HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 17 Crafts & Concert for Fathers’ Day DEBUT CONCERT—12:30 p.m. The Cooperstown Children’s Choir presents its first concert ever. On the veranda at the Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 304-1359. FATHER’S DAY—11:30 a.m. Children are invited to Father’s day craft time followed by a concert on the veranda. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JUNE 16 Cherry Valley Outdoor Games OUTDOOR GAMES – 12:30-8 p.m. Cherry Valley Outdoor Games., featuring speed climbing, log burling, lumberjack team relays, and bounce houses and climbing walls for the kids. Continues all weekend with the lumberjack competition, cornhole tournament, youth log rolling, more. Alden Field Center, 2 Genesee Street, Cherry Valley. nathanwaterfield@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/northeastqualifier BLOOD DRIVE—12:30-5:30 p.m. Save up to three lives with the American Red Cross. Bassett Hall Auditorium at the corner of Beaver and Pioneer…
Life Sketches by Terry Berkson Father’s Day Remembrances: ‘A Sky View of Dad’ One spring morning, I deliberately made myself late for school so that Dad would have to drive me in his taxi. I knew the teacher would be angry and wouldn’t believe any of my usual excuses, resulting in detention during recess—but the ride was worth it. I ran down the back steps and over to the garage. In order to get the stick out of the hasp…
Walsh Begins Another Charity Through-Hike OTSEGO COUNTY Tom Walsh of Worcester, a 65-year-old hiker and cancer survivor, set out on a 200-mile charity fundraiser through-hike of Otsego County on June 1. He plans to visit all 20 state forests, five Otsego Land Trust conservation areas, and all 24 towns in the county. Walsh is using the hike to raise funds and awareness for Otsego Outdoors and the Hannah-Lee House, a residential home for Bassett Medical Center patients and family members.…
Jensen Reaches State Podium By WRILEY NELSONCOOPERSTOWN Cooperstown senior Claire Jensen rounded out her high school athletic career with a fifth-place finish at the New York State Track and Field Championship on June 9. Jensen placed in the Division II (small school) 400m. Her time of 58.09 was a top-50 time statewide for the season. Victoria Guerrier of West Hempstead won the event with a time of 55.65.…
The Hon. Lucy Bernier (third from left) is shown with Del-Chen-O Co-founder and President Kathleen S. Campbell, President Elect Alicia Rohan and Vice President Willa Payne. (Photo by Brenna P. Baker) Del-Chen-O Women’s Bar Association Celebrates Judge Lucy Bernier ONEONTA Del-Chen-O Women’s Bar Association hosted a successful dinner event at Bella Michael’s Restaurant in Oneonta on the evening of May 25, to honor Judge Lucy Bernier for her outstanding career of firsts in the legal profession. Judge Bernier spent 18…
Youth runners smile with their medals at the 10th annual Splash Path 5K and Fun Walk, held at Pathfinder Village on May 20. (Photo provided) Splash Path 5K a Colorful Success, Raises $30K EDMESTON For a decade, Pathfinder Village’s Splash Path 5K and Fun Walk has colorfully celebrated community and offered an inclusive athletic event for people of all ages and abilities. On Saturday, May 20, the color run and festival achieved a new fundraising milestone, $30,000.00, in support of…
The Partial Observer by Alex Thomas Smoke and the Hidden Threat to Public Health In regard to our scientific response to the pandemic, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha has noted that we got the biology right and the social science wrong. As someone who spent three years as part of a consortium of researchers from Bassett Research Institute, Utica University, and my own SUNY Oneonta studying COVID, I can sadly attest to the accuracy of his statement. Our…
Bound Volumes June 15, 2023 210 YEARS AGOBooks for Sale by H. & E. Phinney at their Book & Stationery Store, Cooperstown – “Halyburton’s Enquiry into the Principles of Modern Deists,” “Shakespeare’s Works – 8 Volumes,” “Winter in London – A Novel, 2 Volumes,” “Blair’s Lectures,” “Life of Rev. Cornelius Winter,” “Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, 5 Volumes,” “Camilla, A Novel,” “Buchan’s Domestic Medicine,” “Christ’s Second Appearing,” “Smith’s Essays on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure…
Hometown History June 15, 2023 135 Years AgoIn some of the large cigar-making centers the industry is being seriously injured through the general stagnation of the trade. Thousands of cigar-makers, including all branches of the craft, are idle, while many are on the verge of destitution. The prospects for future employment are not bright, either. One employer recently told a committee of employees who waited upon him that it was his opinion that, within three months, the rolling and bunching…