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Polly Renckens was the first executive director of Otsego 2000, an organization that was founded as Friends of P.R.O.T.E.C.T. to challenge the proposed location of the Marcy South powerline along the eastern ridge of Otsego Lake.…
Nine Otsego County rowers competed in the Mohawk Fall Classic Regatta, held on Sunday, September 29 on the Mohawk River in Scotia. There were 213 entries from 27 clubs, most of which are New York-based, including our own Otsego Area Rowing.…
Assemblyman John Salka ‘I Know How To Help Constituents’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s been a long journey for John Salka from a boyhood in Utica’s Corn Hill section to the sumptuous New York State Capitol. His tiny 5-foot mom Carmella, a single parent, supported him and his sister Carole by working in a suitcase factory in Whitesboro. “A lot of glue; a lot of grimy work,” said the son, who at one point worked there, too. Evenings, Carmella Salka would take care of welfare families’ children, as well as the two young Salkas. “We…