Village May Put Off Paid Parking Until July By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Paid parking could be suspended into the middle of the summer, according to Village Trustee Cindy Falk, who proposed the idea during a budget hearing streamed live over YouTube this evening. “Our paid parking is closely aligned with visitors, and it’s a situation that’s impossible to predict,” she said. “I wonder if at this point, we should consider putting off paid parking until…
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MAYOR TILLAPAUGH DECLARES: Turn Your Lights On To Support Heroes Of COVID Pandemic COOPERSTOWN – In a proclamation issued this morning, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch established a Porch Lights For Support program, starting tonight. Before you go to bed, she asked Cooperstown residents, turn on your porch lights as “a visible way to show support for all essential workers…in gratitude for all those working to keep us safe.” The idea picks up on New York City folks making a ruckus…
Helios To Open Conversation On Care In Time Of COVID-19 ONEONTA – Helios Care will offer “Start The Conversation: Thinking and Talking About Future Healthcare Decisions,” a virtual presentation, on Thursday, April 23, National Healthcare Decisions Day. The online presentation will begin at 2 p.m. To register, click here “During this challenging time, it becomes even more important to have the conversation to make sure you get the care you want if and when you need it,” said Kelly McGraw,…
Reprinted From This Week’s Hometown Oneonta, Freeman’s Journal Otsego County’s Wheels Of Justice Grind – Virtually Judges, Lawyers Operating On Skype By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Judge Burns D.A. Muehl COOPERSTOWN – Even the courtroom has gone virtual in the age of COVID-19. “If the arraignment is essential, like a felony arraignment, we’ve got Skype set up in the courtroom,” said District Attorney John Muehl. “An email gets sent around with the information, then the judge, myself and…
115 DINNERS SOLD OUT Otesaga Makes Sure Easter Is Celebrated…
Alpacas, Sheep Found Dead In New Lisbon; Farmer Faces Charges By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A farmer was arrested after Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies, responding to a neighbor’s concern about animal cruelty, found dead animals on his New Lisbon farm. Christopher M. D’Amato, 54, was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after deputies were called to the scene, where, while walking around the property, observed dead sheep and alpacas, deputies said. Other farm animals, including horses,…
Birthday Serenade Surprises Joan Clark Family and friends of Joan Clark, inset left, surprised the foremost resident of Main Street, Cooperstown, a few minutes ago with a “Happy Birthday ” serenade from across the street from today’s Riverwood, which for decades was Clark’s Men Shop, operated by her late husband, former Village Mayor Jerry Clark. Joan still lives above the store. In top photo, from right, are Sean Mulligan, son Paul and Mary Claire Clark, Fire Chief Jim Tallman with…
Stay Home This Easter, DOH Advises Some Positive Trends Continuing. Bond Says: Keep Them That Way COOPERSTOWN – “Adhered to the stay home order,” the Otsego County Department of Health is advising citizens as we enter the Easter Weekend. “Many people typically celebrate Easter/Passover by gathering with family and friends. However,” county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said a few minutes ago, “…you should not be gathering with anyone who does not live in your home. “…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 09-10, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Downstate Ventilator-Grab Stalls, Streck Says Off Ventilator, Senator Seward Now Out Of ICU County May Lose Equivalent Of 2/3 Of Tax Levy 3 Healthcare Workers Ill, Maybe Not Bassett’s Cooperstown Man’s Father Dies Of COVID-19 Front Line Profile: County IT Director Pokorny County’s Wheels Of Justice Turn – Virtually AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Walkin’ Off The Coronavirus Blahs Desperate Calls Fast-Track Better Visor Libby’s List…
Streck Says Downstate Ventilator-Grab Stalls Deal: For Now, Only Inventory Required By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – National Guard troops will not be taking ventilators from upstate hospitals for use in downstate hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus. In an executive order signed Tuesday, April 7, Governor Cuomo backtracked on statements made Friday about issuing an executive order to requisition medical supplies, including 20 percent of unused ventilators, and having the National Guard help ensure compliance. Instead,…
