CCS DEFIES COVID THREAT Cooperstown Pupils Go Back To Classes Tammy Dingman, LTA, above, escorts Izabella Chase into Cooperstown Elementary School this morning, where a rotation system — half the students Mondays and Wednesdays, and other half Tuesdays and Thursdays — is in place to avoid crowding as the Walnut Street facility and the high school on Linden Avenue reopened for the 2020-21 school year. At left, Director of Facilities Matt Murphy kept the traffic flowing. Inset, Senior Officer Jim…
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60 Applaud Delgado At Cooperstown Stop Some 60 Democrats hailed incumbent Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, on a campaign and sign-distribution stop a few minutes ago in Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park. Top photo, he chats with Layla Butterman, 8, of Oneonta, who attended with her dad Dan, who is running for state Assembly against incumbent John Salka, R-Brookfield. Others, from left, are party activists Melinda Harden and Richard Sternberg, both of Cooperstown, and former Cooperstown mayor Jeff Katz. Inset, Paula Diperna, who…
Proposed City Law Would Seek Distancing, Masks Everywhere ONEONTA – Common Council will consider mandating social distancing and/or wearing of masks in “all public and private indoor and outdoor locations” when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. The new chapter to the city code, entitled “Mask and Face Coverings,” appears to require social distancing or, if that’s not possible, masks everywhere in the city, private and public places. The Oneonta Town Board passed a mask ordinance only…
27th Annual Pit Run On Through Oct. 31 Race Day Goes Virtual, As Skies Remain Clear Since the first race in 1994, it has never once rained on the day of the annual Pit Run, and that track record continued today as Mike Rubino, Bob Scanlon, Eric Michelitsch, and Nancy Scanlon joined Deb and Sid Parisian this morning in Neahwa Park to honor fallen Trooper Ricky J. Parisian at the traditional finish line for the annual PIT Run, which is…
77-Year-Old Man Dies Early Today In Fly Creek Fire FLY CREEK – The state fire marshal’s office is investigating a fatal fire that broke out at 5:29 this morning at 168 Jones Road, near Oaksville. A 77-year-old man died in the fire, which broke in the rear of the one-story home, where the bedrooms are located, on the hillside of Jones Road, which cuts across from Route 28 to Route 80. Two stepsons were at the scene a few minutes…
ONEONTA CLOSED UNTIL 10/15 CCS Students Returning On Monday, In Rotation By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Utilizing the hybrid model combining in-person and remote learning, students will return to Cooperstown Central School classrooms on Monday, Oct. 5. “Cohort A” will attend classes on Monday and Thursday, and “Cohort B” will attend on Tuesdays and Friday. Students can also opt to continue remote learning.…
He Pitched For Phillies In World Series Display On Jim Konstanty At GOHS During October ONEONTA – “Jim Konstanty & the World Series,” featuring Oneonta’s most accomplished Major Leaguer, is on display at the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., through October. Helen Rees, Konstanty’s daughter, is sharing her collection of memorabilia from her father’s professional baseball career. Konstanty (1917-1976) played for five teams during his 11 years in the Majors. Although also a starting pitcher, he is considered baseball’s first…
Dedication Of Rt. 205 Planned Monday In Honor Of Marine HARTWICK – The dedication of a section of Route 205 through Hartwick in honor of Marine Corps Sgt. John Kempe Winslow, who died in Vietnam, is planned at 2 p.m. Monday south of the hamlet. The dedication, which will be attended by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, had been planned last spring, but was delayed by the COVID-19 state of emergency. Seward and Salka introduced…
27th Annual PIT Run, Underway – Virtually!…
CLICK FOR TODAY’S PRESENTATION Ruffles Uses CHIPS, Plus Low-Cost Debt, To Balance ’21 Budget County Treasurer’s Model May Provide A Roadmap For Reps By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County’s roads are paved with gold, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles has discovered. And that gold can balance the county’s 2021 budget and keep the tax-rate increase under the state-mandated 2 percent next year, Ruffles told the county board’s Budget Committee today. In unveiling a preliminary county budget…
