Police Chief Mike Covert, 59; Helped Addicts Into Recovery By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert helped make the Village a place people wanted to come back to, said former Mayor Jeff Katz. “Mike was a music fan, so when we had the Furthur concert in Doubleday Field, Mike made the executive decision that, as long as it was contained there, he wasn’t going to arrest most people,” Katz recalled. “He would be a…
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On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports On Police Chief In Dire Straits On this week’s “Morning Headlines” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/ publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on how Cooperstown Village Police Chief Mike Covert was down to $17 after the County of Otsego cancelled his medical insurance and the Village Board declined to put him on the village plan. Only a GoFundMe drive organized by a former colleague of Mike’s in the…
BEWARE: NYSEG Scam Targets Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Police Chief Michael Covert is warning residents not to send money to callers pretending to represent NYSEG. “We’ve gotten four calls today from people who received calls saying that they had to pay $998 on their NYSEG bill or they would be thrown in jail,” said Covert. “It’s an ongoing scam.” The callers then asked for the mark to go to CVS and get a GreenDot pre-paid card. “Never send money to…
