COOPERSTOWN – Eight news cases of coronavirus have been reported locally this week, county Director of Public Health Heidi Board said this afternoon.
That raised the number of active cases in county from 10 to 13.
As of today, there were 105 total cases, up from 99 Monday. The new total includes the 13, plus 87 who have recovered, and the five deaths experienced since cases first appeared in mid-March.
Outgoing Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson, between Hall Chairman Jane Forbes Clark and his successor, Tim Mead, was honored with recognition and a plaque during the Awards Presentation Saturday, July 20, in Doubleday Field. Hall of Famers visible behind him are, from left, Brooks Robinson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Mike Mussina. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Artist May-Britt Joyce holds up an original painting of swimmers at the village’s Fairy Spring Park that will be sold at silent auction during 80th anniversary of the park’s opening 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the East Lake Road facility. The artist began the painting from a kayak offshore from the park. The local fun band Hanzolo will perform, and Stewart’s will provide free ice-cream floats. Public welcome.
Bobby Walker of Cooperstown, chair of the Otsego County Young Republicans, snaps a selfie with Steven Mnuchin, President Trump’s treasury secretary, who he met at Friday’s Inauguration in Washington D.C. (More photos from Walker in upcoming edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta.)
Joe Russo, who has been an anticipated sight for tourists and locals alike in downtown Cooperstown in recent summers, celebrated his 100th birthday with dozens of friends and family members this evening at Cooperstown’s Thanksgiving Home. Here he cuts his birthday cake as, behind him, his daughter Carmel Santoro, Guilford, Conn., and his son Vinnie and his wife Joan look on. Russo, who retired from the New York Times’ circulation department after a long career, can usually be found between Memorial Day and Labor Day on the bench in front of Mickey’s Place, his son’s baseball store at the corner of Main and Pioneer, greeting passersby. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Cooperstown High School Principal Mike Cring has chosen Sportsmanship Award winners for winter sports. Front row, from left, are Lauren Lionetti, cheerleading; Abby Ford, modified girls basketball; Maggie Schuermann, varsity girls basketball; Tess DiLorenzo, modified volleyball; Matilda Francis, JV volleyball; Amber Genova, varsity volleyball; Faith Logue, modified girls basketball, and Kate Trosset, girls JV basketball. Back row, from left, Ryan Lansing, modified boys basketball; Skyler Taylor, bowling; Keith Barlow, JV boys basketball; Chad Carr, boys varsity basketball; Will Harloff, boys swimming, and Logan Kantor, modified wrestling. Missing from the photo was Jasmine Martinez, wrestling. (AllOTSEGO.com photo)
