It’s Home Sweet Home At Gingerbread Contest Entries flooding in Friday afternoon for this year’s annual Gingerbread House competition as contestants carry their confectionery creations in into the Foothills atrium for the judging later in the evening evening. Above, David Kropp, Oneonta, starts arranging a few of a 50 record entries, including one depicting Oneonta’s Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center last Christmas, made by his sixth- and seventh-grade class at Oneonta Christian Academy. At right, Julie Dostal and Chris Rolko…
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New Owner To Reopen Nick’s Diner In January By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Whether you’re in the mood for a classic porkchop dinner, some classic Italian fare or even a pizza to take to a party, Nick’s Diner will soon have you covered. Under the new ownership of Rodney Thorsland, the rennovated West End establishment is slated to open in early January. “The idea has always been to preserve it, to upgrade it, but have it…
In Renaming Airport, City Council Praises Nader As Visionary Leader ONEONTA – A motion to rename the city airport as “Albert S. Nader Regional Airport” in honor of the former mayor praises his “thoughtful foresight” and “patient leadership.” Common Council is due to act on the resolution when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, according to the agenda released this afternoon. Christened at the time by one local newspaper as “Nader’s Folly,” creation of the airport in…
Democrats Form 2 Committees, For Cooperstown, Town Of Otsego COOPERSTOWN – For the first time in years, the village has a Democratic committee, as does the Town of Otsego, according to Richard Sternberg, the state committeeman. The committees were organized Wednesday evening, and consist of four local members of the county committee: Sternberg, chairman; Jim Dean, secretary; and Melinda Hardin and Mac Benton, the former chair of the county’s Young Democrats.…
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Catskill Choral Society Plans Weekend Of Carols The Catskill Choral Society is rehearsing at this hour at Cooperstown Central’s Sterling Auditorium for “Noel! A Celebration of Carols,” to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday (this evening) at Cooperstown High School, and at 3 p.m. Saturday (tomorrow) at First United Methodist Church, Oneonta. On stage are Treble Trouble, part of the Choral’s Youth and Children’s Choirs; from left, Kayla Buttermann, Joanna Ferrara, Taryn Brockway, Charlotte Adelmann, Marta Dangca, Kaylee Ferrara and…
Famed Hartwick Coach Wins Top Soccer Honor ONEONTA – Al Miller, head coach of the Hartwick College men’s soccer in 1967-72 seasons who went on to coach at professional and Olympic levels, will receive the 2019 Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award at the U.S. Coaches Convention in January in Chicago, the college announced today. Miller’s record of 64-12-3 still stands as the highest all-time winning percentage (.829) for any Hartwick soccer coach. He guided the squad to a 1970 NCAA…
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SANTA ARRIVES IN COOPERSTOWN “Welcome home to Cooperstown!” declares Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, as – for the first time since her March election – she greets Santa and Mrs. Claus as they arrive at their Pioneer Park cottage in a horse-drawn carriage. The day afternoon Thanksgiving, good boys and girls came from all over the area to welcome the Jolly Old Elf, ushering in the Christmas season. At right, Brynlee Burr, 4, and her mom, Brittany, were decked out in their holiday…
