HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 6 Festival In The Park SPRING FEST – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Features music and events including the Ross Park Zoomobile and a Fishing Derby by Trout Unlimited. Copes Corner Park, on Rte. 51 between Gilbertsville and Mt. Upton. Info, www.townofbutternuts.org/copes-corners-park/ FLOWER SHOW – 5-7 p.m. Opening reception of The Cherry Valley Flower Show on display to June 4. The Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St., Cherry Valley. Info, call (607)264-9530 or email info@cherrybranchgallery.com or visit…
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120 March In Cherry Valley To Focus On Climate Change CHERRY VALLEY – More than 120 people, from babies to senior citizens, turned out Saturday for the Peoples’ Climate March in Cherry Valley. Marchers and walkers headed through the village bearing colorful banners, signs, and giant, handmade puppets (including Gaia, a butterfly, and a colorful banner of the sun).…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 29 Mozart Concert For Hans & Edith Wilk MEMORIAL CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. The Oneonta community remembers “Hans & Edith Wilk.” Features the combined voices of the Hartwick College Chorus and SUNY Oneonta Concert Choir performing Mozart’s Symphony #35 Haffner and Requiem with the Catskill Symphony Orchestra. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, catskillsymphony.net/news-events/upcoming-events.html SPIRITUAL ARTS & PSYCHIC FAIR – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 2 day fair featuring reading by psychics, vendors, and workshops to help…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, APRIL 24 History Day Presentations HISTORY DAY – All Day. Students from the Catskill region of NYS compete to see who has created the best History Day Project and continue on to the Statewide competition. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Info, nyshistoryday.org SPRING DINNER – 6 p.m. Roast Pork dinner. Individual seating only, reservations required. Take-out available, ready for pick-up by 5:45 p.m. Middlefield Baptist Church. Info, call Dorothy @ (607)547-9093 or Sue @ (607)264-8042…
IN MEMORIAM Larry M. Thompson, 66, Barber; Shop Center Of Community Life CHERRY VALLEY – Larry M. Thompson, 66, whose Larry’s Barber Shop was a center of community life for decades, passed away unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at his home. Larry was the son of the late Edward Thompson and is survived by his mother, Helen Thompson. He graduated from Cherry Valley Central School in 1969, and attended Royal Barber & Beauty School…
20 HOLSTEINS KILLED Farmers Reach Out After Barn Collapse Howard Young Aims To Rebuild By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – Still reeling from the collapse of 320 feet of his 620-foot Coverall barn – and the death of 20 cows – in Tuesday’s “Storm of the Century,” farmer Howard Young is starting to look ahead. He’d been working again since 1 a.m. when he was interviewed on site at 11:30 today, but he was particularly thankful…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, FEB. 18 Support This Years Polar Bear Jumpers POLAR BEAR JUMP – 12:30 p.m. Come spectate on people jumping in a freezing lake to support local children, individuals, and organizations in need. Goodyear Lake, Outside Portlandville, St. Hwy. 28, Oneonta. Info, www.thisiscooperstown.com/events/goodyear-lake-22nd-annual-polar-bear-jump FROZEN TOE RACE – 10:30 a.m. 5 Mile race held regardless of weather conditions. Entry, $35. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com PERFORMANCE – 7:30 p.m. Local and regional talent perform Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” Ballroom…
Man Believed Dead In Cherry Valley Fire CHERRY VALLEY – An elderly man was killed when he couldn’t escape a house fire on Lancaster Street in Cherry Valley early this morning. The call came into Otsego County 911 at 5 a.m. and crews were dispatched to the house, where the second floor was fully engulfed. According to Cherry Valley Fire Chief Martin Field, the adult granddaughter escaped the fire and said that she believed her grandfather was on the second floor and…
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Charlie’ Bergen, 47; Cherry Valley Man Claimed By Cancer CHERRY VALLEY – On Feb. 2, 2017, Henry “Charlie” Bergen lost his battle of cancer. Charlie was surrounded by his sisters, brothers, and family, and felt the strength of love from his family and friends to allow his spirit to make a peaceful departure. Charlie was born on Jan. 29, 1970. He recently shared his 47th birthday with his family and friends.…
IN MEMORIAM (FULL OBITUARY) Nancy Waller, World Traveler, Advocate For Justice, Writer COOPERSTOWN – Nancy Waller, world-traveler, advocate for peace, social justice and prison reform, lifelong writer and artist, died peacefully Jan. 10, 2017, at the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home, Cooperstown, her three daughters and pastor at her side. She was 98. Born Anne Bigelow Thomson in Nanking, China, Nancy was a daughter of James Claude Thomson and Margaret Seabury Cook Thomson. She grew up in pre-Communist China. Her father,…
