Community Advisory Board document on OPD best practices set to be reviewed By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — A committee including mayoral candidates Mark Drnek and Len Carson approved final changes to the Community Advisory Board police review document, which will sent back to the original CAB members followed by a public hearing. The process should take about a month to complete, according to city officials. The Community Advisory Board met Tuesday, July 13, at City Hall to…
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Trailblazer Awards to be given at Oneonta City Hall STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Trailblazer Awards will be handed out at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 14, at Oneonta City Hall. Originally, they were supposed to be given out at Damaschke Field but this was changed due to the potential of bad weather. The award will be given to former mayor Kim Muller, SPCA Director Stacie Haynes, Judge Lucy Bernier and Oneonta High School teacher Cathy Lynch. Mayor…
Cooperstown Trustees approve Chestnut Crossing project By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — The village’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a special-use permit for the 13-apartment Chestnut Crossing project at 10 Chestnut St. during a special meeting Monday, July 12, at Village Hall. About 20 people witnessed the hour-long deliberation as the six trustees — Joe Membrino was not at the meeting — meticulously went through the 16 criteria they needed to evaluate in order to issue a…
Junior Livestock Show is cow-a-bunga By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD — The first thing noticeable at The 73rd Farmers’ Museum Junior Livestock Show is the noise. Monday, July 12, there was loud mooing from all angles, a result of the cow show going on all morning.…
Best bets for local dining Larissa Ryan Business Manager The Inside Scoop Walk down Main Street in Cooperstown and turn right at the flagpole and you’ll find this cozy little shop. Inside the same building as Slices Pizzeria, which I reviewed last year, turn right instead of left and you’ll find the perfect spot to order your ice cream and peruse the collection of baseball cards on view as you enter the sitting area. There are tables inside and out…
Clark Sports Center to offer summer clinics Members 12 and older now allowed to work out With coronavirus protocols lifted in July and with the gym reopened to kids, the Clark Sports Center announced this week that it will offer summer sports clinics for campers. The sports and adventure clinics are open to kids age 12 to 18. Adventure classes will be offered in mountain biking fundamentals, advanced mountain biking, climbing and kayak rolling, leadership. Sports classes will be offered…
Cooperstown’s Ubner wins multiple player of the year awards STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown’s Chris Ubner swept a series of baseball award announced last week. Ubner shared the Most Valuable Player Award from the Center State Conference Division II, with teammate Kendall Haney. Ubner also won Player of the Year Awards from two Upstate newspapers, the Utica Observer-Dispatch and the Syracuse Herald. Haney was named to the Syracuse All-Star team as well. Ubner’s Utica announcement carried the biggest…
Views Around New York State Suing Georgia over voting rights is just the start From The Albany Times-Union: Georgia was among a host of GOP-controlled states that in the aftermath of Republican Donald Trump’s loss to Democrat Joe Biden for the presidency have intensified efforts to pass laws brazenly aimed at suppressing votes by people of color. Georgia and its defenders offered the weak defense that some of the provisions it passed will expand voting rights, as if a little…
EDITORIAL The speech I did not give to the class of 2021 About two weeks ago I got a message from the other Tara in my life, Cooperstown Sports Booster Club President Tara Loewenguth, letting me know that despite COVID restrictions I was invited to the annual end-of-year sports banquet. It wasn’t an unusual text and I politely declined. I don’t do a lot of banquets, but as a Cooperstown booster and after a fun spring of sports coverage, I…
Best Bets July 8, 2021 The Friends of the Oneonta Theater are hosting a benefit car show to raise funds to purchase the historic theater. Come see 100 custom and vintage cars, enter the bucket and silent auctions, and enjoy live rockabilly music by Mark Pawkett and the Mopar Cams. Breakfast and lunch are available for purchase from Soda Jerks. Admission and parking are free. Action Lube Car Repair, 458 Chestnut St. in Oneonta from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,…