Otego man sentenced for crash in Pittsfield that killed two By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — An Otego man was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison on Monday, Sept. 27, for second degree manslaughter related to the July 15, 2020, crash that killed two people in Pittsfield on county Route 13. Tehya Gonzalez and Cheyenn Aubry were passengers in his Santiago’s car, which drove off the road at 85 miles an hour, killing them both.…
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Saturday Sports Roundup: Schenevus boys win big STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Mehki Regg had a hat trick and Daniel Gallagher had two goals and two assists as host Schenevus beat visiting Jefferson, 7-2, in a non-league boys soccer game Saturday, Sept. 25. Wyndham Spooner had a goal and an assist and Cody Keator scored the other goal for the Dragons. Lucas Pochily and Kurt McMahon scored for Jefferson. More sports below.…
Milford girls shut out SK to win title STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com DAVENPORT — Eighth grader Lexi Sutphin scored twice to help the Milford girls soccer team win the 2021 Chic Walshe Tournament for girls soccer Saturday, Sept. 25, with a 3-0 win over South Kortright. After a scoreless first half, the Wildcats struck quickly less than a minute into the second half as Sutphin got free in the box and buried a cross for Milford’s first goal of…
Diamond’s hat trick powers Coop boys to Chic Walshe title STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com DAVENPORT — Junior Colby Diamond scored three second half goals as Cooperstown won the Chic Walshe Tournament in boys soccer with a 3-1 win over South Kortright on Saturday, Sept. 25. After a scoreless first half, Cooperstown Coach Frank Miosek moved Diamond from his normal position as a defensive midfielder to striker, a move that changed the tempo of the game in the second…
Friday Sports Roundup: Competiello scores 100th goal as Dragons top Patriots STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Junior Angie Competiello scored her 100th varsity goal to help visiting Schenevus win a Tri-Valley League game against Cherry Valley-Springfield, 4-2, in Cherry Valley on Friday, Sept. 24. Competiello had two goals and an assist in the game. Shawna Whiteman and Val Beardslee had the other goals for Schenevus (9-0, 6-0), which also got an assist from Hannah Sulas. Ari Bosc and Joleen…
Community Foundation announces it raised more than $2 million STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Community Foundation of Otsego County announced in a media release Wednesday, Sept. 22, it had raised more than $2,035,246, exceeding its goal of $2 million as part of its Founders Campaign. The money raised will be used for awards for non-profits tackling different issues in Otsego County. CFOC raises money to help “address challenges and increase opportunity in Otsego County” according to its website.…
SQSPCA to provide dental services to rescues STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Thanks to a grant application by the Rotary Club, the Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were able to purchase charts, dental equipment, dental models and other equipment for the purpose of dental procedures for animals at the shelter. Some of the items purchased included transparent canine and feline dental models, dental success kits including educational materials for clients, CLS solution to mask odors…
CVA announces Sculpture Trail winners Cherry Valley Artworks has awarded first prize for its 2021 Sculpture Trail to Richard Pitts of New Albany, Pennsylvania, for his piece “Windy Ribbon.” Pitts received a prize of $1,000 for his work, an eight-foot-high, bright-red piece, made of powder coated aluminum. Second prize of $500 was awarded to Bruce Gagnier, a Brooklyn artist, for a series of powerful life size bronze figures, “Yrsa, “May” and “Red.” The show’s judge, Ed Smith, a member of…
TedxOneonta to return Friday By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com TedxOneonta returns for its fourth event in five years, with an evening of presentations beginning at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, at the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in Oneonta. This year’s theme, a holdover from the canceled 2020 event, is “Changing World.” “We basically have been planning this for two years,” said Dan Buttermann, TedxOneonta co-founder and executive director. The local version of Ted talks — the…
Opinion by Richard Sternberg M.D. Maybe God wants people to be vaccinated During Hurricane Katrina more than 1,800 people died primarily from flooding caused by the hurricane and by the levees breaking in New Orleans. Many of those who died lived in the city’s ninth ward. Initially a mandatory evacuation order was sent out but many people ignored it and stayed in their homes. A man, who we will call John and who was very religious, was at home. As…
