FIRST DAY HIKE – 10 a.m. Start the New Year with fun 1.5 mile hike with bird aficionado Becky Gretton. Followed by hot drinks, refreshments. Nature Center, Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Rt. 31, Cooperstown. 607-547-8662 or visit www.facebook.com/GlimmerglassStatePark/
Isabella Marjorie Fancher, shown here with mom, Marcy Pullman and dad, James Fancher, of Cobleskill, is the first baby of 2018, born 1:21 a.m. Jan. 1 at Bassett Hospital. Isabella, who was due Jan. 2, shares her birthday with her 92-year-old great-grandmother, also named Marjorie.
Mayor Gary Herzig, left, seated with wife Connie, daughter Sasha and her boyfriend Jacob Miner, is introduced at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel prior to taking his oath this afternoon for a second term. Former mayor Kim Muller emceed the event, and Greater Oneonta candidates for Common Council, Oneonta Town Board and the Otsego County Board of Representatives were sworn in by City Judge Lucy Bernier. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
