Views Around New York Albany should make jail reform a priority From: Sochie Nnaemeka and TeAna Taylor. special to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. There’s no doubt that Albany is undergoing a transformation. Voters across the state turned out in record numbers to elect Democratic and Working Families champions to the Legislature last year, winning super-majorities in both houses. And this April, the results were made clear: New York passed a budget that provides historic funding to our public school students, tenants,…
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Coop/Dragon star, Ford, starts new coaching season as a Judge By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A graphic put together by Brandeis University in November welcomes Lucy Ford to the team’s track and cross country programs. Cooperstown and SUNY Oneonta track champion Lucy Ford took a step up the coaching ladder this school year. Ford, a former state champion in high school in the high jump and a former SUNYAC champion in the high jump and heptathlon, accepted a…
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Despite Pandemic Problems: Local Food Finds Its Customers By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Beth Redd, a volunteer with the Cooperstown Farmers Market, helps a customer with their purchase. The worst pandemic in a century has impacted the daily lives of everybody including farmers markets, which are a staple of the community in Otsego County. However, some farmers markets, such as the Cooperstown Farmers Market and Richfield Spring Farmers Market, have turned that misfortune into an advantage by implementing…
Views Around New York COVID Impatience Can Be Dangerous From: The Daily Gazette Editorial Board, Saratoga The return to normalcy has started. But we’re not there yet. And if you think we’re beyond the bad old days of seeing big spikes in cases, look no further than Saratoga Springs High School, where about two dozen students contracted the virus recently. Officials believe the outbreak was largely the result of a teen party in Lake George the weekend of April 10.…
For Sale One Cider Mill In Fly Creek Fly Creek’s favorite tourist attraction is seeking new owners. The Fly Creek Cider Mill, which dates back to 1856 and has been owned by the Michaels family for two generations, closed in January. Co-owner Bill Michaels said at the time that the coronavirus pandemic had hurt sales to the point where it was no longer cost effective to remain open. “We’ve survived floods. We’ve survived hurricanes, tropical storms, the 2002 recession, the…
After Transfer, Bertram Finds Hoops Home At Binghamton University By CHAD G. WELCH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Contributed/Binghamton University Sports Information DepartmentCooperstown’s Tyler Bertram said he is happy in a Binghamton uniform this season. When Cooperstown Central School’s all-time leading scorer in basketball, Tyler Bertram, decided to transfer from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, he said he was looking for a better fit, a bigger role and an opportunity to play closer to home. He found all three…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, APRIL 18 Oneonta Community Concert Band Returns COMMUNITY CONCERT – 3 p.m. Oneonta Community Band presents live streamed performance of works looking back on the pandemic year. Includes spirituals, ‘Sea Songs’, Amazing Grace, and the performers favorite Souza Marches. Performance is free, open to public. Performed from the stage of The Foothills Performing Arts Center. 607-432-7085 or visit the facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/169533834979 You have reached your limit of 3 free articles To Continue Reading SubscribeLogin Our…
Rejoining The World By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After a year of separation, Cathy Weir of Cooperstown trims her mom Elinore Sorbera’s pageboy. Now in her 90s, Mrs. Sorbera was head nurse at the county’s former Meadows Nursing Home on Route 33, predecessor to Coopers- town Center, where she resides now. A decade ago, Kent Turner was working in the kitchen at Oneonta’s B-Side Ballroom, the popular nightspot, when he noticed a vivacious woman and her girlfriends were…
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