‘Green Light’ Bill Facing Clerks’ Anger By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – By presstime, no word had been received from President Trump’s regional representation on whether the Justice Department will go to court to stop New York State’s “Green Light” law from going into effect Dec. 14. The “Green Light” law would require the state’s county clerks who operate state Department of Motor Vehicle offices locally to issue driver’s licenses to what some people call undocumented residents and…
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No One’s Snapped Up 3-Wheeled Car So Far By LIBBY CUDMORE • www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – When Shirley and Douglas Bennett got back to their car after shopping one afternoon, they saw a little boy and his father waiting for them in the parking lot. “The father told me that his son didn’t want to leave until he saw us wind up the car!” said Shirley. Alas, the wind-up key on top of the Bennett’s three-wheeled Snyder is just for show,…
from the ENERGY TASK FORCE Energy Task Force Goal: To Avoid Us Vs. Them To the Editor: Your June 20-21 editorial on the Otsego County Energy Taskforce ends with the sentence: “We’re all in this together.” We on the Taskforce Leadership Committee couldn’t agree more. But the editorial’s main assertion that the business community has been shut out of the process is not based on fact and includes inaccuracies and unhelpful hypotheticals that need to be corrected. Chief among these…
Parting Words from RYAN BURR To Succeed, You Must Push Through Pain Of Life Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Valedictorian Ryan P. Burr’s speech to the Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School Class of 2019 at the Saturday, June 29, commencement. In 2016, I had a major run-in with self-discipline that changed my life and made me the person I am today. Most of you know by now that I am a runner and, oftentimes, classmates and peers ask me:…
BEST BESTS Even After Fourth, Lots To Do Here – And Fireworks, Too! By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Just because the festivities on the Fourth of July may be done by the time you pick up this edition, that doesn’t mean the fun is over! This weekend is filled with arts, music and celebration all over the county.Even the fireworks aren’t over yet! Fireworks will be shot over Otsego Lake Friday, July 5, with viewing from Brookwood Point,…
More Than Two Dozen Protest Detention Camps Protesters, including Kristen Jastremski and Jeannine Webster, joined the Quakers weekly anti-war protest in front of the Cooperstown Post Office to bring awareness and decry the migrant detention camps along the southern border, where children are reportedly being separated from their parents and kept in unsanitary conditions. At right, Christine Heller holds a sign that paraphrases John Lennon’s “Imagine.” A group of Cooperstown citizens will be travelling to the South Texas Family Residential…
Green Cow Cuts Ribbon, Hosts Hamburger Cookout With farmers, butchers, employees and friends alongside, Carrie and Doug Thompson cut the ribbon on their new business venture, Tthe Green Cow, as Steve Grubb and Brian Fassett, who work on the farm, hold the ribbon. The butcher shop, at 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown, features grass-finished beef raised on 450 acres near Richfield Springs. “This project has been 10 years in the making,” said Doug. “It’s been a fantastic journey for myself, Carrie…
Glimmerglass Festival Announces ‘Sound of Music,’ ‘Don Giovanni’ As Part of Summer 2020 Season COOPERSTOWN – “The Sound of Music” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will lead the 2020 season of the Glimmerglass Festival, the opera company announced today. The festival, which starts July 11, 2020, will also include Wagner’s Die Feen (The Fairies) and Handel’s Rinaldo. Selections for the season serve as a survey for the development of these famed creators, with the slate featuring formative operas from Wagner and…
Sal’s Pizzeria Owner Receives Key To The City By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There wasn’t a dry eye in Common Council chambers this evening. Mayor Gary Herzig screened Jessica Vecchione’s award-winning short documentary, “A Slice of Hope,” which tells the story of Jennifer Grigoli, owner of Sal’s Pizzeria, and her efforts to employ people in recovery at her restaurant. “Jennifer set an example to other businesses in Oneonta and made Oneonta an example for other cities,”…
2019 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY Absentee Ballot Count Affirms Palevsky’s Win COOPERSTOWN – The absentee ballot count affirms the Town of Richfield votes of June 25, the day of the Republican primary there. The final count has Nick Palevsky with 179, defeating David Simonds, 168, to succeed Town Supervisor Paul Palumbo when he retires at the end of the year. It also confirms Fred Eckler with 225 and Edward Bello with 208, knocking incumbent Kane Seamon, with 168, off the Republican ballot.…
