Pandemic Proof? Canoe & Kayak plans expansion By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com PORTLANDVILLE – Brent Baysinger looks over the calm waters of Goodyear Lake and the growing business empire he has built on its banks and said it feels humbling. “I am blessed,” he said. “I think the biggest thing is I am just so thankful for the support, not only from family and friends but also the local community.” Baysinger, a 2000 Cooperstown Central School graduate, was…
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Puppet theater to return to Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A puppet theater with local roots will perform an old time musical with a modern message in Oneonta on Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15. The Catskill Puppet Theater, which has been around since the late 1970s, will be performing “The Villain’s Mustache,” which is described on their website as a “lively musical” and a “traditional old-time melodrama.” “The play is fast paced and exciting enough…
Cooperstown couple wins recognition for care of senior citizens at center By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Carol Lachance and Mike Lachance were presented with an “Outstanding Seniors of the Community” recognition from the Office of the Aging in an award announced Monday, May 3. “It is truly an honor and very much a surprise,” Carol said. The Lachances run the Cooperstown Senior Community Center in the recreation center of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church at 31 Elm St.…
Master Gardeners to return May 29 After a long hiatus, the Master Gardener Plant Sale will return Saturday, May 29. Locally grown annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs will be featured at the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its outreach center at 123 Lake Street in Cooperstown. Master Gardener volunteers have begun growing many of the plants featured at the sale, some of which are “cultivated unusual, hardy,…
Community Foundation announces $2 million fund, initial campaign success By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Community Foundation of Otsego County announced Tuesday, May 11, that it is launching a new funding campaign to raise $2 million and has already taken in most of that money in pledges. The 16-member board was formed about two years ago to help solve issues of business and poverty that are affecting Otsego County. When the coronavirus pandemic hit not long after the…
Tourism promoter: Focus different for 2021 By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County’s tourism efforts are being refocused on outdoor activities, fall weddings and vaccinated out-of-state residents, according to a presentation given to the Otsego County Board of Representatives at its May meeting. Harrington addressed the Representatives at their meeting, which was held via Zoom, because of the coronavirus pandemic, on Wednesday, May 5. She said the group is looking to increase late summer and fall tourism in…
Otsego preps for hiring new administrator By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County’s legislators began an in-depth look at crafting the county administrator position at a special all board workshop Monday, May 10. The 14 board members listened and asked questions during a two-hour meeting as County Attorney Ellen Coccoma reiterated to them the details of the local law they passed in 2019 to establish the position and several experts on local governments that are using a county…
Schools face budget votes Tuesday; prepare for graduations By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Budget and board of education elections for schools in Otsego County will take place from noon to 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 18. In addition, schools are preparing for a second year of coronavirus-proof graduations. Here are the details for each of Otsego’s public school districts:…
Cooperstown stays undefeated with baseball win at Adirondack STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Kendall Haney scored three runs, had two RBI and pitched four innings for the win as Cooperstown beat Adirondack, 12-4, in Boonville on Wednesday, May 12. Haney had little trouble on the mound until the fourth inning, when he gave up two runs. He struck out four and gave up four hits, but walked no batters. Liam Ford pitched a one-run fifth inning and Chris Ubner…
Rommer sets track record for Spartans, but Sidney tops Unatego on track STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Unatego’s Anabel Rommer broke the Unatego school record in the girls 400 hurdles, with a time of 1:09.5, but the Spartans fell to visiting Sidney in a Mid-State Athletic Conference meet in Otego. Sidney’s boys won the meet, 87-31. Sidney’s girls won the meet, 58-46. Unatego hosts Afton/Harpursville for a meet 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 19.…