Seward, Farmers At ‘Taste Of NY’ State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, samples maple vinegar produced by Ingles Maple Products in Richfield Springs during the New York Farm Bureau’s “Taste of New York” legislative reception in Albany this week. From left are John VanDerwerken and Rebecca Russell, both representing NYCAMH, and the senator who, among others, met with Otsego County Farm Bureau President Paul Greer, NYFB State Director, District 9, Darin Hickling and Harold Palmer, the beef farmer and Town…
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IN MEMORIAM Rick Gibbons, 72; Riverwood Owner, Former President Of Local Chamber COOPERSTOWN – Herrick “Rick” Price Gibbons, 72, proprietor of Riverwood Gifts, the landmark downtown business, passed away on March 4, 2017. A gathering for celebration and reflection will be 1-4 p.m., Saturday, March 11, at Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St. His ashes will be scattered in a private ceremony this spring. The family asks that visitors dress in the hippy spirit Rick embraced: tie-dye, bright Hawaiian shirts, and…
Cooperstown Academic Team Wins Here, Heads To Chicago Save…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAR. 8 Concert Celebrating International Women MUSIC – 7:30 p.m. Concert “Honoring International Women Through Music.” Anderson Theater, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, www.hartwick.edu/campus-life/student-affairs/intercultural-affairs/ or contact Matthews at matthewsh@hartwick.edu or call (607)431-4428 FILM SERIES – 7 p.m. Winter Wednesday’s film series showing of “12 Years A Slave.” Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, foothillspac.org CLUBHOUSE PROJECT – 6-8 p.m. Teens 12-17 welcome for a night of fun, friends, giveaways and free food. Meet new people and…
County Treasurer Crowell Says He Won’t Run Again COOPERSTOWN – County Treasurer Dan Crowell has announced he won’t seek a third term, and will be “whole-heartedly” supporting his deputy, Allen Ruffles, former Key Bank branch manager, for the the job. Crowell said he is considering career options both in the military – he is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve – and the private sector. Crowell issued this announcement at 12:51 this afternoon:…
Flowers Appear In Memory Of Riverwood’s Rick Gibbons…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MAR. 7 ‘NeoIndigenA’ Performed At Hartwick PERFORMANCE – 8 p.m. Santee Smith performs “NeoIndigenA” (“New Indigenous Woman”) a dance created by her while exploring the intersection of indigenous and contemporary dance. Slade Theater in Yager Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, bensenr@hartwick.edu or call (607)431-4902 STUDY GROUP – 10:30-11:30 a.m. For anyone who has an addictive personality, come study “The Heart of Addiction” and learn insights from the message of the Gospel regarding addictive thoughts and behavior. With Friends…
OPD Reports Finding Heroin, Cocaine During Traffic Stop ONEONTA – During a traffic stop at 2 a.m. last Wednesday, Oneonta police reported today that they discovered 20 bags of heroin and a gram of cocaine and arrested the driver, Vickie E. Tolbert, 48, of Oneonta at 2 a.m. last Wednesday. They charged Tolbert, the driver, with criminal possession of a controlled substance, third degree, a felony.…
Common Council To Affirm 3 Bases For Firefighting Pact ONEONTA – When it meets Tuesday, Common Council plans to voice support for continuing to provide professional firefighting services to Southside and other parts of the Town of Oneonta. The restatement of its interest on settling the contract comes a week before the town Fire District Board of Commissioners has scheduled a hearing, for 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, at the Elm Park Methodist Church, Elm Street, on plans to create a…
IN MEMORIAM: Thomas Moore, 83; Retired From NY Tel To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Thomas Joseph Moore, 82, a New York Telephone employee who retired to Cooperstown, died Thursday, March 2, 2017. He was born to Brigid and Edward Moore on Nov. 24, 1934 and raised in Richmond Hill. Tom was a veteran of the Korean War and an employee of New York Telephone.…