HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JUNE 18 Fun & Music at Fire Pit Fridays FIRE PIT FRIDAYS – 7 – 10 p.m. Get out and enjoy a fun night around the fire with friends, drinks and music. This week features The Beadle Brothers, performing today’s country music. Brewery Ommegang, 656 Co.Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. 607-280-2900 or visit www.ommegang.com/event/fire-pit-fridays-2021-2/…
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Pathfinder Village celebrates staff service STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Pathfinder Village celebrated the service of its staff on Thursday, June 17. Eight employees had five years of service each while 18 other employees had a combined 200 years of service. In total, the employees had a combined service of 280 years for Pathfinder residents and students. Pathfinder is an organization that supports those with Down Syndrome and other disabilities. “Today, we’re going to take a moment and give…
Pop up vaccine clinic at Laurens Fire Department STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego County Department of Health is hosting a vaccine clinic at the Laurens Fire Department for the Johnson and Johnson vaccine on Friday, June 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. This is for a single dose only and is open to people above the age of 18 for walk-in appointments only. …
Hall: Wednesday induction was best option By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — A National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum official said the rescheduling of Induction Weekend to a Wednesday in September came down to one simple factor: the calendar. “Looking at the calendar, we just had a very limited amount of options,” Jon Shestakofsky, vice president of communications and education, told Iron String Media, Friday, June 11. The exclusive interview took place two days after the…
Herzig: For city to thrive, jobs and housing are issues that intersect By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Housing and jobs remain high priorities for the city of Oneonta. Both are needed and, according to Mayor Gary Herzig, need to be gradually increased at the same time. “You can’t have a thriving community, you can’t have a good economy, if you can’t provide people with good housing,” Herzig said. According to Herzig, housing is “desperately” needed at…
Primary elections to be held STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Primary elections will be held in several Otsego County towns Tuesday, June 22, with early voting open this week. Go to https://www.otsego- county.com/departments/board_of_elections/index.php for more information. Here is a list of local primary elections: Democratic Otsego County Representative, District 3(Laurens, Otego) Caitlin Ogden Jared Nepa Republican Town of Hartwick Supervisor Bryan F. LoRusso Robert J. O’Brien Councilman (Two) Christopher Briggs Jonathan Horth Cindy Carr Bruce Markusen Superintendent of Highways…
Chestnut Crossing developers host neighborhood Q&A By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — About 50 village residents gathered Monday, June 15, at a residential space at 20 Lake Street to hear a detailed presentation and ask questions about a debated proposal to build a 13-unit rental apartment on several pieces of property on Chestnut Street. Josh Edmonds, a Cooperstown native who is the owner of Simple Integrity Construction, and Francesca Zambello, the artistic and managing director of The…
State Police search for missing teen from Roseboom STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com State Police announced that they are searching for a teen who went missing on Monday, June 14. Anjelia Sturtevant, 14, was last seen at her home in Roseboom near Cooperstown. Sturtevant is 5’2 weighing approximately 190 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink camouflaged pull over sweatshirt and may be carrying a white makeup bag. She has brown hair, brown eyes, an eyebrow piercing above…
House expert ready to answer questions about your home at Cooperstown Farmer’s Market STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A professor of material culture at SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown graduate program, Dr. Cindy Falk, will be available to answer questions about architecture, things to consider when renovating, when the home was constructed and other questions about houses by bringing photos of the home, either historic or current. Falk will be available between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Saturday, June 19…
‘Critical race debate’ arrives in Cooperstown with a counteroffensive By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The “winner” in the first round of the “great” “critical race theory” “debate” was apparently masks, coronavirus rules and perhaps the ability of a Facebook post to inspire passions on both sides and not just with its intended target. The Fox News-style controversy over the teaching of American history to American students arrived at the Cooperstown Board of Education on Wednesday, June 16, in…