GOP Elections Commissioner New Republican Chairwoman Lori Lehenbauer Succeeding Vince Casale By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, the county Republican elections commissioner since 2016, was elected Republican chairwoman when the county committee convened here last evening. She succeeds Vince Casale, Republican chairman for the past seven years, who resigned in December, to devote more time to his political consultancy, The Casale Group, based in Cooperstown but serving candidates statewide. “I’ve been a longstanding…
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32 NEW CASES IN COUNTY Cornhole Tourney Spawns Outbreak By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – An additional 39 COVID-19 cases are being blamed in part on a Cornhole Tournament at the Schenevus VFW “on or around” Jan. 2, the county Health Department reports today. That said, there are five fewer cases than the sum of yesterday’s active cases and today’s newly reported cases. “The period for monitoring symptoms has passed. It is important to note that if…
VILLAGE CAUCUS NEXT THURSDAY Hanna Joy Bergene, 29, Formerly With Chamber, Running For Trustee Seat By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Hanna Bergene, 29, well-known in Cooperstown affairs from her years as Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce marketing & events director, is running for the Village Board in the March elections. Veteran Trustee Jim Dean, 80, a trustee for the past eight years, said he decided to step aside when he heard of Bergene’s interest. “I met…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 14, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Thank You Seward, Well Done! Honoring Otsego County’s 34-Year Senator EDITORIAL In Troubled Times, Let’s Try ‘The Seward Way’ Let’s All Get Behind resident Biden’s Call For Calm, Unity Both Love, Justice Required In Dealing With Capitol Mob LETTERS ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL: So Where Do You Stand? Democracy? Insurrection? SEELEY: To Defuse Violence, Salka Must Accept Election Fair RUDY: Antidote To Chaos?…
Active Cases Drop, But One More Death By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The fourth COVID-19 fatality of the new year was reported yesterday – a woman over 55. Hospitalizations have also increased by one, however. Despite an increase in the newly reported cases, active COVID-19 infections have fallen, the result of successful isolation periods, according to county Public Health Director Heidi Bond. The recent expansion of anti-COVID vaccination eligibility brings a lot of good news and…
CONSTRUCTION MAY BE COMPLETE BY MAY National Pioneer Tours State-Of-Art Shelter By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Stacie Haynes joined the Susquehanna Animal Shelter as executive director in 2015, she discovered one of the dogs had been in its kennel for more than 400 days. Today, shelter stays are typically 14-21 days, she reports.…
NEW INFORMATION LINE: 547-4240 Health Department ‘Overwhelmed’ By Calls For Vaccines By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Overwhelmed by “hundreds of voice mails” from people asking how to get COVID inoculations, the county Department of Health is asking them to call 1-607-547-4240 for information. So far, however, it seems there’s not much to say: “We currently have no vaccine available,” county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said in yesterday’s daily press release. “At this time the department…
County COVID Cases See-Saw By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After increases in new reported cases, active cases and hospitalizations categories yesterday – as compared to the totals of the previous day – all three categories have again dropped. This dip in totals, however, still remains higher than the totals reported on Jan. 10 – the “low” before yesterday’s increases. Deaths have remained at zero since the two deaths reported on Jan. 7, making the total COVID-19…
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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.…
