On Lent, Loopholes, and Lobbying I’ve been a record collector for as long as I can remember. Among my earliest memories are those of my sister keeping toddler me entertained by stacking up her Beatles 45s and sitting me next to the record player. Guaranteed bliss. I started vacuuming 45s from around age five whenever allowance and, later, paper-route income allowed; in Cooperstown, my money went to the record department at Newberry’s or down Main Street at the Richfield Stereo…
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Oneonta Little League opens registration for Spring 2022 Oneonta Little League invites kids aged 4-12 of all abilities who live or attend school within its territory to register for its Spring 2022 season. Visit the league website at www.oneontalittleleague.org for registration information. Players who are League-age 10, 11, or 12 must register no later than March 15, as do players League-age 9 who wish to try out for the Major division. The registration fee for the Major, Minor, and Bantam…
Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes Tony Oliva to Cooperstown Twins great gets preview of where his plaque will hang “Welcome to your new team, the Hall of Famers,” said National Baseball Hall of Fame Chair Jane Forbes Clark, second from left, as Minnesota Twins great Tony Oliva dons his new cap and jersey for the first time. They’re flanked by Mr. Oliva’s wife, Gordette, left, and Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch, right. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and…
Bassett relaxes emergency visit rules Bassett Healthcare Network partially lifted visitation restrictions in its emergency departments across the region effective March 1, 2022. This includes A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta, A.O. Fox Hospital’s Tri-Town Campus in Sidney, Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, and O’Connor Hospital in Delhi. Under the rules announced March 1, patients will be permitted to have one visitor with them during their time in the emergency department. The visitor…
Bassett Healthcare, NYS Nurses Association reach bonus accord Bassett Healthcare Network announced February 28 that registered nurses at A.O. Fox Hospital and A.O. Fox Hospital’s Tri-Town Campus in Sidney will receive a one-time gratitude bonus in recognition of their dedication and hard work through the COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2021, Bassett Healthcare Network announced “gratitude bonuses” for employees across the health system, offered to the network’s nearly 5,000 caregivers and practitioners in recognition of their dedication and hard work through…
Governor ends school indoor mask mandate beginning March 2 New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced February 27 that she will lift the state’s indoor mask mandate for schools beginning Wednesday, March 2. During her Sunday afternoon COVID briefing, the governor said she based her ruling on February 25 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control that removes indoor mask requirements in “low or medium” risk level settings. She said the CDC decision, sharply lower positive cases in New York, and…
Storm closes Otsego County office buildings At the direction of Otsego County Board Chair David Bliss, all Otsego County Office buildings are closed for today, Friday, February 25, 2022. Only essential employees are required to report to work.…
Opinion: Listen to your nurses [Editor’s note: The following letter comes from Diane Earl, RN, submitted on behalf of the NYSNA nurses at AO Fox and Fox Hospital Tri-Town Campus] Like nurses everywhere, the nurses at A.O. Fox Hospital and Fox Hospital Tri-Town Campus have experienced some of the most harrowing times of our careers these last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. As soon as a patient is discharged from the hospital, that bed is then almost immediately filled…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta February 24, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Milford landmark poised for comeback Delgado, Stafanik tour Otsego County manufacturers Irish Society: probably not Inside The Paper Cooperstown Pharmacy brings back beans Cooperstown watches as Major League labor issues drag on BOCES: Learning beyond the classroom Nora Jane Struthers back for Saturday gig Bassett: yes to booster extension Perspectives Editorial Gas pain, doubled COLUMNS COVID hits home: a personal perspective Menthol…
COVID hits home Editor’s Note: The author, Dr. Richard Sternberg, a retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon, is providing his professional perspective during the COVID-19 threat. Also a village trustee, he lives in Cooperstown. Until now, COVID did not hit too close to home for me. My cousin’s father-in-law died of it in late 2020 as did that gentleman’s sister, but nobody very close to me had. This past week, my elder daughter came down with COVID. She said it was…
