Letter from MARY ANNE WHELAN Put Up Your Own Sign, But Leave Others’ Alone To the Editor: The grassy, rather triangular-shaped space at the junction of Route 80 and the Pierstown Road has always been used as a place for various signs – the TANNER HILL HERB FARM. GRANGE BARBEQUE! BOOK SALE! And, in political seasons, postings for various candidates. On Sunday, June 30, a sign in patriotic colors promoting the election of ANY FUNCTIONAL ADULT IN 2020 was up;…
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Sal Grigoli Remembers Hard Work, Nice Folks Pizza-Making Legend Ends 41-Year Career By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Forty-one years! I haven’t even been alive that long,” Sal Grigoli reports people saying to him these days. That’s the amount of time – age 19 to age 60 – that the founder and owner of the venerable Sal’s Pizzeria has been spinning dough disks at 110 Main St. You’ll still see him there for the next few weeks…
OTHER COUNTIES MAY JOIN IN Erie Clerk Sues To Halt State ‘Green Light’ Law By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Another option for county clerks to challenge the state’s “Green Light” law opened up this week, as Erie County Clerk Michael “Mickey” Kearns went to federal court to block enforcement until its constitutionality can be determined. The “Green Light” law, due to go into effect Dec. 14, would require county clerks to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented residents/illegal…
SENIORITY PROFILE: TAMMY MACDONALD For Fulfilling Twilight Years, Start Planning By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERTOWN – Our twilight years can be as fulfilling as our early ones. That is what Tamie MacDonald, Otsego County’s Office for Aging director, wants people of all ages to know, and that her office can help us realize it. “We can change our own story of what aging is,” MacDonald said. “No one wants to be frail or dependent on people. It’s…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS • THINGS TO DO Rock ‘n’ Roll Summer Peaks At The Fenimore By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Long live rock and roll! Rock & Roll Hall of Fame president Greg Harris leads a panel discussion on “Fenimore Rocks! Herb Ritts and the Image of Rock Music” as part of the Fenimore Art Museum gala weekend. Afterwards, enjoy cocktails and a buffet. 2-4 p.m. Saturday, July 13, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Route 80, Cooperstown. Info, fenimoreart.org…
Planning Board Meets On New Housing Plan COOPERSTOWN – The village Planning Board meets at 4:30 p.m. today to review a proposed housing plan seeking to create more apartment housing in Cooperstown. The issue of apartments brought a crowd to last month’s Village Board meeting to oppose The Grove, a 12-unit apartment house proposed on empty land between Chestnut Street and Pine Boulevard.…
Cows, Goats, Pigs, Oh My! At Junior Livestock Show More than 250 kids presented 650 animals as part of The Farmers’ Museum’s 72nd annual Junior Livestock Show‘s Parade of Champions, showcasing the best of the best in livestock at the end of a weekend of trials and judging at the Iroquois Farm Showgrounds in Cooperstown. Above, Gus Mason, 14, holds Gummy Bear’s Grand Champion Jersey award and the Best Jersey Bred and Owned award . The Grand Champion silver plate…
Lanternfly, Other Invasives, Explored In OCCA Programs Three programs – one specifically on the lanternfly, another specifically on Japanese knotweed – are planned locally in the next few days to mark Invasive Species Awareness Week, the OCCA announced today. They are: Spotting the Lanternfly: Early Detection Training for our Newest Invader, 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at Mohican Farm 7207 Route 80 (West Lake Road) Chop and Cheese, Japanese Knotweed Removal, 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, also at at Mohican…
Lights Light Up Sky Over Cooperstown Hundreds of local folks and visitors listened to the Community Concert Band, directed by Julie Solomon, performed “Stars & Stripes Forever” this evening in Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park, with Otsego Lake as a backdrop. Fireworks followed to rousing applause. With fireworks last evening in Oneonta, and parades there and in Springfield Center, this evening’s activities signalled the end of this year’s Fourth of July celebration. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
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