Student News About 20 SUNY Oneonta students presented projects as part of the college’s Student Summer Research and Creative Activity Day. This is an opportunity for students to share research they have conducted over the summer. Nicholas Baker of Cooperstown researched and developed: “Chemical Interactions of Methane, Marcellus Shale Brines and Ammonium Peroxydisulfate” under the guidance of Associate Professor Ron Bishop, Chemistry and Biochemistry.…
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What’s fun in Otsego County ►Thursday, Sept. 30 HARVEST CELEBRATION – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. Walk around the historic village, learn from the interpreters and enjoy fall activities. Included with admission. The Farmers’ Museum, near Cooperstown. 607-547-1450. BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – At 5 p.m. Zion Episcopal Church, 162 Main St., Morris For info: 1-800-733-2767. WARD MEETING – At 7 p.m. First Ward members are invited to attend a meeting with Common…
Staff Picks 9-30-21 Danielle Crocco Marketing Consultant Roots Brewing Company If you haven’t been to Roots Brewing Company in Oneonta, you need to go. It is one of my favorite places to relax and have a drink. The staff is so nice and attentive. They have a wonderful variety of beers, and cocktails as well as some tasty bites to eat.…
Bound Volumes 9-30-21 210 YEARS AGO The Navy – There is a question of great importance in the future policy of our government, which we think, Congress will be compelled to decide. Shall the United States complete and maintain a Navy? It is a question which has never yet been fairly met by the national legislature; but which ought no longer to remain in suspense. If we are to have a Navy, in the name of our country’s honor, let…
New Cherry Valley business focuses on art, crafts By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Coco & Cordelia, on Main Street in Cherry Valley, offers one of a kind goods, including handmade jewelry, heirloom-quality rag dolls, origami-style handbags and other locally made and curated artistic goods. The store is owned by Diana Stiles, a self-taught fiber artist and jewelry maker whose creations comprise much of the inventory. According to the Fiber Arts Center of the Eastern Shore, fiber art is…
Life Sketches by Terry Berskon Watching old western reminds me of shootout on Angel Hill I watched the movie “Shane” the other night and the shootout at the end brought back memories of a local shootout that used to take place every year in the middle of August: “Hold it,” Teddy Dziadik Jr. said quietly as he shouldered his shotgun. Chuckie Crist let his hand drop to his side. Dziadik swept his gun across the horizon several times. Then he…
Opinion by Christopher Bradley Fighting addictions comes from personal place The first time I ever used an e-cigarette I was in line at a bar. I remember the stark contrast of the humid evening to the deep cool inhale of mint flavor that effortlessly filled my lungs. The rush to my head after I exhaled made my knees turn to Jell-O, almost sending me to the ground. That rush coupled with the social nature of the device fueled my desire…
Best Bets Art by the Lake returns After being cancelled in 2020 and delayed until Autumn this year, the Art by the Lake Festival celebrating local artists and Otsego Lake is finally going ahead. The outdoor festival will feature regional artists showing and selling in mediums from watercolor to sculpture, oil to pottery, photography, printmaking, and more. There will also be artist demonstrations, tastings from The Cooperstown Distillery and more. Come celebrate art and enjoy the fall colors on the…
In Memoriam Debra A. Plows, 63 August 27, 1958 – September 20, 2021 CHERRY VALLEY – Debra Plows sadly passed away Monday Sept. 19th, 2021. She was the daughter of Robert Fahey and Anne Helmer. She and Edward Plows married Oct. 16, 1976. She is survived by her husband Ed Plows, son Joseph and his wife Annette Plows, and their children.…
Opinion by Elizabeth Chloe Erdmann Telling a story of hope in an age of emotions These days deep emotions seem to burst forth at unexpected moments. While in the car between visiting a pumpkin farm owned by friends and the local cider mill, I decided to pull out a crumpled paper with my brief presentation on the history of Crete. “Does anybody want to hear a story?” I asked my captive audience of one of my best friends and her…
