No Phone, No Internet Stymies So. Worcester Couple By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As Margaret Wolff waited during the recommended 15-minute observation period following her inoculation Saturday afternoon, Jan. 30, Rita Tetenes was at her home here. Tetenes was not one of the lucky ones. Although she and her husband Leo are in their 80s, they still live independently in a far, hilly corner of Otsego County. Schoharie County begins across the narrow valley from their home,…
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310th Out Of 310 Persistence, Luck Wins Margaret Wolff Vaccination By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Margaret Wolff was one of the lucky ones. She was one of the first 310 members of the general public to receive their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Bassett Hospital’s first public clinic Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Clark Sports Center. For three weeks she’d tried to get a vaccine appointment. Some days she got online at 6 a.m.,…
Back To the Old School 10 Rent-Subsidized Apartments Now Available For 62+ Tenants By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – A high point for Richard Saba was the teen café, where up to 130 young people would gather at the old Cherry Valley High School to create art and play music. “It expanded their cultural landscape,” said Saba, himself a noted artist, who has been involved in reinventing the 1913 former central school here since he helped co-found…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL COVID-19 Vaccine Info At Apparent Standstill Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New…
County Board’s Partisan Divide Comes To Fore Resolutions On Hot Current Issues Blunted, Or Sent Back To Committee By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Partisan perspectives led to lively debates this morning at the February meeting of the county Board of Representatives, but the three related resolutions were blunted or failed to reach the floor. First, a resolution – to chide Assemblyman John Salka and state Sen. Peter Oberacker for a bill specifying New Yorkers can refuse…
County Board Increases Bed Tax 50% On Sept. 1 COOPERSTOWN – The county’s bed tax will increase by 50 percent after Sept. 1, the county board decided unanimously a few minutes ago. The bed tax will rise from 4 percent to 6 percent, and is being levied in the fall to avoid have an impact on people who have already booked rooms for this summer.…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Local Supplies Remain Limited Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New York State…
Holiday Fallout Still Felt Locally By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The COVID-19 death toll continues to climb. Why? According to Public Health Director Heidi Bond, the fatalities are still largely related to the holidays, including as far back as Thanksgiving. “A lot of these people were those that were hospitalized for a long period of time,” Bond said today. One ongoing cluster remains active at a nursing home within the county that has yet to be…
CLICK FOR COOPERSTOWN PLAN Oneonta, Cooperstown Police Reforms Readied City, Village Plan Hearings Next Week By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The City of Oneonta and Village of Cooperstown are ready to seek public input for proposed police reforms, as follows: In Oneonta, Common Council has scheduled a public hearing for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. No draft is available yet. The public may participate via the city’s Facebook page, www.youtube.com/cityofoneonta, or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84602261161?pwd=M1pNQkdWaXhYODB4UHlCdHJLMWZ4QT09 In Cooperstown, Village…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL All County Sites Short Of Vaccine Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special sites still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is Plattsburgh and Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New…
