Advertisement. Advertise with us

Otsego Lake Association President Jim Howarth addresses attendees at the organization’s annual gathering, held earlier this month at the Otsego Sailing Club. (Photo by K. Wayne Bunn)

‘Ice, Ice Destroyers, Ice Out’: OLA Gathering Educates, Celebrates

By MARIA GRISWOLD
COOPERSTOWN

Bright and early on Saturday, August 9, the Otsego Lake Association’s annual gathering commenced at 8:30 a.m. at the Otsego Sailing Club. Throughout the first half hour of the meeting there were a few orders of business, including the collection of registration and membership fees, a silent auction, and a rolling slideshow of lake photography. The silent auction consisted of different artworks, baskets and pies.

As the clock struck 9, a large group gathered under the pavilion to listen to OLA President Jim Howarth’s opening remarks. Howarth began the meeting by thanking attendees for coming and recognizing all of the contributing organizations that partnered with OLA on projects involving Otsego Lake. Those organizations include the “Watershed Supervisory Committee, the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station, the Otsego County Conservation Association, the Lake and Valley Garden Club, and the Community Foundation of Otsego County’s Watershed Sustainability Fund,” Howarth noted.

You have reached your limit of 3 free articles

To Continue Reading

 

Our hard-copy and online publications cover the news of Otsego County by putting the community back into the newspaper. We are funded entirely by advertising and subscriptions. With your support, we continue to offer local, independent reporting that is not influenced by commercial or political ties.

Posted

Tags

Related Articles

Keck Retires After Decades with Cooperstown Village

“The people in the Village of Cooperstown are basically the most good-tempered, intelligent, hardworking people I’ve ever worked with in my life,” Keck, 82, told AllOtsego. “And that’s the truth in every administration. I would say that there were no slackers in any respect.”…
November 13, 2025

International Event ‘The Big Draw’ Makes Its Mark Locally

“It was an honor to participate, especially in a locale so close to home,” said Colin Weeks, who took part in the drawing marathon. “Jonathan Pincus, Marc-Anthony Polizzi and Angelica Palmer deserve much credit, not just for securing such generous funding to make this happen, but also for proving that small, rural areas can do and have thriving vibrant communities of artists and creatives.”…
November 10, 2025

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout

SUBSCRIBE