HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 Curators On Baseball Artifacts ASK THE EXPERT – 2 p.m. Learn the process curators use to evaluate artifacts for use in baseball exhibits. Includes Q&A session in Zoom chat function. Free, registration required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-ask-the-expert-artifacts?date=0…
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FARMER WHO ORGANIZED FEST UNDER ARREST As 1,500 Gathered On Hill, Knarich Ignored Warnings, Sheriff Alleges By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com NEW LISBON – The organizer of what’s been described as a pro-marijuana-legalization festival that drew as many as 1,500 people to a rural hilltop over the weekend was arrested this morning. George A. Knarich, 55, is charged with violating Governor Cuomo’s executive orders against COVID-Era mass gatherings on land, it is further alleged, that had been seized…
IN MEMORIAM: Beatrice M. Griffith, 92; Hartwick High Queen; Lifelong Volunteer HARTWICK – Beatrice M. Griffith, Queen of her Hartwick High School class and a lifelong community volunteer, passed away Friday morning, Oct. 9, 2020, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. She was 92. Born in Hartwick on July 5, 1928, Bea was a daughter of Fred I. Gill, Sr. and Myrtle S. Pickens Gill.…
IN MEMORIAM Jess Haynes Calhoun, 84 Jan. 2, 1936-Sept. 24, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Jess Haynes Calhoun passed away quite suddenly at his home in Pasco, Wash., on Sept. 24, 2020. He was born in Cooperstown on Jan. 2, 1936, the son of Norman D. Calhoun and Gertrude (Ellsworth) Calhoun. He married Sandra Minerose Nov. 19, 1960, in Oneonta. Jess graduated in 1955 from Cooperstown Central School. He was a retired veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a…
ATTENDEES DEPART MOUNT VISION AREA Troopers At Festival Sought ‘Land Leasee,’ Security Chief Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MOUNT VISION – State police arrived at the 23rd annual NY Harvest Fest & Freedom Fair/Political Rally at 2 p.m. today looking to “serve an arrest warrant,” according to a security officer who identified himself as proprietor of N.E.S. Solutions, Providence, R.I. He said N.E.S. has provided security at the event for the past nine years. “It’s always been…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 Ice Cream For Columbus Day COLUMBUS DAY ICE CREAM – 1 – 7 p.m. Enjoy homemade ice cream in fall flavors. Also find fresh Apple Cider donuts, deep fried Pumpkin Pie. Features lots of indoor & outdoor seating for social distancing. Come enjoy scenic views with playhouses for the kids this Columbus Day. Polar Bear Homemade Ice Cream & More!, 5212 St. Hwy. 28 S., Oneonta. 607-434-0148 or visit www.facebook.com/Polar-Bear-Homemade-Ice-Cream-More-538187663021144/ CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST…
‘Patriot Rally’ Calls For Vigilance, Local Reflection At what its organizers called “The Patriots Rally” this afternoon in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza to combat “white supremacists and racism,” co-organizer Diandra Sangetti-Daniels, above, calls for the continued defense against racism in all forms. Sixty-five people stopped to listen to several speakers, including co-organizer Johnny Brown, inset photo, as well as Anthony Baron, Zach King and Anthony Eardley, who recited Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “America’s Chief Moral Dilemma.” Sangetti-Daniels is also organizing…
Health Department Issues Cease, Desist To Mount Vision Fest MOUNT VISION – The Otsego County Health Department is warning the public to stay away from the NY Harvest & Freedom Fair/Political Rally at 397 County Highway 15, just west of here, after it was declared a “nonessential gathering” and ordered not to take place. According to a press release from Public Health Director Heidi Bond, the county Health Department became aware of the event and issued a cease and desist…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 Rally To Celebrate USA PATRIOT RALLY – Noon – 2 p.m. Come show support for the USA and all who live here. Come defend it against white supremacists & racism. All welcome. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/events/672946079998383 for info.…
Students, Merchants Adorn Downtown With Scarecrows Downtown Oneonta was filled with seasonal flair this afternoon as Hartwick and SUNY students gathered with merchants to stuff and hang “branded” scarecrows from light poles as part of the Town-Gown Work Group collaboration. Above, Hartwick Student Government Association members and college seniors Jennifer Paszko, and Lydia Mateney, work at filling the body of a scarecrow with newspapers outside of GOHS. At right, members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity Dalton Wooder helps Betsy Cunningham,…