A new Raku workshop, the Oneonta Garden Club daffodil giveaway, and the Oneonta Lion's Club Hops for Sight event are among the topics covered.…
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Upcoming events include the Otsego County Relay for Life Family Fun Day this Saturday and the Middlefield Fall Festival on Sunday, October 1.…
Bound Volumes September 21, 2023 85 YEARS AGOApplication for a WPA Project for the improvement of Doubleday Field was authorized at the regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees. Mayor Theodore R. Lettis executed the necessary papers. The application provides both for the work incident to the enlargement of the field through the purchase of additional property made possible through the generosity of Mr. Stephen C. Clark, and the erection of a new grandstand according to plans recently approved…
The Richfield Springs Community Food Cooperative will hold its second annual Wellness Fair in Spring Park from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 9. The free event is nearly twice the size of the inaugural fair last year, with 28 exhibitors on site to educate the public about a variety of topics related to human, animal, and community health and wellness.…
Guest Editorial by Anne Donovan Keep FoxCare Fitness Open, Please The closure of FoxCare Fitness gym is ill-advised and unwarranted. Denying about 750 members from looking after their own health by exercising and thereby practicing “preventative care” at the gym is irresponsible. Many of these members are following up after cardio and physio therapy. This gym has been open for 24 years and no is the time to encourage a way forward again. COVID times have been tough on all…
Letter from Cynthia and Bill Goertemoeller FoxCare Fitness Closing Questioned The recent surprise announcement of the closure of FoxCare Fitness comes as a real shock to many! Hundreds of clients, including hospital staff, use this state-of-the-art facility daily to help maintain healthy bodies and spirits. As in other aspects of society, COVID played havoc with the program, which was closed for over a year. When it opened, the extended mask policy kept some people away. However, we saw no real…
Tillapaugh: ‘Village is Well Positioned’ Editor’s Note: Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh was a panelist at the recent Otsego County Chamber of Commerce “State of the State” Breakfast. The following is her address. Good morning and thank you to the Otsego County Chamber for hosting this forum. I am honored to be included on this panel of city, county, and state elected officials and a representative of Congress. For most of you, the calendar year is your fiscal year. That is…
Singh Family ReadiesNew Retail Property Former Friendly’s Being Converted to Apple Express By TARA BARNWELL ONEONTA – The Singh family of Milford owns a number of properties in Otsego County, their latest acquisition being the former Friendly’s restaurant in Oneonta. “The location of the old Friendly’s is great. The parking is great, as well,” said Harry Singh, who will be running Apple Express, a new convenience store currently under construction at 377 Main Street.…
Dodgers Aficionado, Museum Curator Publishes New Works By TED MEBUSTLOS ANGELES – It’s hard to imagine growing up closer to the game of baseball than Allen Schery, author of the recently published historical treatise “The Boys of Spring,” which details the history of the Dodgers franchise. According to Schery, his bedroom sat 200 feet from Ebbets Field, the “soul” of Flatbush, Brooklyn. “I was practically living where the parking lot would be, if they had one. The noises from the…
Trustees Hear Housing Development Proposal COOPERSTOWNCooperstown’s Board of Trustees heard the summary of a zoning application by Templeton Foundation on behalf of Bassett Healthcare from Joseph Piraino and Scott Freeman of Keplinger Freeman Associates, a landscape architectural and land planning firm based in East Syracuse, during their monthly meeting on November 28. Templeton Foundation representatives Kendra Beers-Capraro and Bob Zaleski were also present and gave information on the proposed housing development. Surveys were completed amongst hospital staff to decide which…