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According to Farmer, the original master plan for the 22-acre parcel along Otsego Lake was developed in 2011 and approved in 2015, at which time OLT received a Special Permit to operate Brookwood Point as a recreational facility with no further conditions from the Town of Otsego.…
MoreAccording to County Administrator Steve Wilson, while the agreement is for 90 days, both parties will be working to develop a long-term plan. The shared goal of both Bassett and county officials is to streamline the way patients get needed ambulance transportation.…
SFCU will now apply to the New York State Department of Financial Services for designation as a Bank Development District. This designation will make the branch opening financially feasible and will also allow municipalities to bank with the credit union.…
The building will also have space dedicated to sick care, ensuring that employees’ children have appropriate care when necessary and, as a result, employees will not have to miss work. It is anticipated that the center will serve 70 children and employ 18 staff. It is expected to open in 2025.…
There are six candidates running for the school board: Padraic MacLeish, Matthew Monahan, Mary Beth Murdock, Keith Parr, Anthony Scalici and William Streck. Monahan and Scalici are incumbent.
Maureen Murray, a member of the Cooperstown Area LWV, will moderate the event.…
Over the past few years, SUNY Oneonta’s Sport and Exercise Sciences department has developed a relationship with EDD Adaptive Sports, a non-profit organization that offers adaptive sports programs to children and adults with any disability. EDD Adaptive Sports programs allow people of all ages to participate in a variety of free athletic and sport-related activities, including basketball, biking, kayaking, soccer, swimming, pickleball, rowing, and yoga.…
While visiting, guests can witness a remarkable piece of cider mill history—the fully restored turbine. Originally installed in 1872, the turbine has been meticulously restored to its former glory and is housed in a new water tank crafted by Unalam in Southern Otsego County.…
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Editorial of May 9, 2024 Let’s Reboot Mother’s Day Here comes Sunday, and this one is our annual big day for all the moms in our midst. Showing up at around the same time as the also-annual cherry blossoms, fish runs, Kentucky Derby and the onslaught of black flies, which unhappily leave us itching, scratching, and swollen all the way to Father’s Day, on the horizon on June 16. Although Mother’s Day began, before the Civil War, with a bunch of good intentions, today it’s a commercial event of staggering financial ramifications and, perhaps, questionable focus.…
Who will pay for NY HEAT? The cost of a $672-million bailout for a few of the hundreds of thousands of utility customers currently in arrears will be borne by other utility customers. Every New Yorker will help fund subsidies for industrial solar and wind projects which could gobble up a million acres and yet fail to provide reliable electricity.…
Every day, Springbrook works toward unifying community members, employees, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to ensure that everyone feels empowered to live their best life and is provided with every opportunity to thrive, which is why we are excited about new partnerships with the State University of New York at Oneonta, Hartwick, and Vêsucré LLC, and a new Employment Services office at the Ford on Main.…
News from the Garden Club of Richfield Springs, the Otsego County Historical Association, Connections at Clark Sports Center and more.…
This week's briefs include a call for artists, Michele Frazier's seven-county district speaking tour and more.…
Today's news briefs include information about the boating safety deadline, an announcement from NYS Ag and Markets on HPAI cases, and more.…
COOPERSTOWN—Charles William Lamb, PhD, whose career as a clinical psychologist in Cooperstown spanned over five decades, passed away following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease in the early-morning hours of Monday, April 29, 2024 at Woodside Hall in Cooperstown with family by his side. He was 86.…
COOPERSTOWN—Earle William Hayford (Bpaw), 80, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on May 6, 2024 in Saint Augustine, Florida.
He was born on April 29, 1944 in York, Maine to Virgil and Mary Jane Hayford. Following high school, he enlisted in the United States Army, where he dutifully served his country.
Earle,…
SPRINGFIELD CENTER—Martin Douglas Sorin, PhD, 79, of Springfield Center, passed away on April 11, 2024 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.
Martin Douglas Sorin was born on September 16, 1944 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.…
ONEONTA—Austin J. Brandt, 25, passed away at his home in the early morning hours of April 3, 2024. He was not alone, as his beloved dogs, Ellie and Bailey, were by his side as he left this world much too soon and journeyed into the unknown. His loss was completely…
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POETRY—7:30 p.m. “Writers Salon.” An evening with Alex Alberto (non-fiction). Literary reading series for local writers held each Third Thursday through June. Free, open to the public. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Avenue, Oneonta. Visit https://www.canoneonta.org/writers-salon
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