This critical value of “welcome to visit, live and work in Cooperstown” is now under assault by what appears to be an ad hoc action taken by Sheriff Devlin in the name of the Otsego County Sheriff’s [Office], instigated on his own, to “enter into agreement with ICE” to enhance “community safety”...…
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The upcoming Hanford Mills Museum Ice Harvest, announcement of the NBHoF's new store set to open soon and events at the Gatehouse are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Sunday morning arrived. Clouds hovering. I was invited by friends to sit with them at the induction—the family of four had flown from Seattle to be here to honor the induction of Ishiro, the long-standing supreme ballplayer for the Seattle Mariners.…
Environmental Strategist To Give Talk ONEONTA—On Thursday, November 9, Paula DiPerna, a pioneer and authority on modern environmentalism and environmental finance, will discuss her book, “Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets,” at 6:30 p.m. in Hartwick College’s Anderson Theatre.…
In late May, Michael Jerome, a member of the Rotary E-Club of Global Trekkers, was joined by other volunteers in planting trees and shrubs on a parcel of land bordering the Susquehanna River just below Otsego Lake. The plantings included black willow, ninebark, red osier dogwood and silky dogwood…
Column from Paula DiPerna Snapshot from a return to the Induction I decided to go this year — it’s been so long, and it was fun, even jaunty, to fall in with the crowd, hundreds making their way to the Induction ground — loners and families, crowds and couples. Cars with plates from all the states most likely were jammed wherever they could be fit, sun shining off their baking roofs. My road led straight to the heart of things,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Discuss 2020 Climate Change SUNDAY PROGRAM – 3 p.m. Presenting ‘2020: Science, Policy, & Capital Converge on Climate Change – What Will Happen?’ talk with Paula DiPerna. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344 or visit www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Celebrate The Harvest With Farmers’ Museum HARVEST FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. 2-day fest featuring live performances, music, family activities to celebrate the seasons bounty. Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/Harvest-Festival…
COLUMN IN TIME OF TRUMP, DiPERNA ASKED: ‘How Did American Stray So Far From Its Ideals?’ Editor’s Note: Paula DiPerna, the author and global strategic environmental policy adviser who ran for Congress in 1992 for the 23rd District, which then included Otsego County, has a home in Cooperstown. This is an excerpt from her latest book, “Travels in the Time of Trump.” DiPerna will be giving a book talk at 2 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Green Toad…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports On DiPerna At Vatican Conference On this week’s “Morning Headlines” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/ publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on Cooperstown’s Paula DiPerna returning to the Vatican for a conference preparing reports for the United Nation’s Sept. 23 Climate Change conference at U.N. Plaza in New York City, “Climate Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win.” CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO WAMC REPORT…
