HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 3 Farmers’, Fenimore Museums Open For Holiday Weekend MUSEUMS OPEN – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Farmers’ Museum & Fenimore Art Museum plan opening for holiday weekend featuring safety precautions, limited admission. Farmers’ Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, St. Rt. 80, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/reopen2020/…
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IN MEMORIAM: Emma Jean Shepard, 91; As Girl, Attended Two One-Room Schools FLY CREEK – It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Emma Jean (Shaw) Shepard of Cooperstown on July 1, 2020, at the age of 91 years. Emma Jean was born to Harold Judson Shaw and Ethel Catherine (Knapp) Shaw February 5, 1929, at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.…
CLICK HERE FOR FULL REOPENING PLAN SUNY ONEONTA JOINS HARTWICK IN FALL RETURN ONEONTA – SUNY headquarters has approved a plan that mixes face-to-face and online instruction that will allow students to return to the Oneonta campus this fall, President Barbara Jean Morris announced a few minutes ago. “Its aim is to carry out the mission of the college — to nurture a community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially and live purposefully — while remaining vigilant against COVID-19,” said…
City Hall Opens For Appointments ONEONTA – Following three months of closure, Oneonta City Hall will be open to the public by appointment only. Residents may make appointments for certain in-person transactions by contacting the necessary department using the online Department Contact Form, or by using the department-specific contact information.…
Teacher Pretended To Be Teen Boy Hobbie Sentenced To 16 1/2 Years For Exploiting 3 Girls COOPERSTOWN – Former Cooperstown gym teacher Justin Hobbie, 42, has been sentenced to 200 months in prison for posing as a teen boy on social media to persuade three teenage girls to send him sexually explicit videos of themselves, according to a release from United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 2 Oneonta Concert Series Online CONCERT SERIES – 7 – 9 p.m. Live From The Park, Oneonta Summer Concert series to feature Driftwood performing live online. Visit www.facebook.com/oneontarec/ for info.…
STATE HOLDS ON TO MONEY Reps Updated: All Financial News Bad By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As at every meeting since the coronavirus threat arrived, all the financial news was bad when the county Board of Representatives met this morning. As state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli emphasized when he spoke to the county board last month, the state has yet to decide what funds will be sent out from Albany this year. Reporting on a presentation by…
Huntington Library Opens For ‘By-Appointment’ Browsing ONEONTA – The Huntington Memorial Library has reopened for browsing in 15 minute appointments and 30 minute computer appointments, according to a press release sent by the library. “We know this is a short time but we have to maintain a physical distance and ease our way into a new world of library use,” the press release stated.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 Architectural Scavenger Hunt SCAVENGER HUNT – July 1 – August 31. Youths and families are invited to participate in 2020 Historic Oneonta’s Main Street Architectural Detail Scavenger Hunt. Search for architectural details on Main Street Oneonta and tell the Oneonta History Center about them. A great lead in to upcoming exhibit ‘Building Blocks Of A City: 100 Years og Architecture In Oneonta.’ Visit www.oneontahistory.org/upcomingevents.htm for info.…
IN MEMORIAM Clifford Nelson Forman, 85 July 1934-June 29, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Adventurer Clifford Nelson Forman passed away June 29, 2020, at the family cottage on Otsego Lake, with a wonderful view of the glimmering lake before him while surrounded by his loving partner, Carolyn Skorka, family members and friends, with whom he was able to smile and share stories of his many remarkable adventures. Cliff served in the Army with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg from Sept. 27,…