May-Britt Joyce created this painting of Rocky, the Rockefeller Christmas Tree owl, and plans to auction the piece to benefit the Susquehanna SPCA. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
SIGN OF THE SEASON: Santa and Mrs. Clauses were observed strolling through Cooperstown’s downtown the other day, as plans on creating “virtual” Christmas celebrations being completed there and in Oneonta. The Coopertown Community Christmas Committee’s first activity is annual Decorating Day, which begin at 1 p.m. Sunday in Pioneer Park. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
It took a raging blaze less than an hour to destroy a Wood Bull Antiques storage barn Friday, Nov. 6, on Williams Road, Town of Otsego, near Fly Creek. Fire companies from Hartwick to Richfield Springs were called to the scene. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Otsego County’s next state senator, Peter Oberacker, the county representative, expresses his thanks to wife Shannon at a victory celebration at Form Tech Solutions, his Schenevus-based company. At right are son Derek and Campaign Manager Ron Wheeler. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Craig, SUNY Oneonta’s new interim president, had an instinct for readiness, forming a disaster-preparedness committee on arriving at SUNY Purchase as a vice president in 2006. He discusses lessons learned in his successful effort to keep COVID cases there to 25, and how to apply them to the Oneonta campus in an exclusive interview. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
With Brooks BBQ new “pick-it-up, take-it-in” regimen about to begin, Amanda Calkins, left, and Danielle Dalton, both of Oneonta, take an order from Laura Page of Cooperstown at one of three takeout windows Brooks has added to handle COVID-era demand at the Oneonta landmark. In addition to have customers bring their own dinners into the diningroom, Brooks for the first time is offering beer and wine to the drink menu. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Democratic Cooperstown Village Trustee MacGuire Benton receives a congratulatory hug from Republican challenger Mary Margaret Robbins after the incumbent held on to his seat in the Tuesday, Sept. 25, runoff election by a vote of 343-308. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
You may see Kay Pierro riding around Cooperstown with a “Riding With Ruth” decal on her SUV, in remembrance of Supreme Court Justice (and annual Glimmerglass Festival visitor) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday, Sept. 18. Kay was the judge’s cook, then her friend. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Due to technical challenges, there was a delay in the posting of September editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. You can now read them on www.AllOTSEGO.com.
Tina Winstead, Huntington Memorial Library director, shows where the overlook and the sledding hill will once again be part of Huntington Park. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Lieutenant Chris Witzenburg and Mayor Gary Herzig keep vigilance over the streets of Oneonta, which were empty following the COVID-19 outbreak. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
SUNY Oneonta freshman John Dirma, left, gets help moving in to his dorm Monday, Aug. 17, from his sister Angie, grandmother Maria Zgrda, and older brother Christian Dima, all from White Lake.
Simple Integrity partner Jon Edgington surveys the 1810 threshing barn, now under renovation in the hamlet of Middlefield, which exemplifies an agricultural technique that dates back 2,000 years. The swing beam is above him; the 26-foot hemlock – cut into 13-foot joists – are in front of him. Butch and Mary Welch bought the three-acre property that includes the barn last year. Butch did initial site preparation, and plans to complete the renovations after the crew leaves next week. Eventually, the couple may sell the barn for conversion into a home. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Amidst a sea of masked, socially-distanced families, Hastings Otieno strides to the podium to announces the Oneonta Class of 2020 class gift; The Pay-It-Forward Scholarship, during graduation exercises on Monday, June 29. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
