SAGA OF A SMALL BIRD After Wild Ride, Rockefeller Owl To Fly Free Tonight By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Rocky, the Saw-whet owl found inside “Daddy Al” Dick’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, will be released this evening into a conifer forest near Saugerties, where she has spent the last week rehabilitating after her three-day, 170 mile journey from Oneonta to Manhattan. When we picked Rocky up she was struggling,” said Ellen Kalish, Ravensbeard Wildlife Center Director and…
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Former Worcester Supervisor Proposed For County Board Democrat Addesso, Republican Mickle Vie For Sen. Oberacker’s Former Seat WORCESTER – Diane Addesso, former Worcester town supervisor, has been nominated by the county Democratic Committee for the District 6 seat vacated by state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus. Proprietor of Diane Addesso Design, a graphics arts studio based here, will be interviewed at 9 a.m. Monday by the county board’s Administration Committee, chaired by Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick. MORE IN HOMETOWN ONEONTA, FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
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1st Teen Pleads Guilty In Worcester Slaying By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Alex Borgreen, 17, one of the three teens charged in the Oct. 2019 murder of Kenneth Robinson at his home in Worcester, has plead guilty to Burglary in the first degree, according to District Attorney John Muehl. Borgreen is the first of the three former Oneonta High School students to plead in the case.…
AllOTSEGO.com MINI EDITORIAL SUNY Oneonta Preparing Sensible Reopening Plan Some commentary to the contrary, SUNY Oneonta is preparing a thorough, detailed, sensible reopening plan. Don’t take our word for it. One, look at the draft plan yourself. It’s evolving – the final draft isn’t due in Albany until Dec. 10. But it reflects thoughtful deliberation, fact-finding and discussion. Two, look at the video posted above, of a “town hall meeting” for employees – faculty and staff – last week. Pointed…
Cooperstown Village Board Returns To Virtual Meetings By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Citing the rising COVID numbers around the county, the Cooperstown Village Board this evening voted 6-0 to return to meeting over Zoom, beginning at its Dec. 28 meeting. “I know members who feel that, with the increase in cases, would like to return to virtual meetings for now,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. “I am also in favor of virtual meetings,” added Trustee Joe…
Rockefeller Owl Inspires Commemorative Bobblehead ONEONTA – Rockefeller, the diminutive Saw-whet owl found inside “Daddy Al” Dick’s Rockefeller-bound Norway Spruce, has been immortalized as a limited-edition bobblehead figure from the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame. The figure, available for pre-order, will ship in Feb. 2021, and $5 will be donated to the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center. Though earlier reports stated that Rockefeller would be released in Oneonta over the weekend, a statement from the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center says that they are…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 All About Collecting Baseball Cards ASK THE EXPERT – 2 p.m. Learn about how the collections team cares for baseball cards. From storage guidelines to documentation, learn how you also can care for your own collections. Free, registration required. Presented by the Baseball Hall of Fame. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-ask-the-expert-collections-baseball-cards?date 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.…
COUNTY HITS NEW RECORD: 30 INFECTIONS Daily Tally Sets New Mark; 5 Patients Now Hospitalized By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Thirty people tested positive for COVID-19 today, setting a new record for the number of cases reported in one day, according to Heidi Bond, county public health director. Additionally, a fifth person has been hospitalized with the virus, bringing the county’s total to five, up one from last week. The spike comes less than a week…
10 Person Per Thanksgiving Feast Rebuffed Sheriffs Association: We Lack Resources To Obey Governor ALBANY – The New York State Sheriff’s Association issued a statement a few minutes ago saying county sheriffs’ departments lack the resources to enforce Governor Cuomo’s edict: That no more than 10 New Yorkers can gather together at a Thanksgiving Dinner. “We in law enforcement do not have the resources nor the legal authority,” said the statement, which was unsigned. Questions about it were referred to…
