COMMON COUNCIL VOTE TUESDAY Murphy’s First Resolution: No Place For Racism Here By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Freshman Common Council member Luke Murphy will submit his first resolution at Tuesday’s meeting, reaffirming the City of Oneonta will continue working for equality and inclusion. The resolution seeks to “ensure that all its citizens receive equal treatment under the law, supports actions that ensure equity in the way our community is policed, and furthermore renounces all acts of…
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Main St. Parade Honors Rising CCS 7th Graders Scarlett Band, top photo, with sister Leila by her side, waves to friends and family along Main Street, Cooperstown, a few minutes ago during a parade, organized by Cooperstown Elementary School, to celebrate the sixth graders rising to the CCS Middle School this fall. Jacob Johnson, right, rode one of the most lively of the vehicles, which were decorated by the kids and their families at the school parking lot, and escorted…
‘Next Year In The Park’ Pridefest 2020 Goes Virtual Evvergreen’s Margaret Uhalde, left Chris Scaduto perform “It’s All You” in a studio concert performed as part of Oneonta Pridefest 2020, being presented virtually this year due to the COVID-19. The event included remarks from Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Ron Zacchi, Director Of External Affairs for the NYS Department of Human Rights, as well as members of the Otsego County Pride Alliance. At right, Mayor Gary Herzig gave remarks honoring the…
Karen Sullivan To Retire As Director Of Planning COOPERSTOWN – Karen Sullivan, director of the county Planning Department, will retire at the end of the month, county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, announced a few minutes ago. An Oneonta native (her maiden name was Laskaris), she joined the Planning Department in 2006, and succeeded Terry Bliss on his retirement in 2013. She previously had been with the Delaware County Planning Department. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, she later…
Tickled Pig Barbecue Building Headquarters Construction Underway On Route 28 You may have noticed construction underway in Hartwick Seminary across Route 28 from Cooperstown Commons. It’s the new headquarters of Tickled Pink Barbecue, operated by Chris Doucas, Town of Hartwick. Son Lucas Doucas, inset right, was at work this afternoon, along with Lucas LaRusso, who’s helping with the construction. A Tickled Pink store is planned on the site, featuring smoked cheese and other delicacies. Started in that pink school bus…
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GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Thursday, May 28 Cuomo, Perez, Rock Message: Wear A Mask! NEW YORK CITY – Cheered on by actress Rosie Perez and comedian Chris Rock, Governor Cuomo today issued an Executive Order authorizing businesses to deny entry to people who do not wear masks or face-coverings. The governor made the announcement at noon in New York City, as Otsego County businesses awaited details on how to enter the Phase 2 reopening tomorrow, which permits stores and offices to reopen for…
From This Week’s Edition Of The Freeman’s Journal LANDMARK OPENS TODAY FOR TAKEOUT Retired Maritime Lawyer Steers Cooperstown Diner Caspar Ewig, who moved Upstate after retiring from a maritime law firm in Yonkers, is running the Cooperstown Diner for the Hayfords. It opens Thursday for takeout. (Jim Kevliin/AllOTSEGO.com) By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com “She told me that if we started dating, Cooperstown was in my future,” he said. “She spent every summer up here, taking horseback riding lessons…
Morrisville Educator Is CCS Elementary Principal COOPERSTOWN – Tracy Durkee, high school principal at Morrisville-Eaton in Madison County, was named Cooperstown Central Elementary School principal last evening by the school board. Durkee has 27 years experience in the education field, mostly as an elementary school teacher in grades one, three and five. “I am extremely zealous about educating youth, and I am prepared to help contribute my knowledge to maximize student achievement,” she was quoted as saying in a press…
