Letter: Bravo, CCS students To the Editor, Hats off to the young people who spoke to the School Board about the bullying and racism they have experienced and observed at Cooperstown Central School.…
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Letter: ‘Plague’ Improvements The Plague has produced some revelations, a few for the better. Our son works remotely at PIXAR. He lives a mile away from the office, where he used to commute by bike, but hasn’t gone there in over a year. Now that working from home is a viable alternative, a PIXAR artist or programmer could work from anywhere there is sufficient bandwidth — even Cooperstown.…
President extends college loan moratorium as SUNY, students weigh options By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Student loan borrowers received some welcome news over the holiday season when the United States Department of Education extended the student loan payment moratorium from January 31, 2022 to May 1, 2022. The Biden Administration paused student loan payments in March 2020 to allow breathing room for borrowers, mitigating some of the financial effects of COVID-19. Student loan debt in the United States…
Greetings, Friends (with apologies to The New Yorker) Greetings, Friends! The time is nigh To bid this Covid Year good-bye. We’ve had enough, we’ve played our parts Stayed home alone filling Amazon carts. And cleaning our closets and working online Making do with our WiFi that’s not always fine. We’ve said goodbye to some friends, to some relatives too Our families we’ve not seen, travel’s been so taboo. Goodbye ’21, au revoir, off you go Adios and kwaheri, arrivederci, adjo.…
Sheriff says correction salaries still an issue as contract looms After closing of two housing units in the Otsego County jail on December 21 due to staffing issues, Sheriff Richard Devlin hopes the County Board of Representatives will offer a new contract to the Otsego County Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association with higher pay so the county can better retain staff at the jail. Sheriff Devlin said the union’s contract with Otsego County expires in January 2022 – something he hopes…
County Chamber celebrates businesses, leaders with 2021 prizes The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce this week named Five-Star Subaru’s Ben Guenther as its Eugene A. Bettiol, Jr., Distinguished Person of the Year as part of its year-end award ceremony. Chamber officials stopped by Five-Star and other award winners on December 21 and 22 in surprise visits to present framed certificates to this year’s honorees. The Chamber’s Board of Directors and local citizens met December 1 to wade through multiple nominations…
Teachers: Our 2021 citizen(s) of the year Perhaps we can look at The Pandemic as some hideous, great equalizer: it spares no person, no profession, no walk of life. COVID demands that everyone, regardless of age or status, adapt to new or modified practices that are at best unpleasant and annoying, at worst, life-changing. Our health care professionals, caregivers, and first responders to whom we owe so much and, yes, our representatives at all levels of government (and their staff)…
December 29 COVID Update The latest information from the Otsego County Health Department shows: 299 active cases 116 new cases 11 hospitalized…
Oneonta PD investigating bank robbery at NBT branch on Wall Street in Oneonta The Oneonta Police Department (OPD) is investigating a bank robbery that occurred in Oneonta on Wall Street at the NBT Branch on the morning of Wednesday, December 29. The suspect walked in through the main entrance and demanded the teller hand over an unknown amount of cash, according to OPD. The suspect is a male between 5’8 and 6’0, heavyset, between 220 to 250 pounds, and was…
New York opens COVID-19 testing facility in Milford after Otsego County officials cite need for access New York Governor Kathy Hochul responded this week to a request from Otsego County officials and will locate a new, state-run COVID-19 testing site in Milford. The new site — one of only 13 throughout the state — opens Wednesday, December 29 at the American Legion Post at 86 West Main Street; its hours of operation are as follows: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from…
