Obama Stirred Excitement On Visiting Hall Of Fame In ’14 By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN – The Friday before Thursday, May 22, 2014, then-mayor Jeff Katz was hanging out in the kitchen of his Chestnut Street home with son Robbie, who had just gotten home from SUNY Oswego, when the phone rang. It was Police Chief Mike Covert. With his son just having arrived, the mayor ignored it. The chief called “twice, three times… It had to be important for him…
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Locals – Feb 14 – 15, 2019 SURVIVORS SOUGHT FOR RELAY FOR LIFE DINNER Al Rubin, Donaldson, Libby Cudmore Vie ONEONTA – Al Rubin, president, A&D Taxi, choral director Cindy Donaldson and Libby Cudmore, managing editor of the Hometown Oneonta, The Freeman’s Journal and AllOTSEGO.com, have all been announced as the competitors in this year’s Catskill Symphony Orchestra conductor contest. One dollar equals one vote, and whoever raises the most money in the competition will win a chance to conduct…
Polar Bear Plunge, Heart Health, Brunch, Plenty of Tunes Come cheer the bravest divers around as they take the icy plunge into Goodyear Lake to raise money for sick kids and their families at the annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump. 9:30 a.m. registration, 12:30 p.m. jump. Saturday, Feb. 16, Goodyear Lake. Info, www.pbjump.com • The annual outdoor games come inside as Lumberjacks show off their stuff. Demonstrations and music by Nick LeDuc. All proceeds benefit the Daily Bread…
Study D&H Yards More, Citizens Ask ONEONTA – Environmental advocates criticized the Generic Environmental Statement (GEIS) for the D&H yards detailed by Delaware Engineering at Oneonta Common Council on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Complaints were the GEIS failed to sufficiently consider renewable-energy options and failed to show how a gas decompressor proposed for the Town of Oneonta might fit into the city project. Full story appears on www.AllOTSEGO.com.…
Haven’t Tried X-Country Skiing? There Are Trails Aplenty Locally By JENNIFER HILL ONEONTA – Just because it’s snowy out doesn’t mean you have an excuse to sit inside. “You often don’t have the ability to go running in the winter,” said Will Weinert, Clark Sports Center’s director of Adventure Programs. “Cross-country skiing gets you out and enjoying the winter months, keeps you from being sedentary.” But unlike downhill skiing, where you need to travel to faraway mountains, you can ski…
Environmentalist Paula DiPerna Invited To Speak Before Congress COOPERSTOWN – Paula DiPerna, global environmental policy strategist and former Congressional candidate from Otsego County, was invited to testify before the Committee on Natural Resources at a hearing entitled “Climate Changer: The Impacts and the Need To Act” on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, DC. A special advisor at CDP North America, DiPerna will have five minutes to present oral testimony to the congressional committee, with…
Winter Carnival Brings Comedy, Dancing,Treats Beat the winter blues with the annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival! Get the blood pumping at the Bob Smullins 5K/10K race, show off your trivia skills, dance the night away with Flux Capacitor and front your own imaginary band in the lip-synch contest. Friday-Sunday Feb.8-10, Main Street, Cooperstown. Info www.CooperstownWinterCarnival.com • On Friday, get some Brooks Chicken to help the Susquehanna SPCA. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, Parish Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.…
HAULIN’ ICE AT HANFORD MILLS HARVEST WHELIHAN LAUDED: Lee Whelihan, Cherry Valley, was named to the Dean’s List at the College of Saint Rose for the Fall 2018 semester. TWO ON LIST: Ian and Teagen Bolin, Edmeston, were both named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio.…
Medallion Found In Trash Cans In Badger Park, Claiming $500 By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – If Frankie Panzarella, 13, hadn’t bumped his head, he and his dad Frank might never have come across the 2019 Winter Carnival Medallion. “I was looking behind the trash cans in Badger Park and I hit my head on the corner,” he said. “I saw something taped to the side with black tape, but I didn’t know what it was at first.” It wasn’t until…
Community Bank Promotes Wood To Vice President At Oneonta Office ONEONTA – Community Bank has promoted Paul F. Wood to vice president, senior trust officer, in Oneonta. Wood brings to the position seven years of experience in the banking industry. In his new role, Wood will assume responsibility for the bank’s Oneonta trust group, which has provided investment management as well as trust and estate planning services since 1922. Wood has been with Community Bank since August 2016, when he…
