GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Sunday, May 24 Beaches, RV Parks Campgrounds Open On Memorial Day LONG ISLAND – State beaches will be open for Memorial Day, Governor Cuomo said in today’s briefing. RV parks and campgrounds are also open. “We’re at the beach,” the governor said at this morning’s daily briefing. “What do New Yorkers do Memorial Day Weekend?”…
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First Local Case In Three Weeks Reported Today COOPERSTOWN – The first case of coronavirus in more than three weeks has surfaced in Otsego County, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported this afternoon. All contacts have been notified and are in quarantine, she said. This case not associated with the Unadilla Livestock Auction; Bond issued an alert Friday afternoon after learning an out-of-county individual who attended without a mask had later come down with COVID-19.…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/May 23, 2020 Worst Hit Regions May Reopen Soon, Cuomo Announces ALBANY – On Long Island, the number of coronavirus deaths is continuing to drop and contract tracing is coming online, and if this trend continues Long Island could be ready to open by Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced today at his daily briefing. After New York City, Long Island and Westchester County were the hardest his areas in the state.…
CORONAVIRUS REPORTED AT AUCTION BARN Mask-Less Out-Of-County Bidder Has Turned Up With Coronavirus UNADILLA – People who attended last Saturday’s sale (May 16) at the Unadilla Livestock Auction may have been exposed to coronavirus and should self-monitor for symptoms through Saturday, May 30, the county Health Department announced this afternoon. Anyone who was there and is experiencing fever, sore throat, shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and sudden loss of the sense of taste or smell should contact their doctor or call…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING: Wednesday, May 20 Cuomo Allows 10 People To Worship Together ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced that, beginning Thursday, religious gatherings statewide will be allowed, but limited to 10 people practicing strict social distancing and wearing masks. Additionally, drive-in and parking lot services will also be allowed beginning Thursday. The Governor also announced the state is convening an Interfaith Advisory Council to discuss proposals to safely bring back religious services. For list of the members of the Interfaith Advisory…
59 LAYOFFS ENACTED BY COUNTY REPS Union Rejects ‘Olive Branch’ As Board Seeks To Ease Pain By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO..com COOPERSTOWN – After a 2½-hour executive session, the Otsego County Board of Representatives emerged this afternoon to vote, 9-4, with one absence, to lay off 58 employees, saving $1 million in the face of plummeting revenues caused by the coronavirus threat. The meeting, the second this month, was called specifically to decide on layoffs. Four Democratic county…
5th Death Reported From Coronavirus COOPERSTOWN – A fifth death from COVID-19 was reported today by the county Department of Health. The patient had been hospitalized for several week, and had been included in the regular reports from county Public Health Director Heidi Bond on the illnes. Other than that, the DOH report is unchanged, with no new local cases of the virus reported in almost three weeks.…
19 Days Since Any New Cases COOPERSTOWN – The county Department of Health has had no new cases reported in the past 19 days. “This remains very good news,” said Director of Public Health Heidi Bond in an announcement a few minutes ago. With the county in Phase One of Governor Cuomo’s un- PAUSE, construction, manufacturing and stores (curbside side pickup only) are opening.…
Reprinted From This Week’s Hometown Oneonta, Freeman’s Journal Southside Mall Lives, Even Without NY’s OK Even Though They May, Corporate Retailers Aren’t Working Curbside Conrad Picou, general manager of Panera Bread at the Southside Mall, makes sure curbside pick-ups have a touch of class as he delivers a lunch on a silver platter. Panera opened its lobby on Wednesday for kiosk ordering and to-go ordering only. “Business has been picking up gradually.” said Picou, “We are optimistic about returning 2-3…
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