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…
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The AllOtsego Report, Ep. 17: Protests and anti-tests In episode 17 of The AllOtsego Report, Greg and Kevin discuss the recent anti-mask, anti-vaccine protests in Otsego County. We debate if giving protests coverage is a good thing, weigh in on mask and vax mandates and question if people working in the health care industry should be refusing to get vaccinated. Opinions are offered, so be forewarned! Click here to listen!…
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…
Richfield Springs to host Community Fun Night STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Richfield Springs Community Center will host Community Fun Night from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25 at the center at 6 Ann St. in Richfield Springs. There will be games and door prizes, as well as free hot dogs, chips and drinks. Local farmers and other vendors will be there selling products and there will be information about the 4-H, the Scouts BSA and youth…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Celebrate Autumn, 1800s style HARVEST CELEBRATION – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Celebrate the harvest season in 1800s style. walk around the historic village, learn from the historic interpreters and enjoy the activities fall activities from wagon rides, to corn shelling/grinding, and tinsmithing with the blacksmith, and more. Included with admission. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/event/celebration-of-autumn/ TEDX ONEONTA – 6 p.m. Speakers from all over and from all professions present on variety…
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…
Editorial Businesses, as usual Back in the mid-20th century, Cooperstown was a thriving local village, taking great care of its residents and neighbors with a Main Street riddled with all manner of shops and cafés, hardware stores and markets, a gas station, a car dealer, a bank or two and a movie theater, built in 1920, to fill up empty evenings and afternoons with glorious cinematic amusements. The Freeman’s Journal and The Otsego Farmer were on Main Street. too, welcoming…
Bat tests positive for rabies in Oneonta STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A bet has tested positive for rabies in Oneonta on Wednesday, Sept 22, according to the Otsego County Department of Health. Rabies is fatal once symptoms appear but is treatable post exposure.…
Protesters decry mandates in Cooperstown, Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Anti-mask and anti-vaccine protesters staged two rallies in Otsego County in the past week, bringing their message to Bassett Healthcare and others. Hundreds of protesters, along with Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, marched to A.O. Fox Hospital and through Main Street in Oneonta on Friday, Sept. 17. Protesters also marched Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Cooperstown, from the Otsego County Courthouse to Bassett Medical Center.…
Cooperstown native pursuing pro fishing dreams By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A former Cooperstown resident is pursuing his dream of making it on the professional bass fishing tour and having success doing it. Kyle Patrick, who grew up in Cooperstown, and whose family still lives here, has spent his year since college graduation making advances into the pro tour. “It has been a neat thing,” said Patrick, who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, but was home last week visiting.…