Coronavirus May Be No Deadlier Than Flu Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an editorial, co-written by Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and other experts, that appears in the current edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. A degree of clarity is emerging from this report, (“Early transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China,” Li Q. Guan X and colleagues, New England Journal of Medicine, Jan. 29.) The median age of the patients was 59…
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Bassett Getting Ready To Deter Coronavirus By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you’re looking for masks and hand sanitizer to minimize the chances of contracting Coronavirus (COVID-19), you’ll have to look elsewhere – Church & Scott is out. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said David Adsit, co-owner and pharmacist. “As soon as the news broke, people started buying them up, and we can’t get any more.” Though he had plenty of hand sanitizer in stock,…
BOUND VOLUMES March 5, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Excerpts from the New York State Comptroller’s Report: Funds of the State excluding 970 thousand acres of land, yet unsold, and of the funds appropriated for the Common Schools, and for the promotion of literature: $3,500,754; Funds appropriated for the Common Schools: $1,229,076; Funds for the promotion of literature: 132,529; The yearly revenue of the state, exclusive of what is derivable from lotteries: $782,562. Legislation: Mr. Ruggles reported a bill for the…
The View From Fly Creek Ensure Local Politics Are Local Everybody knows that it takes millions of dollars to run for the most important political offices, and even billions (counting PACs and ‘dark money’) to run for president. Although big campaigns can be funded by small donors (under $200 each), as Bernie Sanders has shown, most campaigns depend on large donors (up to and including more or less self-funded billionaire campaigns like those of Trump in 2016, and Tom Steyer…
Police Chief Mike Covert, 59; Helped Addicts Into Recovery By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert helped make the Village a place people wanted to come back to, said former Mayor Jeff Katz. “Mike was a music fan, so when we had the Furthur concert in Doubleday Field, Mike made the executive decision that, as long as it was contained there, he wasn’t going to arrest most people,” Katz recalled. “He would be a…
Candidate Robbins Can Attend Thursday Debate League Event 7 p.m. In Village Hall COOPERSTOWN – Village trustee candidate Mary Margaret Robbins Sohns today said she will be able to attend the League of Women Voters’ debate at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Village Board’s meeting room at 22 Main. A Republican, she will join the two Democratic candidates, Joe Membrino and MacGuire Benton, sitting trustees who are running for their first full three-year terms. Robbins, whose first anniversary of a…
Lola Rathbone, Otesaga Will Be Honored At 20th Epicurean Fest COOPERSTOWN – Helios Care will honor Lola Rathbone of Milford, former president/CEO of its predecessor, Catskill Area Hospice, and The Otesaga at its 20th annual Epicurean Food & Wine Tasting, planned 3-6 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at The Otesaga. The event is open to the public and will benefit nonprofit Helios Care, the leading provider in palliative and hospice care and grief counseling locally.…
IN MEMORIAM Michael K. Covert, 59; Cooperstown Police Chief HARTWICK – Michael K. Covert, 59, a long-standing community member, dedicated civil servant and honorably discharged veteran who served as an Otsego County Sheriff’s Deputy and Police Chief for the Village of Cooperstown, passed away following a valiant battle with several medical issues Sunday night, March 1, 2020, at his home. Born May 4, 1960, in Pompton Plains, Pequannock Township, N.J., Mike was the son of Robert Ellis and Ruth Ann…
IN MEMORIAM Dr. Cory Johnston, 47; Dies In Skiing Accident COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Cory Johnston died unexpectedly in a skiing accident on the higher elevations of Mount Hood on Feb. 25. It was his 47th birthday. Survivors include his parents, Waldo and Caroline Johnston, Cooperstown. Born in Colorado Springs in 1973, Cory grew up in the mountains of Colorado where he inherited a love of the outdoors from his parents, Waldo and Candy, and his older sister, Crickett. It was…
Village Chief Mike Covert Dies After Long Illness…
