HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JULY 5 Fireworks Over The Lake FIREWORKS – Dusk. Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Department will be presenting the Independence Day Fireworks at Lakefront Park, Cooperstown.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 4 Celebrate Independence Day! CELEBRATION – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Celebrate the nations independence with sights and souds of the 18th century. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/event/independence-day-celebration/ INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE – 1 p.m. The parade will line up at Noon at Foothills and proceed down Main Street to Neahwa Park for remarks and festivities. All essential workers are invited to participate and will have a chance to win door prizes from…
Veterans retire tattered flags during ceremony By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com OTSEGO — As part of a way of respectfully destroying old flags that are no longer serviceable, veterans from the local Cooperstown VFW and American Legion held a ceremony at the Cooperstown Sportsmen’s Association just north of Cooperstown on Saturday, July 3, where they burned more than 1,600 flags,. VFW Commander Floyd Bourne and American Legion Commander Bob Crawford led the ceremony which was followed by a…
In Memoriam Barbara R. Oles, 95 April 23, 1926 – June 19, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Barbara R. Oles, 95, formerly of Gladstone Hollow, Andes, died Saturday June 19, 2021, in Cooperstown, surrounded by her daughters. Barb was born April 23, 1926 at the family home in Franklin, Meadowdale Farm, a daughter of Edwin C. and Mildred E. (Payne) Rowell. On April 6, 1947, she married Franklin G. Oles of Delhi. Barb attended the Delaware Literary Institute in Franklin where she…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 3 ‘Here Comes The Sun’ Boat Parade BOAT PARADE – 3 p.m. Get out for the annual decorated boat parade. This years theme ‘Here Comes The Sun’ song by the beatles. All boats welcome from human powered to motor powered and all in between, decorated or undecorated. Covid protocols will be in effect. Parade assembles at 3 Mile Point and proceeds on West Side of the Lake to Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. Rain or Shine. 518-542-6630…
Milford to host fundraiser for MCS grad involved in serious accident STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A fundraiser is being held all weekend for a Milford Central School graduate who was involved in a serious ATV accident on Thursday, June 13. Caleb Radulewicz, 29, has been in recovery since the accident, which occurred in Van Wert, Ohio, who he lived. Radulewicz was a passenger in a side-by-side when it was hit by a car and he was ejected, suffering…
Weather pending, holiday schedule is active The weather forecast looks wet for the Fourth of July weekend, but here is list of planned activities: Friday, July 2 Hometown 4th presents a concert, 7:30 p.m., in Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Cherry Valley Sculpture Trail opening reception, 6 p.m., Star Theater, Cherry Valley. Springfield “Drive-by” Fourth of July opens. Saturday, July 3 Flag Retirement Ceremony, 11 a.m. Otsego Sportsmen’s Association, town of Otsego. Otsego Lake Association Board Parade, 3 p.m., Otsego Lake. Meet…
Pathfinder Village graduates eight in training program STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Eight staff members of Pathfinder Village graduated from training programs on Friday, July 1 from the new Direct Support Professional 3.0 Training Program. Brittany Bond, Rose Davis and Christina Gregory were among the eight who graduated. “This program teaches that you need to look at all aspects of a care situation, put yourself in the shoes of the person you are working with,” Amanda Piech, graduate from…
Anais Soto sentenced to eight years in Robinson murder case By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Anais Soto of Oneonta, one of the accomplices in the 2019 murder of Kenneth Robinson during a botched robbery, was sentenced Friday, July 2, to eight years in prison and four years probation after pleading guilty to burglary in the first degree Friday, July 2, in Otsego County Court. Soto, 17, was visibly shaken during the proceedings, crying at points. Judge John Lambert…
Pathfinder forerunner, ‘The Otsego School,’ helped three imprisoned Japanese-Americans during WWII By RICHARD McDONOUGH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com An Edmeston school for children with Down syndrome welcomed three Japanese Americans in 1943, who had been imprisoned by the Federal Government for no other reason than their heritage. The Otsego School provided employment opportunities for these three women. The school in Edmeston has evolved through the years. Its successor is Pathfinder Village, which today provides a variety of educational and support…