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Trails, Kayaks, Even Bees Envisioned For Brookwood By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Brookwood Point could soon be host to expanded trails, kayak rentals and even beekeeping. “The grass gets really high and hard to mow in places,” said Lang Keith, Cooperstown, a board member on the Otsego Land Trust, which owns the 22-acre enclave on Otsego Lake. “We were thinking that would be a good place to do some beekeeping.” Such ideas were generated during the…
Seward Wins $150,000 For Mt. Vision Fire Hall Building Commemorates Assistant Chief MOUNT VISION – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, last evening joined members of the Mount Vision Fire Department to announce a $150,000 state grant to assist in the construction of the department’s new fire station, helping fulfill the dream of Assistant Fire Chief Adam Burgess, who died in a work accident last year. Whilst in other sectors people would look for help after a work injury, in this…
Greetings From World Series! Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, a Chicago Cubs fan from his days at the Mercantile Exchange, sends greetings from Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, where his beloved Cubbies are facing the Indians this evening in the World Series. If the Cubs win, it will be their first championship since 1908. In addition to serving as mayor, Katz is a published baseball writer with two books to his credit and an aficionado of America’s Pastime.…
IN MEMORIAM Robert Lane LaDuke, 77; Native Son, CCS Redskin COOPERSTOWN – Robert Lane LaDuke, born at Bassett Hospital on Oct. 22, 1939, passed away peacefully at Bassett Hospital on Oct. 24, 2016, just two days after his 77th birthday. Bob was the first child of Harry (Dutch) LaDuke, Jr. and Marion (Maisie) Lane LaDuke. He enjoyed the innocence of growing up in “old” Cooperstown and all of the freedoms and fun it offered. He had lots of memories and…
Audubon Mainstay Tom Salo Named OCCA Conservationist COOPERSTOWN – Tom Salo of Burlington, active in environmental issues since the first Earth Day in the 1970s and an expert in eagles and hawks, has been named Otsego County Conservation Association 2016 “Conservationist of the Year,” it was announced today. He will receive the award at OCCA’s Annual Dinner beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Templeton Hall. For reservations, call OCCA Executive Director Leslie Orzetti at 547-4488.…
Oneonta’s Kim Elting, Daughter Row To Win At ‘Head Of Charles’ By CHIP NORTHRUP • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Despite wind and rain, rowers from Cooperstown and Oneonta competed with rowers from all over the world in the three-mile “Head of the Charles” race over the weekend in Cambridge, Mass. They included:…
TRUSTEES CAST OUT OIL STOCKS S&P 500 Stocks Shifted To S&P 475 By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rejecting the advice of the village treasurer, the Village Board this evening voted unanimously to shift its investments in S&P 500 stocks over the next year into an S&P 475 scrubbed free of fossil-fuel companies. Trustees acted despite Treasurer Derek Bloomfield, citing guidelines for CFAs (chartered financial analysts), advising them that a fully diversified portfolio, including fossil-fuel stocks, is the…
Seward Finds Funding To Build New Station In Fireman’s Memory ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, at 7 p.m. tomorrow will announce a special state grant to build a new fire station in Mount Vision in memory of a fallen firefighter. The local firefighters had been raising funds for the new station in memory of Adam Burgess, first assistant chief, who was struck by a tree and killed while working near Fly Creek. Chief James Cox and members of the…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Louise Austin, 97; Raised 7 Children Here; Loved Music, Arts ONEONTA – Mary Louise Ryan Austin, 97, who was active in Oneonta music and arts organizations while raising seven children here, passed away peacefully on Oct. 24, 2016, at Chestnut Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born Jan. 16, 1919, in Lebanon, Madison County, daughter of Florence A. and Arthur T. Ryan. Her childhood was spent on the family farm at Hamilton.…