LETTER from MAUREEN DILL Americans Should Know Where RXs Come From To the Editor: I’m writing to you about my concerns regarding the fact that the majority of our prescription medications (as much as 90 percent, I’ve been told) are manufactured outside of the U.S. – primarily in China and India. Many of us are interested in “sustainability,” and this, I believe, is related to our sustainable future! Having “Googled” this subject, I’ve also read that the welfare of the…
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BOUND VOLUMES June 25, 2020 210 YEARS AGO A new Republic appears to be rising in South America, at Caracas, including a vast territory and a population nearly equal to that of the United States in 1776, to the government of which, the people and their leaders are strongly attached. Should they succeed in becoming independent, they will be the second Republic on the globe, as, until this event the United States are not only the first, but the only…
HALL OF FAME REOPENS Tightly Structured Timed Ticket Sales Enables Reopening Rubber-Tipped Stylus One Tool That Allows Fans Back Into Mecca By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The timed-admission system is making reopening of the Hall of Fame possible, Jon Shestakofsky, Hall of Fame vice president/communications & education, said this afternoon. “This way, we’re able to fit within the mandated 25 percent reduced capacity,” which is called for in Governor Cuomo’s NY Forward regulations, he said. Tickets…
HALL OF FAME REOPENING On Main Street, Merchants Greet News From Hall Even This Late In Season, More Tourists Can’t Hurt By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At Mickey’s Place, Vin Russo, dean of the baseball merchants, pointed out that, before Dreams Park began hosted baseball tournaments early in the month, “this week is when the season began.” In other words, the Hall of Fame’s announcement it will reopen this Friday from the coronavirus pause won’t be…
SQSPCA Celebrates Grads With ‘$20.20’ Pet Adoptions COOPERSTOWN – In celebration of new grads, the Susquehanna SPCA is offering adoption fees for all cats and dogs up to six years old at just $20.20, through Saturday, June 27. “The SQSPCA is celebrating our dogs and cats as they, too, prepare to move into the next phase of their lives,” the shelter wrote in a press release. “Some of the shelter’s adoptable pets are looking to join the workforce as a…
Bassett Can’t Turn Away Patients Without Masks All Must Be Treated, But Visitors, Staff, All Others Must Don Them COOPERSTOWN – Though all employees, visitors and vendors are required to wear a mask in Bassett Healthcare facilities, the hospital confirmed that no patient will be denied treatment for refusing to wear a mask. “It is still the exception that anyone coming to the hospital or clinics refuses to wear a mask,” said Karen Huxtable-Hooker, public relations director. “But Bassett cannot turn…
VILLAGE BOARD CONCLUDES: It’s Time To Revisit Use Of Word ‘Indian’ On Plaques, Statues By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s time, Village Trustee MacGuire Benton said, to revise the Indian Grave and two plaques at Council Rock. “The sign refers to Native Americans as ‘Indians’,” he said during the Village Board meeting this evening. “It’s racially insensitive and incorrect, and it needs to be updated.” Trustee Richard Sternberg made the motion to reach out to the…
IN MEMORIAM Giles E. Russell, 86 March 14, 1934-June 17, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Giles E. Russell, 86, of Cooperstown, died on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Born March 14, 1934, and raised in Eagle Bridge, N.Y., Giles was the son of Giles Sr. and Kathryn (Mahar). He graduated from RPI in Troy with a degree in electrical engineering in 1955. He was an IBM engineer in Poughkeepsie from 1955 until his retirement in 1991.…
Clark Sports Center Shut Until ‘At Least Sept. 8’ COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center announced today it will remain closed “at least until Sept. 8.” “We have been closely monitoring the guidelines from the CDC, Governor Cuomo, the state Department of Health, and the Otsego County Department of Health,” the message to members reads. “Although the Sports Center is eligible to open on July 1 as part of Phase Four, the guidelines issued by the State of New York…
CCS GRADS CELEBRATED 79 Banners Rising Along Main Street At this hour, volunteers Rose Crane, right, and Nancy Potter, in top photo, hoist banners along Main Street, one for each of the 79 members of the Cooperstown Central School Class of 2020, who are graduating on June 28 in three separate ceremonies on the high school’s sports fields. Mike Donnelly, inset, one of the organizers along with wife Colleen and CCS school board member Wendy Kiuber, said there are enough…
