CANO Chili Bowl, Hanford Ice Fest, Winter Staples Here It’s the most delicious day of the year as CANO hosts the annual Chili Bowl fundraiser. Buy a one-of-a-kind bowl decorated by a local artist and fill it up with tasty chili from local restaurants and organizations. Vote for your favorite to take the top prize! Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, Wilber Mansion, Community Arts Network of Oneonta, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. (607) 432-2070. •…
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Yum, Yum – Raccoon! A number of years ago now we mentioned in the column that each year in Danville, Ohio, not far from where we now live, the Lions Club holds a raccoon dinner. This year, according to the local newspaper, the dinner will be held on Monday, Feb. 4. In addition to the raccoon entree, for which almost 500 pounds of raccoon are prepared, the dinner will include mashed potatoes, dressing, raccoon gravy, mixed vegetables, and cake as…
Around State, ‘Microgrids’ Require Gas From Fracking To the Editor: In his recent response about a microgrid for the railyard, Albert Colone faulted me for not giving him credit for a source of energy that he never mentioned in his original article: biomass. Then he asks who, besides me, would not like that? Well, the hundreds of people who vigorously opposed and ultimately defeated a proposed wood-burning power plant in the railyards a few years ago would probably say, “No…
Oneonta Hotel Twice Leaks Carbon Monoxide, Forcing Its Office-Building Neighbors To Flee NOW WHAT? Mayor Gary Herzig did not mince words after carbon-monoxide leaks from the former Oneonta Hotel cause the adjacent 189 Main professional offices next door to be evacuated twice in four days. “People’s well-being is at risk if we delay action any further,” Herzig said. “Not bringing that building up to code is a risk we should not be taking.”…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Issues At Oneonta Hotel: Now What? Knell Sounds On Classical Music Locally Private Life Beckons To Lou Allstadt County’s 2nd Solar Farm About To Power On City of the Hills: 150-Plus Head To Debates At Energy Summit Cooperstown and Around: 150-Plus Head To Debates At Energy Summit EDITORIAL Like So Much Else At Hartwick, 1st Master’s Makes Sense COLUMNS/OPINION Planned Parenthood Hails, Right…
City of The Hills 150-Plus Head To Debates At Energy Summit COOPERSTOWN It’s exploded like, well, a gusher. The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce “Energy Summit” Thursday, Jan. 31, at The Otesaga has expanded from six to nine hours, and will include 19 speakers in an attempt to give everybody a chance to be heard. As this edition went to press, Chamber Executive Barbara Ann Heegan said 155 people had registered. Follow real-time reports throughout the day at www.AllOTSEGO.com ►A…
HOMETOWN People Jan 30 – Feb 1, 2019 Winter Fest At Gilbert Lake Means Winter Fun OFO Selects 2019 Board of Directors ONEONTA – Sita Fey has been named as the president of the Opportunities for Otsego Board of Directors for 2019. In addition to Fey, Bryce Fredrick was elected vice president, Dr. Benjamin Friedell was elected secretary and David Merzig was elected treasurer. Members at Large include Katie Bottger, Dan Butterman, Fanny Clements, Alan Donovan, Catarinna Ferrara,…
Like So Much At Hartwick, First Master’s Makes Sense While the term may bring art and poetry to mind, “liberal arts” encompasses literature, philosophy, mathematics, social sciences and, yes, physical sciences – chemistry, biology, physics. Hartwick President Margaret L. Drugovich knows this, and knows that her college’s science programs prepare students to compete at the highest level.…
County’s 2nd Solar Farm Powering On By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – Poised to open a solar farm in Laurens – Otsego County’s second – Solstice executives say the company wants to make sure that everyone around here can afford solar energy. That includes “people who need the savings the most,” said Andrew Alayza, marketing director for the international solar-farm developer. Four-hundred local families have already signed up for all the capacity the farm will produce, but…
Donald T. Sherwood 74; Surgeon Served Tri-Town Area For 50 Years UNADILLA – Donald Thomas Sherwood, M.D., 74, of Unadilla, a surgeon in the Tri-Town area for a half-century, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 21, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He will be remembered by his family as well as by the community that relied on his tireless work ethic, kindness, vitality, love of all God’s people and creatures, generous spirit, humility and insatiable quest for knowledge.…
