Mayor Tillapaugh dedicates memorial tree on Brooklyn Avenue for belated Arbor Day By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh dedicated a tree on Brooklyn Avenue in Cooperstown in honor of Dennis Tallman, Friday, Oct. 15. Family members of Dennis Tallman were present at the ceremony for Arbor Day, which normally runs on the last Friday of April but was delayed because of COVID. “Dennis was an invaluable member of our Village who volunteered his time and service…
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Thursday Sports Roundup: Coop boys finish division play undefeated; Section IV seedings announced STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Aidan Spencer had a hat trick and Colby Diamond had two goals and two assists as Cooperstown finished Center State Conference Division III play undefeated with an 8-0 win over Mount Markham in West Winfield in a boys soccer match Thursday, Oct. 14. Liam Spencer scored a goal and had an assist for the Hawkeyes, which also got goals from Ollie…
District 5 county representative debate hosted by League of Women Voters By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Candidates for Otsego County Board of Representatives in District 5, Emily Popek and incumbent Meg Kennedy, took time to answer questions in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters, Thursday, Oct. 14. The debate was held virtually with questions being submitted to an email provided by the League of Women Voters of Cooperstown. Kennedy is a conservative and Popek is…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 Legendary Wailers concert with guest stars Hanzolo CONCERT – 6 p.m. Get out for fun concert featuring The Legendary Wailers and guest starring Hanzolo. All ages welcome. Tickets, $10/person. Proof of full vaccination or negative C-19 test required. Masks will also be required. Foothills Performing Art Center, Oneonta. 607-432-2941 or visit www.facebook.com/DestinationOneonta/…
M-W-P to open new show Saturday about fashion creations made of paper STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Full-scale masterpieces, representing more than 500 years of fashion, history and artifice, expressed in paper by celebrated contemporary Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave, will be showcased in “Fashioning Art from Paper,” opening Saturday, Oct. 17, in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica. Through her manipulation of paper and paint, de Borchgrave fashions meticulously detailed reinterpretations of historic garments found in early European paintings…
Chief Uncas moves to new home By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown’s most famous boat, Chief Uncas, is moving to a new home. The 55-foot-long boat, which is 109 years old and has been ridden by President Herbert Hoover, among other dignitaries, is set to be moved to Lake Clarke, Pennsylvania, so it can give boat tours on the Susquehanna River by the Susquehanna National Heritage Area. Mark Platts, president of the Susquehanna National Heritage Area, said he…
Editorial Hail to the Chief A legendary member of the Otsego Lake community has bid us farewell this week. Ownership of the Chief Uncas, the 55-foot electric launch that has continuously plied these ancient waters for just fewer than 110 years, has been transferred to the Susquehanna National Heritage Area, in Wrightsville, PA, a not-for-profit organization focused on the cultural and natural resources of the Susquehanna River and the communities along its shores. The Chief Uncas arrived on the lake…
Sale of Church and Scott marks end of era STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It’s been a family affair since 1950. David Adsit, owner of Church and Scott Pharmacy, retired Wednesday, Oct. 13. His brother Bill, whom he worked alongside for many years, retired in March. Their father bought Church and Scott Pharmacy in 1950 from Al Meehan, 71 years ago, when it was at the corner of Main and Pioneer Streets in Cooperstown. It remained there until 1993…
Otsego County announces another death from COVID STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County’s Department of Health announced Wednesday, Oct. 13, that another county resident has died from the coronavirus. According to county records, 52 residents have died from the virus in 2021 and 71 total since the pandemic began in 2020. The DOH also reported 23 new positive cases Wednesday, with a seven-day average positivity rate of 3.7%. According to the DOH, 54.7% of the total county population…
Ribbon cutting at Badger Park to mark opening of new pavilion By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A ribbon cutting will take place at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, at Cooperstown’s Badger Park to open a new pavilion. The purchase of the pavilion is a result of a partnership between Cooperstown Friends of the Parks and the Cooperstown Lions Club in conjunction with the village. Susie Knight, the acting chairperson of Friends of the Parks, said her group…
