Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 27, but later died from his injuries. Hornbeck, who lived in Decatur, enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and hunting.…
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Art in the Dark tours scheduled at Fenimore Art Museum Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Fenimore Art Museum is hosting a spooky way to have fun with art at their Art in the Dark tours. The tours will be Wednesdays and Thursdays Oct. 21, Oct. 22, Oct. 27 and Oct. 28. They will involve visiting folk and fine art paintings with a tour guide by candlelight, who will explain some of the history behind them. Tours are 45…
Otsego County has worst COVID day in five months Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County’s Department of Health reported there were 33 positive tests for the coronavirus Thursday, Aug. 26, the worst numbers for a day in Otsego County since March 2021. In addition, two Otsego County residents have died from the virus this week, according to the DOH. “The Delta variant is most likely causing 95% of the current cases,” a DOH media release said. “This variant…
Letter by Frances Marx: Glimmerglass ensures customer satisfaction despite snafu I’ve been visiting your area and going to the opera for more than 20 years. This year it was Friday, Aug. 12, and we were leaving from Rochester and anticipating Mozart’s “Magic Flute” at The Glimmerglass Festival. I rejoiced that I had remembered to look on the back of my calendar for the envelope holding the tickets I had ordered about a month before. WHAT A SHOCK! No such luck…
Opinion by Tobacco Free Communities: Smoke-free lives are more crucial than ever The excitement of a new school year is buzzing around us, along with anxiety about new challenges posed by the more transmissible Delta coronavirus variant. This means public health will continue to be a critical issue nationwide and in our region as we begin welcoming our college students back into our communities and our youth back to school. Reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke and aerosols…
Opinion by Richard Sternberg M.D. Taking chances with other people’s lives is evil Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Man walks into a bar talking to the other people at the bar. He has a few drinks, gets somewhat inebriated and then announces “Oh, by the way, I have COVID-19. What are you gonna do about it?” Several days later everybody who was at the bar tests positive for coronavirus and they start to have secondary positives in…
Editorial: Charge! Summer has come and almost gone here in Cooperstown, and there have been more people visiting us than in 2020. The streets are abuzz with eager baseball fans, casually swinging their newly made bats, avid bike riders waxing eloquently about their explorations of the hills and valleys of Otsego, and lake lovers fresh from a full day on and in the water. The shop owners, lodgings and restaurants have seen an uplift in sales from 2020, and the…
Ella M. Burns, 89 November 21, 1931 – August 19, 2021 Ella M. Burns, age 89 of Oneonta, passed away August 19, 2021 at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital. Ella was born November 21, 1931 in Herkimer, N.Y., the daughter of Frederick Gilbert and Ida May (Farley) and adopted parents Earl V. and Mary B. Tuttle. Ella was a sweet, kind soul who enjoyed bowling, square dancing, sewing, walking and most of all, spending time with her family. Ella enjoyed a…
Up on Hawthorn Hill by Richard deRosa: Quite a week on hill, on road, in air It has been quite a week. Some of it up on the hill, a few days in Maine to pick up our grandson Grant from camp, then a round-trip flight to Oregon to deliver him safely home. The week started with my sitting down in the barn, a tray on my lap into which I was shaving off oregano leaves from stems that had…
What’s fun in Otsego County: Best Bets 8-26-21 Family Farm Day is back! Hop in your car and explore about 40 local farms throughout Schoharie, Otsego and Delaware counties. The farms will offer tours, tastings and more. Learn about everything farming in our corner of Upstate, including beekeeping and fish farming. The guide is available from participating farms, local farmers’ markets, libraries and online. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28. For info: 607-547-2536 or visit www.familyfarmday.org. Experience…
