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After 19 Years, Bernier To Retire As City Judge

1ST WOMAN IN MANY ROLES After 19 Years, Bernier To Retire As City Judge ONEONTA – After 18 years as Oneonta City Court judge, Lucy P. Bernier, who broke the glass ceiling in many of the county’s legal roles, will retire from the bench when her term expires at the end of this year. She was the first woman to serve as city judge here. “It has been an honor and privilege to serve the community as judge, and I…
March 26, 2021

Cooperstown Son, Dad Establish Adirondack Record

BRINGING HOME A 1ST Cooperstown Son, Dad Establish Adirondack Record By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The first three days on the 142-mile Northville-Placid Trail, “we had a nice crust,” said Henry Horvath, 15. “We made good time snowshoeing, and sometimes didn’t even need snowshoes.” Day Four, “it warmed up. The crust was almost gone. We had two days of post-holing – stepping on snow and going down deep into snow. Even with snow shoes, we’d sink 6-7 inches.”…
March 25, 2021

All Fall To Egalitarian COVID-19

The Pandemic Year • First Death On March 23, 2020 All Fall To Egalitarian COVID-19 By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com On Monday morning, March 23, 2020, Otsego County confirmed its first case of coronavirus at a Fox clinic in Oneonta. Just three days later, the county recorded the first COVID-19 death. Now, one year later, there have been over 3,500 positive cases here; 54 county residents have died from COVID-19 and related complications. At least eight former…
March 25, 2021

A Year With COVID

A Year With COVID In 2020-21, Traditions Fell Away, New Ones Emerged Editor’s Note: For the past year, Melissa Marietta, Fly Creek, SUNY Oneonta director of career development, has chronicled her family’s year with COVID-19. This was posted on Facebook March 15, the anniversary of Otsego County’s state of emergency. The sun shines! The temp rises above freezing! I’m here to check in. It’s the anniversary of The Last Friday. We knew something weird and possibly dangerous was coming. With…
March 25, 2021

1st Black Eagle Scout From Local Council, Newsletter Now Says

CLICK FOR ‘BRADLEY ON SCOUTING’ 1st Black Eagle Scout From Local Council, Newsletter Now Says Last month, Bryan on Scouting, a newsletter for the BSA’s adult leaders, declared Harry Cooper of Missouri was the first black Eagle Scout. This month, however, Bryan Wendell, who writes the newsletter, amended his conclusion and declared Hamilton Bradley of Rome, N.Y., from the Utica-based  Leatherstocking Council, which now includes Otsego County, has that honor. Bradley’s Eagle Scout court of honor was held on Dec.…
March 24, 2021
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