RICHFIELD SPRINGS HEARING OVER ZBA Pledging Action On ‘Hotel’ In 62 Days By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – After only three people testified this evening, the chairman of the village Zoning Board of Appeals declared the hearing closed on a homeless lodging proposed for the former Mielnicki’s Restaurant on Lake Street. Bob Hazleton promised a decision on the 14-room proposal within 62 days, the statutory requirement. But one of the three testifying was attorney Doug Zamelis of…
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BERTRAM SNAPS 23-YEAR RECORD CCS Hawkeyes Win League Title COOPERSTOWN – CCS Junior Tyler Bertram broke his team’s 23-year-old career-scoring record during last night’s game against Frankfort-Schuyler. Hawkeye Bertram topped Redskin Seth Schaeffer’s 1994 record of 1,714 points, reaching 1,728 in the game. “It’s a nice thing to get out of the way before sectionals,” said his father, Basketball Coach Dave Bertram. And it wasn’t the only triumph of the night. The Cooperstown Hawkeyes took the League Championship title.…
‘The Perpetual Now’ Explores Lonni Sue Johnson’s Dilemma COOPERSTOWN – Michael D. Lemonick, now an editor at Scientific American, has just published “The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory and Love,” chronicling the overnight memory loss of Lonni Sue Johnson, the Town of Middlefield artist who created many New Yorker covers and drawing in the New York Times. CLICK TO READ KIRKUS REVIEW “Lemonick focuses on her case and biography,” recounts the first review, in Kirkus Reviews, “but he…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, FEB. 10 ‘Not Too Far From Home’ Local Comedians Return Last day to register for the Farmers Conference on Corn. Info, cceschoharie-otsego.org/events/2017/02/14/2017-corn-day COMEDY SHOW – 8 p.m. “Not Too Far From Home “ returns to the foothills staring Aaron David Ward and his team of homegrown comedians. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, foothillspac.org KISSING BOOTH – 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Meet the adoptable pooches of the Susquehanna Animal shelter. Dewar Hall, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, susquehannaanimalshelter.org/category/events/…
Faso Calls For ‘Thoughtful, Legislation’ On Trump Ban CLICK HERE TO SEE WHOLE FOX INTERVIEW…
IN MEMORIAM Margaret ‘Aunt Marge’ Mathews, 108; Oldest Member Of St. Mary’s Church ONEONTA – Margaret “Aunt Marge” Mathews, at 108 the oldest living parishioner at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and likely the oldest person in Oneonta, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at Fox Nursing Home. Margaret Mathews was born Margaret DeFiore, on Oct. 9, 1908, in East Meredith. She was the daughter of Pasquale DeFiore and Angelina Longo DeFiore. She married Thomas Mathews on Feb. 22, 1930. A…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, FEB. 9 Learn, Discuss Civil Rights History FILM SERIES – 7-9 p.m. Celebrate Black History Month with a showing of “Palante, Siempre Palante.” Includes a presentation and a Q&A session. Red Dragon Theater, SUNY Oneonta. Info, oneonta.collegiatelink.net/organization/oneonta/calendar/details/1206852 TOASTMASTERS – 6:15-7:30 p.m. Speech contest with free refreshments. Come practice your public speaking in a supportive environment. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, oneonta.toastmastersclubs.org or call (607)873-2070…
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IN MEMORIAM Bernard John ‘B.J.’ O’Neill, 95; Business Executive, Engineer FLY CREEK – A memorial service is upcoming Feb. 18, for Bernard John O’Neill (“B.J.”), 95, an engineer, business executive and former Town of Otsego Planning Board chair who died on Jan. 18, 2017, at his home in Fly Creek, while tended to by his daughter Maureen. B.J. was born on May 25, 1921, in Saratoga Springs, the son of Jeremiah O’Neill and the former Lucille Sterk. He graduated from…