ANNUAL GALA MAY 2 AT FOOTHILLS Chamber To Honor Pathfinder Village, Lester Grummons ONEONTA – The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce will honor Pathfinder Village and funeral director and community leader Les Grummons at its annual gala at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at Foothill Performing Arts Center. Pathfinder will be named as Distinguished Business and Grummons as Citizen of the Year. Pathfinder Village, based in Edmeston, has a four decades’ long commitment to providing community-based and individualized service to…
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Kelly Ames, Carol Mandigo Oneonta’s 2019 Trailblazers ONEONTA – Kelly Ames and Carol Mandigo will be awarded the 2019 Woman Trailblazer Awards, Joyce Miller, who chairs the city’s Commission on Community Relations & Human Rights, announced over the weekend.…
Ex- Cooperstonian Bob Schneider Elected Village Mayor In Stamford COOPERSTOWN – Bob Schneider, the artist, realtor and antiques dealer here for many years, was elected mayor last Tuesday of the Village of Stamford, Delaware County, where he moved five years ago. He defeated Naikyemi Odedefaa, 85-51. “I know we both have the same good intentions for the village, and I invite her to participate in any way we can find that serves our mutual interests,” Schneider was reported saying in…
THE TARGET: RSS PROPOSAL 50 Neighbors Uniting To Fight Housing Project By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Christened “Sixth Ward Neighbors United,” River Street residents and businesspeople met for more than two hours with city, county and state elected officials at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club Thursday evening to discuss strategies to oppose RSS’s housing development in their neighborhood. “There are multiple bad reasons for RSS’s project,” said Fran Colone, a vocal critic of the housing development…
TWICE CONSIDERED FOR TOP JOB Meg Hungerford Resigns As City Finance Director By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Meg Hungerford, City Hall’s finance director who was twice considered for city manager during her decade here, has resigned, according to City Manager George Korthauer. The resignation is effective at the end of the month. The East Merideth resident has accepted a position as the business manager of the Walton Central School District. “Our loss is Walton’s gain,”…
Venerable Spurbeck’s Open After Months Of Renovation Spurbeck’s Grocery proprietor Mike Swatling, center right, assisted by his aunt, Kristi Swatling, and Ashley Young of Cherry Valley, foreground, takes sandwich orders over the noon hour. The venerable landmark at Railroad and Leatherstocking opened today after months of extensive interior renovations. Lining up to be served are Jeremiah Parr, Lucas Busse and Matt Kehoe, who work for BTS, installing fiberoptic cable for Middleburgh Telephone’s new downtown Internet “hotspots.” Inset, son Royce Swatling,…
Shamrock Swing Event Celebrates Mothers, Sons…
Littlest Dancer Charms At St. Patrick’s Luncheon The littlest dancer, Ava Salzman, 7, of South Hartwick, performing with the Iona Troupe, charmed the crowd at the St. Patrick’s Day luncheon that followed Sunday mass at Christ Episcopal Church in Cooperstown at noon today. The full range of St. Patty’s cuisine was available, including two types of corned beef, one steeped in Fly Creek Cider Mill cider, according to chef Bill Waller. Inset, Ava receives congratulations from her brother Henry, 7…
THEME: ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ Fly Creek Philharmonic Again Packs The House As emcee Chris Kjolhede put it, tonight’s annual Fly Creek Philharmonic performance, “Water, Water Everywhere,” was “the hottest ticket in town – except for the Cooperstown boys’ basketball team,” and – as always happens – it packed the Fly Creek United Methodist Church. In top photo, the chorus performs “Under the Sea”; front, from left, are Julie Huntsman, Scottie Baker, Celeste Johns, Judy Grin, Joelle LaChance, Sharon Rankins-Burd, Ellen…
Step Dancers, Corned Beef Featured At St. Pat’s Dinner Hartwick’s O’Donnell-Kelly School of Dance brought the sounds and steps of Ireland to The Knights of Columbus Tekawitha Council 10968 annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner this evening at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Parish Hall in Cooperstown. High-stepping out front is Tess DiLorenzo. Behind her, from left, are McKenna Selleck, Morgan Kelley and Maya Stevens. Inset at right is Fred Lemister, the evening’s official Leprechaun. At left is Chef…
