FARMER WHO ORGANIZED FEST UNDER ARREST As 1,500 Gathered On Hill, Knarich Ignored Warnings, Sheriff Alleges By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com NEW LISBON – The organizer of what’s been described as a pro-marijuana-legalization festival that drew as many as 1,500 people to a rural hilltop over the weekend was arrested this morning. George A. Knarich, 55, is charged with violating Governor Cuomo’s executive orders against COVID-Era mass gatherings on land, it is further alleged, that had been seized…
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Health Department Issues Cease, Desist To Mount Vision Fest MOUNT VISION – The Otsego County Health Department is warning the public to stay away from the NY Harvest & Freedom Fair/Political Rally at 397 County Highway 15, just west of here, after it was declared a “nonessential gathering” and ordered not to take place. According to a press release from Public Health Director Heidi Bond, the county Health Department became aware of the event and issued a cease and desist…
Bond: Wedding Party Latest COVID Cluster COOPERSTOWN – Seven members of a wedding party came down with COVID-19 following the weekend event in Oneida County, according to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. According to Bond, there were only 45 people at the wedding, under the state’s maximum cap of 50 people, and precautions were put in place. “This shows that in the wedding setting, sometimes people get closer either when they’re eating or celebrating, and…
3 At Bassett Found COVID-19 Positive By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Three of the latest five cases of COVID-19 reported were Bassett Hospital employees, according to Heidi Bond, county public health director. “We don’t know where (two) employees picked it up, but they gave it to a family member, who also works at Bassett,” she said. The three cases are part of a five-day spike that saw an additional 18 cases throughout the county, nine at…
15 Cases of COVID Spike Over Weekend COOPERSTOWN – Nine SUNY Oneonta students, one Hartwick College student and five county residents have tested positive for COVID in the past four days, according to a press release from Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. Of the nine SUNY students, she said, five of those are new infections, with the other four students having already recovered, but had not been reported as being positive to the health department…
7th County Resident Succumbs To COVID COOPERSTOWN – A 79-year old county resident has died of COVID-19, marking the seventh such death in the county since March, according to a release sent out by Heidi Bond, Otsego County public health director. The death was not liked to the SUNY Oneonta outbreak, she said. The most recent death prior to this was in August.…
New Infections Low, But COVID Still Here COOPERSTOWN – The county Health Department today reported five new COVID-19 cases, three related to SUNY Oneonta and two county residents. While the figures show single-digit infections, they also show COVID remains among us. County Public Health Director Heidi Bond reflected that in her exhortation, “Stay home and save lives!” SUNY Oneonta reported one new case, but that may reflect “fluctuations” in reporting times. Hartwick College reported no new cases.…
COVID Outbreak Stays On Campus, DOH Chief Advises SUNY Tally, 671; In County, 7 Cases Surfaced In Same Period By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The “large outbreak” of COVID-19 at SUNY Oneonta has not spread to the community, according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond, in reporting eight new cases on Friday. That is on a par with seven reported Thursday and seven reported, Wednesday, down from the dozens of cases being reported daily last…
COUNTY DOH REPORTS: 107 MORE CASES TODAY, AND ALL ARE AT SUNY-O In All, 460 Test Positive Since March COOPERSTOWN – In all, 107 new coronavirus cases were reported in Otsego County today, and all were SUNY Oneonta students, according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. That brings the total to 460 total confirmed cases since the pandemic threat arrived in March, Bond reported, four times as many as had been reported in the county when the SUNY Oneonta…
Bond: ‘Now Is Not The Time To Socialize.’ 29 New COVID Cases At SUNY; 2 More Infected in Community ONEONTA – 29 more SUNY Oneonta students have reported positive COVID tests on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 56 at the college alone, according to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. Additionally, a sixth teen from the reported gathering last weekend has tested positive, and another new case popped up, with no connection…
