Oneonta drops golf opener to Chenango Forks Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Yellowjacket duffers started the 2021 fall sports season off in Otsego County, losing an Southern Tier Athletic Conference match Thursday, Aug. 26, at Oneonta Country Club, 246-232. Seamus Catella led Oneonta with a 41 on the par 36 course, including a chip shot from 30-yards out that went into the hole. Aidan Gelbsman shot a 45 for Oneonta, (0-1, 0-1), which is at Seton Catholic on…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 County Chamber Golf Classic GOLF CLASSIC – 1 p.m. Join the Otsego Chamber of Commerce for the 35th Annual Golf Classic to support the Chamber’s efforts to help the local community thrive. Sign up for golf tournament at 1 and Lunch/networking event at 11:30. Registration required. Oneonta Country Club, 9 Country Club Dr., Oneonta. 607-432-4500 or visit otsegocc.com…
Otsego County has worst COVID day in five months Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County’s Department of Health reported there were 33 positive tests for the coronavirus Thursday, Aug. 26, the worst numbers for a day in Otsego County since March 2021. In addition, two Otsego County residents have died from the virus this week, according to the DOH. “The Delta variant is most likely causing 95% of the current cases,” a DOH media release said. “This variant…
In Memoriam Fred G. Hickein, 94 July 27, 1927 – August 25, 2021 ONEONTA – Fred G. Hickein passed away on August 25, 2021 at A. O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta. Born on July 27, 1927 in Owego, NY, Fred Hickein was the son of Beulah Barnett Hickein and Fred Walter Hickein. When he was about 2, moved to Oneonta, residing with mother, sisters, uncle, great grandfather and grandparents. He graduated from Oneonta High School in June 1944. Joined the…
Ren Fair farewell leaves visitors with sadness By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After 12 years, a tradition is ending with the close of the Medieval Renaissance Fair in Montgomery County, just over the Otsego County border. The fair took place Saturday, Aug. 21 and Sunday, Aug. 22. The Medieval Renaissance Fair at the Windfall Dutch Barn is like walking through a time portal that contained pirates, knights, bagpipers and kings and queens, all frolicking around. There were archery…
Radio program from Oneonta, Blue Light Central, celebrates 1,000 episodes By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For the past several years since leaving the local air-waves, Mark Drnek’s blues radio show Blue Light Central has been chugging along happily on the Pacifica Radio Network, a radio company providing syndicated content for non-commercial and public radio stations across the country. Now, Drnek is celebrating 1,000 Blue Light Central shows he has produced and aired. Drnek, who is also the Eighth…
Jeter provides Induction with a headline attraction By CHARLIE VASCELLARO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A long time ago in what seems like a galaxy far, far away … way back in the pre-coronavirus era, January of 2020 the New York Yankees all-time greatest shortstop Derek Jeter was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, garnering 396 of 397 votes. Jeter fell one vote shy of joining teammate Mariano Rivera as just the second unanimous selection in Hall…
Community Foundation of Otsego County announces awards for Helios Care, Family Planning of South Central NY and The Glimmerglass Festival Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Community Foundation for Otsego County announced several major awards this week and also announced that it continues to seek proposals from nonprofits operating in Otsego County for its 2021 Awards Cycle, according to a media release. The group has funding of up to $200,000 to build the capacity of the local nonprofit sector…
The AllOtsego Report, Ep. 13: A dangerous road? Staff Report • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Episode 13 of The AllOtsego Report looks at the Thursday, Aug. 26, editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, as well as this week’s news on AllOtsego.com. Click here to listen! In this week’s episode, Editor Greg Klein and Reporter Kevin Limiti discuss: The recent fatal accidents on state Route 205 and the lack of action from the state to make several high-accident areas safer.…
The Baseball Lifer by Charlie Vascellaro Ortiz tops list of eligible candidates on 2022 Hall of Fame ballot With a hopeful return to normalcy and an eye on the 2022 Hall of Fame Induction, there is a possibility for another first ballot inductee and an outside chance for the inclusion of a controversial last chance carry over candidate. Considering the strength of the returning field of nominees and newly eligible candidates, the prospect also exists that no one will be…
