Salka ‘Appalled’ If Governor Hid Aged Death Rate AG Letitia James’ Study Concludes Nursing Home Fatalities 50% Short By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ALBANY – That state Attorney General Letitia James concluded the Cuomo Administration underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by half is “appalling,” Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, declared in a statement released this afternoon. An investigation by James’ office concluded the administration undercounted coronavirus-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, the New…
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Thank Heaven For Derek Jeter No 2021 Inductees, No Schilling, No Bond, No Clemens By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If not for Derek Jeter and his Classmates of 2020, this would have been another sparse summer for baseball in Cooperstown. For the first time since 2013, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected none of the 25 Hall of Fame candidates above 75 percent, leaving the class of 2021 at zero. Hall of Fame President Tim Mead announced…
Pandemic Takes Down Fly Creek Cider Mill By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The numbers told Bill Michaels it was time. “I learned a lot going through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program,” said the Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard president. “One of them was knowing your numbers. I spent a lot of time looking at them throughout the pandemic.” In 2020, “our customer visitation was down all year. Then, after the holidays, it just stopped, to…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Richfield Kinney: Schedule Access, But No Availability 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…
CHECK YOUR STORAGE UNITS Stolen Goods May Belong To You, Troopers Suspect ONEONTA – If you live in the Oneonta area check your storage units, sheds or garages, state police are suggesting. If you find items missing, you may be able to reclaim them 1-3 p.m. Wednesday at the Oneonta Barracks, 199 Oneida St. In August 2020, a number of items troopers believe were taken from storage units, shed or vehicles over the summer were recovered during arrests at a…
Pathfinder Village Names Hand Bell Choir Director Paula Schaeffer Retires After 23 Years EDMESTON – Maisy French of West Edmeston has been appointed director of the Pathfinder Village Hand Bell Choir, and is planning a virtual concert later this year, it was announced this morning. She succeeds Paula Schaeffer of Fly Creek, Pathfinder director of Enrichment Services, who has retired after 23 years in the role.…
CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT NYT Finds Otsego County At ‘Extremely High Risk’ The New York Times is reporting Otsego County at an “extremely high risk level” for COVID-19. “Cases are extremely high and have increased over the past two weeks,” said The Times in its county-by-county assessment. “The number of hospitalized Covid patients has fallen in the Otsego County area. Deaths have remained at about the same level. The test positivity rate in Otsego County is high, suggesting that cases may be undercounted.”…
Bassett Vaccination Clinic For 300 Fills ‘Immediately’ COOPERSTOWN – As anticipated, Bassett’s Saturday COVID vaccination clinic filled “immediately,” according to spokesman Karen Huxtable-Hooker. As soon at the posting appeared on bassett.org, all appointments were booked. “Hopefully we see additional supply of the COVID-19 vaccines coming to New York State and released to rural regions soon,” she said.…
FIRST SHOTS FOR 65+ PEOPLE LOCALLY Bassett Schedules Vaccination Clinic Saturday At Clark In a noontime press briefing convened by Bassett President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim, top, the network’s pharmacy director, Kelly Rudd, left, announced Bassett Healthcare Network will provide vaccinations to the public at its first public clinic 8 a.m.-1 p.m. this Saturday at the Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Register later this afternoon by clicking here. “Given the limited supply of vaccine, we know appointments will for the community clinic will…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Bassett Sets Up Clinic To Inoculate 300 This Saturday 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…
