CLICK HERE FOR MEMO TO SCHOOLS Sports Can Resume, Superintendents Told COOPERSTOWN – In a memo released Friday evening, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond advised local school superintendents that sports can resume as early as Monday. “Effective Feb. 1, participants in higher-risk sports may participate in individual or distanced group training and organized no/low-contact group training,” Bond wrote, “…including competitions and tournaments, if permitted by local health authorities.”…
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Reported Cases Make Dramatic Climb By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In a single day, reported county-wide cases have climbed by nearly sixty increasing the active case count to 210 and the hospitalizations by three for a total of 18. No new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, keeping the 2021 fatalities at three and the fatalities to date at 21. Based on the figures, more than twenty people have successfully completed isolation and are considered no longer contagious.…
DOH Helps To Vaccinate 100s In Single Day, Bond Says By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego Department of Health helped to vaccinate roughly 200 eligible tier 1a and 1b candidates at the Meadows Building on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. According to County Department of Health Director Heidi Bond, they are hoping to roll out additional clinics soon. Those interested in receiving the vaccine should visit: am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/…
2 More Deaths; Hospitalizations Dip From 19 To 16 COOPERSTOWN – COVID-19 is still coming at us. A few minutes ago, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported two more coronavirus deaths, in addition to the one reported yesterday. The in-county total is 20 since the pandemic threat arose last March. Yesterday, there were 129 active cases in the county; today, 145.…
Thanksgiving Bubble Pops: County COVID Cases Drop 31 In Day By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After burgeoning since Thanksgiving get-togethers, the number of active cases county-wide have suddenly dropped by 31 in a single day. Despite 10 new cases and 19 hospitalization of either new or ongoing cases being reported today, the total active cases as of Tuesday, Jan. 5, was 126, 30-plus-one lower than the day before. Most likely, the drop is due to successful quarantines, said…
Otsego County Entering 2021 With 120 Cases By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – While the eve of the New Year has reported no new deaths, 33 new cases for the county were reported today – a near all-time high next to the 35 cases reported on Dec. 8 and Dec. 18. December has been the deadliest month in the county since the first cases were reported and has also seen the highest rate of transmission – next…
Editorial 15 Years Of ‘Citizens’ Prove: WE Can Overcome “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare Can it be 15 years since The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, (after its founding in 2008), have recognized a Citizen (or Citizens) of the Year in the final edition of the 12th month? In 2006, Cherry Valley Town Supervisor Tom Garretson, digesting information brought before him on industrial-scale wind turbines, changed his mind and…
2020 CITIZEN OF YEAR General In C-19 Fight With 36 Years On Health Care’s Front Lines, Heidi Bond Was Ready By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS Thirty-four years ago, during her first summer as a nurse’s aide at Bassett Hospital, Heidi Bond’s mother, Registered Nurse Cindy Brophy, gave her advice that has carried her through her career to date. “She told me, ‘I don’t care if you have to go cry in the bathroom every shift –…
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Victim Wasn’t At Bar; ‘Secondary Infection’ Cited New COVID Death Tied To Copper Fox By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A man who caught COVID-19 from someone who tested positive following the outbreak at the Copper Fox in Oneonta has died after a month in the hospital, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director. “This person didn’t go to the bar, but they contracted the disease through secondary spread from someone who did,” she said.…