160 Friends Hail Inge Roemer At Plains On Her 95th Birthday More than 160 family members and friends gathered today at the Plains at Parish Homestead to honor Inge Otten Roemer on her 95th birthday. At native of Hamburg, Germany, Mrs. Roemer and her husband, Martin, farmed in Unadilla, beginning in 1947. She obtained an bachelor’s in elementary education from SUNY Oneonta in 1959, and taught at Mount Upton Central School, retiring in 1982. She and her husband, who passed…
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IN MEMORIAM Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.; Writer, Environmentalist COOPERSTOWN – Henry S.F. Cooper Jr., noted environmentalist and a founder of what became Otsego 2000, as well as the Otsego Land Trust, passed away today at home in the Town of Middlefield’s Red Creek section. A retired writer for the New Yorker, where he covered the space program, Mr. Cooper was a fifth-generation descendant of novelist James Fenimore Cooper, and a sixth-generation descendant of William Cooper, Cooperstown’s founder. He was the…
Sledding, Survival Skills Highlight Cabin Fever Fest Night DeMarche rides on his father, Beau De Marche, both of Clinton, down the sledding hill during Five Star Subaru’s first Cabin Fever Fest at Gilbert Lake State Park this afternoon. Attendees could hike, snowshoe, cook s’mores and hot dogs, sled, mountain bike and learn winter wilderness survival skills. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
It Was Place To Be For Art Community SEE ‘INDEPENDENT SPIRIT’ SLIDE SHOW…
Drew Angus Off American Idol, But Sees ‘Excitement’ In Future ONEONTA – In Drew Angus’ own words, “tonight is where my idol trail ends,” he reported on his Facebook page after his appearance on Fox’s “American Idol” competition Friday evening. “But I’ve made some of the closest friends and had some of the most unreal experiences of my entire life. This is not the end by any means,” said the 2011 Hartwick College graduate. The Westport, Conn., native admitted to…
IN MEMORIAM: Rosanne Johnson, 77; Farmer Pursued Degree, Business Career ONEONTA – Rosanne Johnson, 77, who ran a farm with her husband, then obtained her college degree at age 52 and went on to a career in business, passed away Jan. 28, 2016, at Fox Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 4, 1938, in Brooklyn, the daughter of George and Rose (McCarthy) Brickwedde. Rosanne graduated from Millerton High School. She married Lloyd H. Johnson on Nov. 17, 1956, at St. Mary’s…
Guard Honors Bassett System For Making Doctors Available…
Cooperstown Asks For Proposals For Study Of Downtown Parking COOPERSTOWN – A Feb. 22 “pre-bid” meeting is planned in Village Hall on a study, approved Monday by the Village Board, to determine Cooperstown’s parking needs and how to fill them, including how on-street paid parking should be adjusted in the future. Issues to be studied include what to do about parking for Bassett and Otesaga employees, how to craft a proposal for a residential permit system around the Business District, and…
Take Walk Down Oneonta Gorge With Goodyear Lake’s Antonuccis Editor’s Note: Here is a report from the Antonuccis on happening upon Oneonta Falls during a visit to Oregon, the topic of an article in this week’s Hometown Oneonta. While visiting my son and his family in Portland, Oregon, for Thanksgiving, we were surprised to find a connection of Oneonta to the great Northwest. We were visiting the famous 620-foot Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River gorge, and came across a…
Unatego, Cooperstown Schools Under Fiscal Stress, State Says ALBANY – State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has updated his list of schools under fiscal stress, and Unatego and Cooperstown central school districts are on it. No locals schools are under “significant stress,” the most dire category, but Unatego is on the “moderate stress” list and Cooperstown is in the “susceptible to fiscal stress” category.…