Former Morris treasurer gets probation, community service for stealing from school STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced Friday, May 14, that the former treasurer for Morris Central School has been sentenced for stealing form the district. Kristina Hand was sentenced Thursday, May 13, in federal court for stealing $34,000 from the Morris Central School District, according to a media release from DiNapoli’s office.…
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Oneonta City School District will hold vaccine clinic STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A school based COVID-19 vaccination program for students is being established by the Oneonta city School District in partnership with the Otsego County Department of Health. Students ages 12 and older will be able to receive the Pfizer vaccination at no cost. According to a survey organized by the Oneonta school district, at least 200 parents had expressed an interest in participating with the vaccination clinic.…
Unatego tops Oneonta in baseball, 7-5 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA Unatego rallied from a 5-3 deficit in a comeback win over Oneonta at Joe Hughes Field on Thursday, May 13. Down 5-3 entering the sixth inning, Unatego scored four runs to take a 7-5 lead.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAY 14 ‘The Villains Moustache’ Premiers PUPPET THEATER – 6:30 p.m. Get out to enjoy an old-time melodrama performed with puppets ‘The Villain’s Moustache.’ Set in the heyday of hobos, railroads, heroines in distress, and moustache twirling villains. Audience participation, from booing the villain to giving advice to the heroes, is encouraged. Tickets required. Presented by the Catskill Puppet Theater. Showing at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.foothillspac.org…
Crippen walk off keeps Coop softball undefeated STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Katie Crippen hit a two-run, walk-off double in the 10th inning to keep Cooperstown undefeated in softball with a 6-5 win over Adirondack at Cooperstown Central School on Wednesday, May 12. Crippen went 4-for-6, including two doubles. She also had two stolen bases.…
Berkman, Swedick win NYS PGA Jr. titles at Leatherstocking STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The New York State PGA Junior Championship, an invitational tournament where the best young golf players from New York compete, took place Sunday, May 9, at the Leatherstocking Golf Course, with Tyler Berkman, 15, of Potsdam, and Kennedy Swedick, 14, of Albany, winning for the boys and girls overall divisions respectively. The championship was reduced to a single 18-hole round because of rain…
Pandemic Proof? Canoe & Kayak plans expansion By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com PORTLANDVILLE – Brent Baysinger looks over the calm waters of Goodyear Lake and the growing business empire he has built on its banks and said it feels humbling. “I am blessed,” he said. “I think the biggest thing is I am just so thankful for the support, not only from family and friends but also the local community.” Baysinger, a 2000 Cooperstown Central School graduate, was…
Puppet theater to return to Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A puppet theater with local roots will perform an old time musical with a modern message in Oneonta on Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15. The Catskill Puppet Theater, which has been around since the late 1970s, will be performing “The Villain’s Mustache,” which is described on their website as a “lively musical” and a “traditional old-time melodrama.” “The play is fast paced and exciting enough…
Cooperstown couple wins recognition for care of senior citizens at center By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Carol Lachance and Mike Lachance were presented with an “Outstanding Seniors of the Community” recognition from the Office of the Aging in an award announced Monday, May 3. “It is truly an honor and very much a surprise,” Carol said. The Lachances run the Cooperstown Senior Community Center in the recreation center of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church at 31 Elm St.…
Master Gardeners to return May 29 After a long hiatus, the Master Gardener Plant Sale will return Saturday, May 29. Locally grown annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs will be featured at the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its outreach center at 123 Lake Street in Cooperstown. Master Gardener volunteers have begun growing many of the plants featured at the sale, some of which are “cultivated unusual, hardy,…
