Survey Explores Idea Of Cooperstown Cinema COOPERSTOWN – Ellen Pope, director, Otsego 2000, has pitched the idea of a cinema in downtown Cooperstown. In a post on her Facebook page, Pope sought data from residents on whether they would be interested in seeing a local movie theater. The project is not affiliated with Otsego 2000. Paper and email surveys have been sent out, or the survey can be taken online at http://bit.ly/coopcinema by Thursday, Sept. 12…
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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SUNDAY Habitat For Humanity: 35 Homes In 30 Years By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade ago, Lois Newell felt hopeless. “I was living in an apartment on Academy Street, my window faced the back of the Salvation Army,” she said. “I would look at that wall every day and cry. I was freshly divorced, I had no money and no resources. I wanted hope, a better life for my kids.” Now, when she…
…young and in love, couple finds… HEAVEN In Hippie Hollow By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HIPPIE HOLLOW – Paradise, as Carlie and David Kindernedl see it, can be found just off Oxbow Road in the Town of Milford. “Our vision has a lot to do with finding a haven,” she said. “We don’t want a posh existence, we just want to build something beautiful.” Three years ago, the couple acquired almost four acres at the corner of Oxbow…
CHRONICLES OF 9/11 ‘He Did Not Suffer’ Firefighter Who Found Business Card At Scene Felt George Morell’s Calm Spirit Editor’s Note: Cathy Raddatz of Cooperstown, sister of 9/11 victim George Morell, read this letter of reassurance from a firefighter to Morell’s widow Robbie at the Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Company’s 5-10K commemorative run Saturday, Sept. 7. Dear Mrs. Morell: First, let me say I know your family has suffered a devastating loss, you have my heartfelt condolences and prayers. While…
CHRONICLES OF 9/11 Her NYPD Job: Seeking Closure For 9/11 Families Grisly Assignment: Fresh Kills Landfill By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Toya Lane Bowden, then a detective with the NYPD Internal Affairs, now living in Oneonta, was headed to the World Trade Center to drop off her department-issued beeper for repairs. By first, she stopped by the stationery store in Long Island City to buy ribbon for a friend’s retirement party.…
VIEW FROM FLY CREEK Refocus $500M From Pipelines To Renewables By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I attended a hearing recently in Binghamton on rate increases proposed by NYSEG for a number of projects, including a nearly three-fold expansion in the capacity of the DeRuyter gas pipeline serving Oneonta. The hearing was run by the Public Service Commission (PSC), a New York State agency which is supposed to regulate utilities like NYSEG. The atmosphere wasn’t very promising. The deserted…
FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE But What’s Her Name? By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I’m at ease on my front porch on a beautiful afternoon, admiring the perspective up tree-lined Delaware Avenue. As the long last block heads toward Chestnut Street, curbs and sidewalks seem to draw together, trees conspire more closely over the street, and the two rows of handsome house fronts, bedecked with flags and hanging planters, draw closer till the last ones opposite each other almost block…
VIEW FROM ALBANY A Little Here, A Little There. Suddenly, It’s Many Millions By State Sen. JIM SEWARD • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Death by a thousand cuts. Nickel and dime. If those adages come to mind when you think of New York State government, you are not alone. Now the latest example: the governor’s push to require millions of drivers to buy new license plates, needed or not. Recently, the governor’s office launched a statewide survey to select a new…
Prosecutor Says: Fashion Models Bilked CHERRY VALLEY – Victoria Pressly’s agency promised models and actors all over the country she could get them into magazines and onto the red carpet, said Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl. But it wasn’t always so, he said. “She talks a good game, holds herself out as someone who has connections and can get models and actors onto the red carpet, exclusive events, photo shoots and interviews,” said Muehl. “But the complaint is she…
Suspect Held In Oneonta Burglary Spree ONEONTA –At least three burglaries over the past week have been solved with the arrest of an Oneonta man. Kyle A. Ives, 29, was charged in a series of break-ins – two homes and vehicle – in Center City. “With one arrest, we were able to solve three cases,” said OPD Chief Doug Brenner. Last weekend, the two houses were broken into and credit cards taken, plus $100 in cash and personal items. “He…
