Frances Kirby Forster, loving wife and mother, passed away early Saturday morning, October 4, 2025, at the age of 90 at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Fran was born on December 9, 1934 in Mickleton, New Jersey, moving with her family to Seaview, Virginia, then back to Mickleton in 1941, and finally to Westville, New York in 1945, where the family lived and worked on a dairy farm.…
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“Ride the Cyclone,” a darkly comedic, one-act musical written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell and directed by Marc Shaw, comes to Hartwick College’s Slade Theatre November 7–13. AllOtsego’s Rachel Frick Cardelle chats with the director, cast and crew in her “On Stage” column this week.…
HALLOWEEN—5-7 p.m. “The Horror in the Museum 2025.” Spooky stories, readings and more. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Yager Museum of Art and Culture, 1 Hartwick Drive, Oneonta. (607) 431-4480 or https://www.facebook.com/events/773614372088837/?post_id=780262338090707&acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22footer_attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D…
“Ride the Cyclone,” a darkly comedic, one-act musical written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell and directed by Marc Shaw, comes to Hartwick’s Slade Theatre November 7–13. Written in 2008, the musical premiered in Canada at the Atomic Vaudeville Theatre Company in Victoria, British Columbia. Then, in 2022, it went viral on TikTok when song clips from the off-Broadway production began circulating...…
The OEC is conducting a survey of local businesses and organizations now through Monday, November 10 to help assess needs and barriers business owners and leaders may face in their efforts to support equity and inclusion in their line of work.…
Fifth-grader Maya Patton’s design, featuring a patriotic cat and a mouse casting their ballots for “dog,” captured the hearts of the four judges, which included three Hartwick College students and an Oneonta High School student. …
This weekend's Oneonta Rotary Road Rally Scavenger Hunt, a passport fair at the Unadilla Town Hall on Saturday, Cooperstown Central School soccer updates and the Butternuts Neutral Host Mobile Tower Pilot Project are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Numerous speakers utilized the privilege of the floor to address the board on issues concerning them. Notably, Teresa Winchester, Lynn Ohl, and Gilbertsville Mayor Aidan Woishnis each spoke to their grievances regarding the recent closure of the Gilbertsville Meadow Brook Bridge on County Route 4. Winchester read from a letter describing how the bridge was closed due to it being declared unsafe for use, but said that the county had known of its failing condition for years.…
Huntington was born on February 24, 1949. He grew up in East Lansing, Michigan, and attended Michigan State University. Post-graduation, he traveled to Norway, where his passion for literature and language was born.…
Rawitch, who addressed Hartwick graduates at commencement in 2023, is in his fifth year leading the Hall of Fame and his 31st season working in the baseball industry. He oversees the daily operations of the nonprofit educational institution, which employs nearly 100 full-time staff members with the mission to preserve history, honor excellence and connect generations.…
