HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 Stream 3 Plays Online Featuring Local Performers STREAMING – Theater returns with ‘An Evening of Lanford Wilson’ featuring 3 plays performed by local actors. ‘Days Ahead,’ with Gary Stevens, ‘A Poster of the Cosmos’ with Steve Dillon, & ‘The Moonshot Tape’ with Brooke Tallman-Birkett. Cost, $10 for 2-day steaming access. Presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions. 607-432-5407 or visit www.foothillspac.org VOTE – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Early Voting begins. Meadows Office Complex, 140 Co.…
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‘We’ve Got Your Back,’ Murphy Told Rights Commission Supports Review Of ‘Savagery’ Plaque By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The city’s Commission on Community Relations and Human Rights supported Council member Luke Murphy, First Ward, as he begins reaching out to groups about the plaque in Neahwa Park that refers to “Indian savagery“ “I’m excited to say I have made contacts with the Oneida, Onondaga and Mohawk nations,” he said at this evening’s commission meeting. “I also…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 Turkey Dinner Take-Out TURKEY DINNER – 5 p.m. Order delicious Roast Turkey dinner with all the trimmings for take-out only. Includes homemade pies. Donations/Reservations required. Middlefield Baptist Church, 121 Rezen Rd., Middlefield. To order call 607-547-9093 or 607-264-8042.…
Turkey Trot 5K Goes Virtual, Honors Late Founder John Hayen ONEONTA – Helios Care’s annual Turkey Trot 5K race will go virtual this Thanksgiving, with the 10-day run dedicated to the memory of founder John Hayen, who helped plan and support the event in the years before his passing earlier this month. “We are all deeply saddened by the loss of our dear friend John Hayen. Many will miss him and his passionate spirit,” said Kelly McGraw, Helios Care’s Director…
CLARK GREENHOUSE TEAM DEPLOYS Sign Of The Season: Daffodil Bulbs Planted The team from the Clark Foundation Greenhouses completed planting 1,000 daffodil bulbs this morning at the Cooperstown United Methodist Church at Chestnut and Glen, after completing similar annual autumn plantings in the past few days at the village’s other four churches, Christ Episcopal, St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake,” First Baptist and First Presbyterian. From left are Barry Shirley, Ray Miller, Curtis Hurley, Bob Schworn and Jason Swezey. …
Councilman Questions Monument Referring To Iroquois ‘Savagery’ Murphy Said He Will Raise Issue Today Before Rights Commission By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 118 years, Common Council member Luke Murphy, First Ward, is concerned about a marker in Neahwa Park referring to the “savagery” of the Iroquois pursued by the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition. A neighbor of Murphy’s walking through Neahwa Park alerted the freshman council member to the plaque at the park’s River Street entrance, which says…
CLICK TO WATCH TODAY’S EVENT Salka Press Conference Begins Tour Promoting Overturning Bail Reform If Elected, Oberacker Vows To Introduce Senate Companion Legislation ‘On Jan. 1’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WAMPSVILLE – On the steps of the Madison County Courthouse here this morning, Assemblyman John Salka, R-121, announced his introduction of Bill A11067, which he said, if approved, would repeal the Democratic majority’s controversial bail reforms of 2019. Salka said he plans to hold similar press conferences…
COVID-19 SENDS OHS’ STUDENTS HOME FOR 2 DAYS By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With reports of a “high probability” of a COVID-19 case in a high school faculty member, Oneonta High School and Middle School students are learning remotely again until the end of the week. “It is our goal to return to our hybrid schedule for all grades on Monday, Oct. 26,” Supt. of Schools Thomas Brindley said.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 Poets Online Open Mic WORD THURSDAY – 7 – 9 p.m. Open mic followed featuring poets recently published in ‘Seeing Things: An Anthology of Poetry’ by presentation by Robert Bensen and Pam Strother. Donations welcome. Zoom conversation presented by Bright Hills Press & Literary Center, Treadwell. 607-829-5055 or visit www.facebook.com/brighthp/…
Fund Drive Seeks $200K For Garden Education Center Project Includes Rain Garden, Greek-Revival Meeting Shed By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Eight years in the planning, $200,000 in fundraising is beginning on an Education Center on Lake Street to expand the offerings of Otsego County’s Master Gardeners organization. “The ‘Grow With Cornell Cooperative Extension’ plan will reconfigure our grounds into a center for garden-based learning with an impact that will reach throughout our county,” said Jason Stone,…