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HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT Fears Of Flooding Dim Neahwa Park Fest Of Lights Returns Christmas Day…
Go STEM! Makes Hands-On, Remote Learning Possible By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Go STEM! Institute at SUNY Oneonta will presents a one-week STEM experience, focusing in electronics and sound production for kids in 7-12th grade this February. Gavin Vital, SUNY Oneonta Instructional Support Technician and Adjunct Lecturer of the Music Department will teach the virtual program, with the hands-on kit delivered directly to participants. The program will focus on electronics and sound production and take place…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR From The Front Lines Of The Border Wars To the Editor: Our pal Kelly Kimbro lives on a ranch in Arizona near the Hadley’s Diamond A Ranch which is on the border with Mexico. I was riding with Kelly and her dad Warner Glenn in the Animas Mountains of the Diamond A Ranch the day that Robert Krentz was killed on his ranch. Kelly was featured on CNN on Wednesday in a report on the border wall. As she points out in…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Dec. 24 – 25, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE VACCINES HERE HoF Takes Fresh Look 50-Car Parade Salutes Cooperstown Mainstay Rubin: Revisit Plan; Then Hire President At County Chamber In 2022, Ommegang Eyes $1M Expansion December Deadliest Month, Bond Says EDITORIAL As We Count Our Blessings, Let’s Stay The Course Yes, Virginia… There IS A Santa Claus, Editor Wrote 8-Year-Old COLUMNS BERKSON: New Home For The Holidays STERNBERG: Vaccines,…
In 2022, Ommegang Eyes $1M Expansion By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Brewery Ommegang isn’t going to let a pandemic get in the way of customers enjoying Neon Rainbows – and other popular brews. “We installed a canning line two years ago,” said Rick DeBar, director of operations at the brewery. “But we’re aiming to double our capacity on the line starting next March.” The current line can fill five cans at a time; with the addition of a…
50-Car Parade Salutes Cooperstown Mainstay By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In the midst of the 50-car drive-by celebrating Carol B. Waller’s retirement as Mohican Flowers’ proprietor, a customer stopped by looking for greens to decorate his home for Christmas. Carol and her 42-year assistant, Claire Satriano, who was also honored at the event, ducked into the store and got him what he needed. “They work until it’s done,” said Elaine Bresee, who spent three weeks organizing the parade…
VACCINES HERE By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Dr. Anush Patel, Bassett Hospital’s chief of medical oncology and radiology, expressed relief on receiving the first of his two Pfizer vaccinations. “This is the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said. Patel was one of 350 Tier One Bassett employees who received the Pfizer vaccine last Saturday through Monday at Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, and Faxton-St. Luke’s Campus, Utica. “People were overwhelmingly excited to receive the vaccine,”…
With 4 Deaths, December Deadliest Month 2nd COVID Death Reported From Adult Home Cluster COOPERSTOWN – A second woman has died from COVID-19 after she was exposed at the adult home where she was residing, according to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health Director. Her death comes just one week after the first death from the reported adult home outbreak, which started when an employee came to work after being exposed to the virus during a Thanksgiving gathering.…
A COVID-Era Visit From St. Nick… By MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the dark night of COVID, and all through the county Not a traveler was budging, not one little amounty; The masks were hung by the front door with care, In hopes that the vaccine soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of Zoom school danced in their heads; The schools had…
