“In late September 2024, the New York State Police was notified by the Cooperstown School District regarding a financial cybercrime in which the district suffered a loss of approximately $500,000.00,” New York State Police Troop C Public Information Officer Aga Tinker responded to a recent inquiry by AllOtsego.…
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The Cooperstown Food Pantry has reported its visitors have doubled over the last month. The Oneonta Salvation Army saw increases of use as much as a third. Already burdened by a cost of living crisis, the stoppage of SNAP benefits on November 1 as a result of the government shutdown has driven even further need for affordable groceries.…
“The people in the Village of Cooperstown are basically the most good-tempered, intelligent, hardworking people I’ve ever worked with in my life,” Keck, 82, told AllOtsego. “And that’s the truth in every administration. I would say that there were no slackers in any respect.”…
In the half dozen contested races for seats on the Otsego County Board of Representatives, all six of which are currently held by Republicans, incumbents won only three. The board will be split seven Republicans to seven Democrats. However, because of the county’s weighted voting system, where each representative’s vote share is dependent on their district’s population, Republicans will retain a slim majority.…
Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump representing the North Country in Congress, announced her long-expected candidacy for governor of New York State on November 7.…
An estimated 1,500 people took part in the second "No Kings" peaceful protest on Saturday, October 18 in Oneonta. The demonstration was organized by CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, Butternut Valley Indivisible, Cherry Valley Indivisible, Indivisible for Schoharie County and the Otsego County Democratic Committee.…
An Oneonta vape shop is facing permanent closure from a new lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James in collaboration with the New York State Department of Public Health. They allege Royalty Tobacco and its owners Eysa Sharhan and Ahmed Mozeb repeatedly violated the law, illegally selling flavored nicotine products to minors...…
Reporting by AllOtsego was recently cited in a national publication, underscoring the importance of local journalism. On October 17, Politico cited AllOtsego’s reporting in its New York Playbook edition.…
“We are not out here today for ourselves,” CooperstownOneonta Indivisible leader Virginia Kennedy said from the stage in Oneonta. “We are out here today because we care about our country.”…
Owners John and Suzanne Rudy, now in their 80s and ready to retire, say the time has come to close a chapter of their life that began shortly after a family trip in the 1980s.…
