Letter from Tracy Roberts Bills Would Help Environment While “Earth Day” has officially passed, let us not forget that every day is Earth Day. The New York State Assembly has an historic opportunity to take meaningful action in dealing with both our growing plastic pollution crisis and the ever-worsening climate crisis. There are two bills before the current legislative session calling for simple, effective solutions: The Bigger Better Bottle Bill (S227/A6353) and the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (S4246/A5322).…
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Letter from Bill Waller Ceremony Was Spectacular I was fortunate to be invited by a member of the Cooperstown Board of Trustees to the Commissioning Ceremony for the USS Cooperstown. We drove to New York City Friday in order to attend the early-morning breakfast hosted by the New York Council of the Navy League. The breakfast was attended by a wide variety of people: various boatbuilding officials, elected officials, New York Navy League members, family members of crew and numerous…
News from the Noteworthy by Opportunities for Otsego Inc. Community Action Month Reinforces Agency Import Each May, Community Action agencies across the United States celebrate Community Action Month. For 59 years, this network of dedicated employees, board members, and volunteers have advocated, counseled, encouraged, and educated low-income individuals and families in a collaborative effort to strive for self-sufficiency and economic independence. As a Community Action agency here in Otsego County, Opportunities for Otsego Inc. is proud to join our fellow…
Time Out Dining and Entertainment Briefs: May 10, 2023 Dine Out For a Cause Continues This Month OTSEGO COUNTY—Helios Care’s Dine Out For a Cause fund-raising campaign continues this month at dining establishments in Delhi, Oneonta, Cooperstown and Unadilla. The program is intended to raise awareness and support for Helios Care and participating restaurants. This month’s venues include: Eighty Main, 80 Main Street, Delhi on Mondays and Tuesdays from May 1 through June 6; Social Eats Project 607, 546 Main…
Time Out Dining and Entertainment Briefs: May 11, 2023 Orchestra, Choral Society Team Up for Silver Screen Concert ONEONTA—The Catskill Symphony Orchestra will conclude its 2022-2023 season with “Music from the Silver Screen” on Saturday, May 13, in partnership with the Catskill Choral Society. This unique concert, the largest yet for CSO, will feature legendary music from some of the most important films in history, including “Ben-Hur,” “Star Wars,” “The Bride of Frankenstein” and “The Lord of the Rings.” CSO…
Glass Artist Leads Free Talk on May 11 MIDDLEFIELD—Terry L. H. Slade, Hartwick College professor of art emeritus and a glass artist renowned for his dramatic, large-scale installations in glass and other materials, will present a free Artist’s Talk on Thursday, May 11 at 5 p.m. at the Art Garage, 689 Beaver Meadow Road. Slade’s work featured in the current two-person exhibition, titled “Color. Immersion. Explosion,” offers an intimate look at mesmerizing glass sculptures that include a grove of life-size glass…
Poet and visual artist Bertha Rogers speaks with an attendee at the opening for an exhibit of illuminations created for her 2019 publication, “Uncommon Creatures: The Anglo-Saxon Riddle-Poems From the Exeter Book.” The event took place at Bright Hill Literary Center’s Word and Image Gallery on May 6. (Photo by Mark Stodl) Illuminations Light UpWord and Image Gallery in Treadwell By TERESA WINCHESTERTREADWELL On May 6, Bright Hill Literary Center hosted its first art opening since the COVID-19 pandemic began in…
News Briefs: May 9, 2023 Earlville Opera House Announces Grant Program EARLVILLE—The Earlville Opera House announced the allocation of $195,000.00 in cultural funding to 54 non-profit organizations and artists through the 2023 Broome, Chenango and Otsego Statewide Community Regrants Program. The New York State Council on the Arts established the SCR (previously known as Decentralization) Program in 1977 to foster the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community need. SCR serves all of New York State’s 62 counties,…
NGOs Discuss Algal Bloom Communications By WRILEY NELSONCOOPERSTOWN Otsego 2000, Otsego Land Trust and the Otsego County Conservation Association convened a stakeholders meeting on Tuesday, May 9 to coordinate a response to harmful algal blooms. More than 30 people attended, including environmental scientists and representatives from municipalities, non-governmental organizations, volunteer groups, and county agencies. The conference was facilitated by Dr. Gina L. Keel, professor of political science at SUNY Oneonta. Attendees had extensive table discussions on messaging content and media,…
News Briefs: May 8, 2023 Compiled by WRILEY NELSON Oneonta Daytime EMT Class Scheduled ONEONTA—The Otsego County Office of Emergency Services has announced a new daytime EMT class in Oneonta. The initial session will be held on Tuesday, May 9, with later classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and some Saturdays. Times and locations to be announced. For more information or to register, contact smithd@otsegocounty.com or (607) 547-4328. Exeter Man Arrested for Unlawful Imprisonment, Assault, More EXETER—The Otsego County Sheriff’s Office arrested…
