HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Explore Hall, Park, & Local Organizations BLOCK PARTY – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Celebrate the start of the summer season with local organizations from Hyde Hall and Glimmerglass State Park to the Otsego Boat Deputy, Otsego Outdoors, and Springfield Center Library. The Rolling Meadows clydesdales will be on hand to greet visitors, the Susquehanna SPCA will have opportunities for adoptions, and Hanzolo will be performing live from noon to 2 p.m. Hyde Hall, 267…
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Sports Snippets June 8, 2023 Softball Takes Sectionals, Falls in Regionals COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown softball team won its third sectional title in program history with a 4-2 victory over eight-seed Port Byron on May 31. Dani Seamon threw a two-hitter with six strikeouts, hit two singles and stole a base. Seamon singled in the first inning and two walks put Savannah Kirkby and Sophia Hotaling on base. Brenna Seamon walked and Jeana Geertgens hit a two-RBI single to open a three-run…
Accident Victim in Critical Condition COOPERSTOWN According to a report from the Cooperstown Police Department, on Thursday, June 8 at 4:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to a serious personal injury accident in front of 50 Lake Street in the Village of Cooperstown. Officers arrived on scene at 4:51 p.m. and found a pedestrian lying in the roadway unconscious, with serious head trauma. The victim, a 40-year-old male, had been struck by a vehicle travelling west on Lake Street. The vehicle…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 8, 2023 Front Page OCCA To Hold Meet, Greet CV Water Project Receives State Funding Riverside Students Plant Apple Trees, Help Restore Piece of Oneonta History Inside Hesse Home in Otego: a Virtual 18th-century House and Home Museum BFS, Lake Organizations Announce Otsego Lake HAB Testing Strategy News in Brief Sports Snippets: June 8, 2023 News In Brief: June 8, 2023 Editorial Water Worries Columns NOTEWORTHY: SQSPCA Working Beyond the…
Letter from Amy Wyant & Donna Vogler Crumhorn Property Should Be Protected As a local conservation organization, the Otsego County Conservation Association supports the protection of the Crumhorn Lake property. This former scout camp is a prime candidate to forward state and local land conservation goals. We believe that using the New York State Environmental Bond Act to preserve this undeveloped land is paramount. The property includes 668 acres of forests and wetlands, direct frontage on Crumhorn Lake, 63 acres…
Letter from Gary R. Schoonmaker Constitutionality of CAP Questioned Is there really a legitimate constitutional basis for New York State’s Climate Action Plan? There are many ways to address this question: First, is climate change really an existential threat to New York State; and even if it is, does the state have the constitutional authority to take such draconian measures as are being proposed? While I personally do not believe that climate change is anything more than the natural order…
Ruggles Champs Discuss Contest By WRILEY NELSONCOOPERSTOWN The 146th Ruggles Essay Competition was held at Cooperstown Central School on April 14. Like their predecessors for a century and a half, each member of the junior class wrote a 600-800 word essay. The written works are judged for originality, grammar and vivid language use. Each English class sends finalists to the all-school competition after a preliminary oral performance. First- and second-place winners are selected by a committee of teachers, community members…
Letter from Ashok Malhotra Appeal to President Biden: Please End War As the war in Ukraine is escalating because of the ego-tripping of Russian President Putin and a more powerful response from the NATO countries along with the U.S. aid to the president of Ukraine to fight against the Russian aggression, there appears to be no end in sight to the war. Thousands of Russian missiles and drones fired at the Ukrainian cities to raze its monuments and to kill…
Letter from Chip Northrup Kudos to Canadarago Lake Communities Richfield Springs, near Canadarago Lake, is taking the lead locally on mitigating harmful algal blooms by curtailing the nutrients that are discharged from septic tanks—nitrogen and phosphorus—into the lake. We know why “the grass is always greener over the septic tank.” Toxic algae thrives in nutrient-rich water. As permitted, septic tanks discharge nutrients into the groundwater, and those fertilizers find their way into the lake where they help drive toxic algae…
Letter from Gerry Welch Waterproof Beacons Should Replace Flares I own and operate a boat rental business in New York State. I went to check the expiration date on my flares to make sure my equipment was up to date. Even though I’ve been around boats most of my life, I have never needed to light a single flare. As it turned out, my flares were outdated, so I decided to see if they were still good. It actually took…