Leaving On His Own Schedule, Korthauer Makes History Here Oneonta’s 3rd City Manager Retires By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – George Korthauer has made history: He is the first Oneonta city manager to largely serve out his contract and depart on his own terms. After announcing his retirement Monday, Jan. 13, he’s leaving office on Feb. 7, a few months before the August expiration of his three-year contract, but before the iciest and snowiest month of February…
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‘Pine Apple’ Cheese Gives Milford Bragging Rights Unique Delicacy Heralded Far, Wide By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – On the Town of Milford website lies one line of historical mystery: “Home of the Once Famous Pine Apple Cheese.” Not pineapple-flavored cheese. Not cottage cheese with pineapple. Pine Apple Cheese. “Pine Apple Cheese was an aged, mild cheddar that was wrapped in a crocheted bag and sprayed with an orange shellac,” said Jim Havener, a Milford historian. “But…
BRIDES ABOUND They Pack Wedding Expo – Then, Bargains Galore! By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM ONEONTA – After the packed Foothills Wedding Expo 2020 Sunday, Jan. 12, Linda Hover arrived at Rainbow’s End Weddings & More to find more than two dozen brides waiting for her in the parking lot. “We didn’t know how many people would be here,” she said. “But there were a lot of people waiting!” And it was worth the wait. The bridal shop…
BOUND VOLUMES: Jan. 9, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Excerpts from a report to the New York State Legislature regarding progress in the construction of the canal system: “The middle section of the Western Canal, including a lateral canal to Salina, and comprising a distance of more than 96 miles, has been completed. On October 23 last, the Commissioners navigated it from Utica to Rome, and found their most sanguine expectations realized in the celerity, economy, and excellence of the execution;…
What To Swear-In On? Bible? Constitution? By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The traditional swearing-ins were Wednesday, Jan. 1, in Common Council chambers, but swearing-in with a hand on the Bible was one tradition that may be waning. When each of the nine candidates approached the podium, City Judge Lucy Bernier asked them if they would like to place their hand on the Bible, or on the U.S. Constitution. Three of the nine – seven Council members…
Christmas Bulbs On Beards Recall Heller’s Happy Life By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Last Christmas, Mike and Erika Heller bought a set of “beard ornaments” for John, Mike’s brother. “We thought they were hilarious,” said Erika. “He just started putting them on, and my kids” – Donovan, Maddox, Macall and Rawley – “were showing him where else on his beard he could hang them!” They found those beard ornaments, boxed up with the rest of his Christmas gifts,…
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER President Loudest Climate Denier The definition of ignorance is “a lack of knowledge, education, or awareness.” Climate change deniers can’t hide behind a lack of knowledge, so they claim the knowledge is false and the facts are fake. They could also claim the earth is flat, yet a satellite would still persist in orbiting it. Facts seem to work that way. The most important issue humanity faces is already changing the futures of all living…
FREED INMATE ACCUSED OF STEALING TRUCK With Stolen Truck, Bail Reform Hits Home By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Within three days of being released from the custody of the Otsego County Corrections under the state’s new bail reform, James C. Sitts, 39, Laurens, allegedly stole a pick-up truck from a residence in Laurens. “He was awaiting trial on two home invasions,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. “But under the new law, he was released on…
Letter From Mary Anne Whelan Not Militia? Then You’re Out Of Luck To the Editor: Could the proponents of this silly idea please tell us what portion of the NYS ‘SAFE ACT” conflicts with the Second Amendment? Actually, I doubt they know what either the Second Amendment or the Safe Act says. Are they members of a well-regulated Militia, on which opening clause everything else in the Second Amendment depends? If not, they have no rights to the exercise of…
Life Of A Local DJ Is Wild Ride Of Novelty By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The times may have changed, but for wedding DJ Mike Cook, that means there’s more music to dance to. “Music is so readily available now and it changes so rapidly,” he said. “You need to keep track of what’s changing and what’s new. If you’re keeping your finger on the pulse of what’s currently popular in music, you can have it ready for…
