HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 Sculpture Exhibit At The Art Garage ART EXHIBIT – 4 – 7 p.m. Stop at airy gallery to view exhibit by local artist ‘George Hymas: Spontaneous & Deliberate. ’ Hymas uses visionary, colorful sculpture from castoffs like construction debris, twisted trees, spent bullets, more. The Art Garage, middle bay, 689 Beaver Meadow Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5327 or visit www.facebook.com/TheArtGarageCooperstown/…
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Assemblyman Salka Hosts Virtual Town Hall Thursday Assemblyman John Salka, R-121st, will host a Virtual Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday). Click here to sign up. You will be emailed the Zoom link so you can participate. Salka’s 121st District includes Otsego County’s three population centers – Oneonta, Cooperstown and Richfield Springs – and the towns in between, as well as Madison County and part of Oneida. A retired respiratory therapist and former chairman of the Madison County Board…
County Board Moves Toward Lifting Tax Cap Action Possible At Sept. 2 Meeting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Facing a fiscal crunch, the county Board of Representatives today took the first step toward freeing itself from the state’s 2 percent property-tax cap in preparing its 2021 budget. At its August meeting, county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, “put the law on the table,” and freshman representative Clark Oliver, D-Oneonta, seconded it. As County Attorney…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 Fun Virtual Escape Room ESCAPE GAME – 7 – 8 p.m. Join resident Game Master and your friends for fun quest to escape imaginary Witches Hut. Solve puzzles to escape, cure the poison mushrooms you and your party have consumed. Available to 4 County Library System Users only. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library. Visit www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/…
Extended BnB Stays Sap Bed-Tax Revenue County Reps Skeptical About News By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Zip. Nada. Zero. Air BnB is Otsego County’s single largest bed-tax generator, but from April 1 to June 30, it generated nothing, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles reported to the county Board of Representatives this morning. “They collected something like $140,000 and they sent us zero money,” he said. At a 2 percent rate, that would generally generate $2,800.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 Donate To Save Lives BLOOD DRIVE – 2 – 7 p.m. Donate blood, help save lives. American Legion Post 616, 13 Lake St., Richfield Springs. 800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org…
CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT ISAIAS FUELS FLOOD FEARS The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning through late this evening for Otsego County and throughout Central New York. Locally heavy rainfall from showers and embedded thunderstorms associated with Tropical Storm Isaias will impact the region for the rest of the day, according to the Weather Service.…
Coronavirus Claims 1st Death Since May COOPERSTOWN – A 60-year-old Otsego County resident died of COVID-19, bringing the death total to six, Heidi Bond, Otsego County public health director, reported today. Additionally, two new cases were found, one in Unadilla and the other in Worcester. One person had traveled to North Carolina, the other had no recent travel.…
Foundation, Otsego NOW Offer $500 Grants For PPE Otsego County small businesses and not-for-profit corporations with fewer than 50 employees are eligible for grants up to $500 to buy PPE (personal protective equipment) or install fixtures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as long as Governor Cuomo’s emergency declaration is in effect. The new Community Foundation of Otsego County and Otsego Now have contributed $25,000 each to make $50,000 available for this purpose.…