5-Star Subaru Donates $16.9K To ‘Shelter Us’ Drive $1.2M Short Of $5M Target COOPERSTOWN – A $16,963.64 check this week has brought the Shelter Us drive one-third of the to its latest matching challenge grant of $100,000. The SQSPCA is $1.2 million away from its Shelter Us campaign target of $5 million. Ben Guenther, proprietor of Five Star Subaru, Oneonta, presented the check this week SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Celebrate Pridefest Online VIRTUAL PRIDEFEST – 2 – 8 p.m. Celebrate Pride 2020. Online event will include opening ceremony, speeches, musical performances, more. This years theme is ‘Colors of Pride.’ Visit www.facebook.com/otsegopride/ for info.…
MEL’S, TOSCANA’S OPEN Dining Scene Returns To Upstate Downtowns…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JUNE 5 Fenimore Art Museum Presents ‘The Taming Of The Shrew’ Online VIRTUAL THEATER – Enjoy past productions recorded live from the Glimmerglobe theater. Showing ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ performed 2019. The Fenimore Art Museum. www.facebook.com/fenimoreartmuseum/ CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Wednesday, June 3 Cuomo Permits Outdoor Seating At NY Restaurants ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced outdoor dining at restaurants will be permitted in Otsego County and communities in the seven economic development communities that have entered Phase Two of NY Forward. Outdoor dining can begin tomorrow in Otsego’s Mohawk Valley region, and also the Capital Region, Central New York, the Finger Lakes, the North Country, the Southern Tier and Western New York.…
Rally Organizers Seek To Address COVID Concerns Masks, Distancing, Hand-Sanitizer Planned For Cooperstown Protest By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Coronavirus-era concerns raised by 500 people packed into Muller Plaza at last Sunday’s rally for justice may be avoided this coming Sunday in front the county courthouse here. “We will have people spread out to the extent possible,” said Village Trustee MacGuire Benton, who attended last week’s rally and is one of four people organizing this one.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Vaccinate Your Furry Friends RABIES CLINIC – 9 – Noon. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Scheduling for 30 minute intervals to follow social distancing. First come, first serve. Susquehanna SPCA, Rt. 28, Cooperstown. 607-547-4230 or visit sqspca.org/sqspca-offering-free-weekly-rabies-clinics-on-first-come-first-served-basis/ CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS CLICK TO LOOK AHEAD AT WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
JULY MEETING HELD TODAY County Board Retreats From Threatened Cuts To Promotion Agency By JIM KEVLIN ׇ• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After tabling the measure two weeks ago, the county Board of Representatives today rallied behind Destination Marketing of Otsego County, with nine reps rejecting a resolution to reduce funding for its promotional arm from 15 percent to 24 percent. Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, proposed the larger cut for DMCOC, saying, “With the present state of the…
IN MEMORIAM Aaron M. Willey, 34; Grew Up In Burlington Flats ONEONTA – Aaron Michael Willey, 34, who spent his childhood in Burlington Flats, died unexpectedly on May 27, 2020, in Oneonta. He was born on Sept. 12, 1985, to Deborah L. Perkins (Willey) and Christopher Posada in Middletown. Aaron grew up in Burlington Flats and attended Edmeston Central School. Aaron received a diploma of legal assistant/paralegal from the Blackstone Career Institute in 2006.…
IN MEMORIAM Sharon Ann Congelli, 74; Active With Local Quakers FLY CREEK – Sharon Ann Congelli, 74, who most recently lived with her daughter in Fly Creek, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020, following a valiant seven-year battle with glioblastoma. She was 74. Born Nov. 20, 1945, in North Hornell, Sharon was the daughter of Duane E. and Carol J. (Bricks) Knapp of Atlanta. After graduating from high school in Wayland she attended the Continental School of Beauty in Rochester.…