CLICK FOR SLIDE SHOW OF CEREMONY Youth On Center Stage At Oneonta Swearing-Ins Young Politicians, Young Families Youth will have its way, and that was certainly the case in Oneonta Common Council Chambers at 1 p.m. today, where the a youthful crop of candidates – with their children at their sides – took the oath of office, most on the Constitution instead of the Bible, from City Judge Lucy Bernier. Above, young Henry Shue, 9 months, in dad Jared’s arms,…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 Fun New Years Day Hike New Years Day! FIRST DAY HIKE – 10 a.m. Start the New Year with fun 1.5 mile hike with bird aficionado Becky Gretton. Followed by hot drinks, refreshments. Nature Center, Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Rt. 31, Cooperstown. 607-547-8662 or visit www.facebook.com/GlimmerglassStatePark/ CLICK FOR MORE HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
Parade, Party At Foothills Tonight 145 Runners Finish 2019 With YMCA’s Frostbite 5K Brian Horne, Mitchell Woodbeck, Gary Toombs, Keira Brown and 142 other brave – and chilly! – runners take off from the starting line of the starting line of the YMCA’s annual New Year’s Eve Frostbite 5K run earlier this afternoon on Market St. At right, Oneonta’s Michael Hamilton came in first place overall with a time of 18:06. The New Year’s Eve festivities continue this evening with…
IN MEMORIAM: Marion R. Cotten, 84; With Husband, Operated Dairy Farm MILFORD – Marion R. Cotten, 84, who with her husband operated a Town of Milford dairy farm for 36 years, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. Born Aug. 1, 1935, in the Town of Butternuts, Marion was the daughter of Fields and Lulu (Smith) Miller. She was raised in the family home on Fields Miller Road (named for the family) and graduated from Gilbertsville High School in…
Upstate Minimum Wage Rises To $11.80 Today ALBANY – Beginning today, the minimum wage in New York’s Upstate counties, including Otsego, rises to $11.80 an hour, per the chart above. As you can see, the minimum is higher in the metropolitan area, rising to $13 on Long Island and Westchester County, and to $15 for New York City employers.…
Lettis Highway Accident Victim Identified, In ICU ONEONTA – Oneonta Police have identified the woman struck by a car last night on the Lettis Highway as April Johnson, 32, Oneonta. Johnson allegedly crossed the highway in an area not marked for pedestrians and was struck by a car driven by David Shafer, 41, Otsego. She was taken by ambulance to Fox Hospital and transferred to Albany Medical Center, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit.…
CLICK HERE FOR FULL OBITUARY Dick Case, 84, Beloved Writer, Earned CGP Degree In 1967 COOPERSTOWN — Dick Case, a generations-long columnist at Syracuse Newspapers and a 1967 graduate of the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, died Sunday, Dec. 22, at age 84. The cause was pneumonia. He was invited back in 2010 for the annual Bruce Buckley lecture on the topic, “Observations of a Lifelong Storyteller.” He found stories where others didn’t: “Like gems hidden at the bottom…
Oneonta Woman In Critical Condition After Lettis Accident By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An Oneonta woman is in critical condition at Fox Hospital after she was struck by a car on the Lettis Highway earlier this evening. According to Police Chief Doug Brenner, an Oneonta woman was walking with a friend when she allegedly crossed the James F. Lettis Highway approximately 100 yards from the intersection of Main Street. “The area is not marked for pedestrians…
Exit 15 Ramp Closed After Accident PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON LETTIS HIGHWAY By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Police are on the scene of a motor vehicle accident on the James F. Lettis Highway after a pedestrian was allegedly hit by a car this evening. According to Rob O’Brien, Otsego Count 911 director, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near the I-88 Exit 15 westbound off-ramp at 7:42 p.m. The pedestrian was transported to Fox Hospital with…