Cherry Valley Fisherman Catches 40-Inch Muskie Garrett Petit, Cherry Valley, landed a 40-inch tiger muskie on Aug. 28 at Canadarago Lake, the DEC announced today. The current state record tiger muskie – 35 pounds, 8 ounces – was caught in 1990 in the Tioughnioga River in the Southern Tier. The tiger muskie is a hybrid fish, a cross between a male northern pike and a female muskellunge. The tiger muskies are stocked when they reach 10 inches at five months…
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IN MEMORIAM: Nancy Kiser Feola, 66; Milford Woman Fought Cancer 19 Months MILFORD – Nancy Feola (nee Kiser) of Milford, who retired from a 30-year career with the Otsego County Attorney’s Office, lost her gallant 19-month struggle with cancer Monday evening Oct. 5, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. She was 66. Born April 1, 1949, she was the oldest daughter among six children of Arthur Sr. and Helen (Platt) Kiser. She attended the one-room Westville School from 1954 to 1961, then attended…
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Robokronos Finds Permanent Home With Oneonta City School District…
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County Board Freezes Hiring Until 2016 Budget Is In Place COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives today authorized a hiring freeze at least into the new year. No new workers will be hired until the county board rescinds today’s order. With hiring restricted for the time being, it presents an opportunity for the board to review its hiring process. There has been a number of calls in recent times for tests to be introduced especially when hiring for analytical…
SUNY Oneonta Artist Unveils Portraits Of 10 Local Heroes COOPERSTOWN – After piles of nominations and months of secrecy, artist Janet Wentworth Erickson will debut her portrait series, “Community Heroes in Portraiture” at a reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9th, at The Farmers’ Museum’s Louis Jones Center. The public is welcome. The portraits will be hung at The Fenimore Art Museum. “Portraiture has been a practice since ancient times,” said Erickson. “From death masks to selfies, every community wants…
BROOKWOOD GARDENS’ FATE Land Trust Committee Gets ‘Several’ Proposals COOPERSTOWN – The deadline for RFPs on Brookwood Gardens passed at 5 p.m. today, and Otsego Land Trust Board Chair Harry Levine said “several” proposals for 11 acres of the prime lakeside property have been received. “I’m very encouraged,” said Levine, who said a Land Trust committee will meet Friday for an initial review of the 47 proposals that came out of the request-for-proposal process. He declined to get more specific on the number,…
Troopers Arrest Walton Man After Standoff Over Girlfriend WALTON – A Walton man is in custody after a standoff state police said was caused by domestic dispute and was resolved in part by use of a robot. Yesterday at 11:49 a.m., state police at Sidney received a report of a woman leaving her home after being threatened by her boyfriend with a gun on Lower Third Brook Road in the Town of Walton. An investigation determined that during a physical…
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