CHECK IT OUT AT NEW GALLERY ‘Rockefeller’ Portrait SQSPCA Fundraiser Bids on May-Britt Joyce’s portrait of Rockefeller, the West Oneonta owl who ended up in Rockefeller Center, are reviewed this afternoon by Christopher Anderson and Marge Landers, partners in the Family Tree Gallery on Upper Main Street, Cooperstown. Bids on the portrait are being accepted until Dec. 19, and the winning bid will be contributed to the SQSPCA’s “Shelter Us” fund drive, to benefit the new shelter under construction on…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Adorn-A-Door Wreath Auction AUCTION – Noon. – 11/28, 4 p.m. Adorn-A-Door wreath festival/silent auction goes online. Place bids for wreaths by individuals & businesses, or enter the ‘Dinner’s On Us’ raffle. All proceeds go to Cooperstown Art Association. Visit www.cooperstownart.com/adorn-a-door.html for info. ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how.…
RECORD SET THIS THANKSGIVING Lord’s Table, St. Mary’s Serve Up 800 Meals In a collaboration of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Lord’s Table, 600 meals – turkey with all the trimmings – had already gone out the door for delivery by noon Thanksgiving Day, when curbside pickup began. Above, Volunteers Rosemary Collie and Keton Kling, both Oneontans, shuttles bags of food to the Lord’s Table. “We were averaging about 10 meals a minute.” said event overseer Mary Southern, seen…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt THANKSGIVING DAY! SCAVENGER HUNT – Thursday – Sunday. Participate in Thanksgiving weekend scavenger hunt. Find items indoors and out on the list, post them to facebook with the tag #OCCAfoundit for the chance to win prizes. Presented by Otsego County Conservation Association. 607-547-4488 or visit occainfo.org/holiday-2020-programming/ ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how.…
Rocky Takes Flight Ravensbeard Wildlife Center released this footage of Rocky, the Saw-whet owl who was found huddled inside “Daddy Al” Dick’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, taking flight back into nature less than one week after she was brought to the animal sanctuary to recover from her three-day journey. Though her location was closely guarded, it is believed she was released near the Saugerties-based sanctuary, in order to keep with her migration pattern.…
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As COVID Cases Rise, Oneonta Schools Go Virtual Until January By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With COVID cases topping 126 county-wide this past week, including five Oneonta Elementary School staff members and one high school student, Superintendent Thomas Brindley announced that all schools will go fully remote until Tuesday, Jan. 19. “Concerns associated with our community’s rising COVID-19 cases, recent cases that have affected our schools, uncertainty of what the holiday impact may have on COVID…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Vaccinations For The Pets RABIES CLINIC – 1 – 6 p.m. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Scheduling for 30 minute intervals to follow social distancing. First come, first serve. Susquehanna SPCA, Rt. 28, Cooperstown. 607-547-4230 or visit sqspca.org/free-weekly-rabies-clinics/ ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how.…
IN MEMORIAM Carol J. O’Driscoll, 79 Nov. 23, 1941-Nov. 4, 2020 TITUSVILLE – Carol J. (Burrows) O’Driscoll passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Wednesday, Nov. 4 at her home in Titusville, Dutchess County. Carol, lovingly known as “Birdie”, was born Nov. 20, 1941, to Stuart and Helen Burrows. Carol was born and raised in Oneonta. She has lived all over the United States and even in Germany. She worked at many hospitals in California, Ohio and New York. She also…
IN MEMORIAM Bernice ‘Bunny’ Joseph, 94; Well-Known Oneonta Painter ONEONTA – Bernice “Bunny” Joseph, 94, a noted Oneonta painter and mother of photographer Stephen Joseph, died Saturday, Nov. 21. She was born on April 20, 1926. She married Howard Joseph in 1947 and they were married 73 years before his passing on Jan. 25, 2020.…
