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The Hartwick High School Alumni Association held its 90th annual reunion luncheon at the Hartwick Rod and Gun Club on Saturday, July 8. Twenty-five members attended. The guest of honor was Donald Phillips, a 100-year-old member of the class of 1941.…
Victoria Spina, a rising senior from Hartwick College, has joined the Innovation and Acceleration Center at Otsego Now as its marketing intern this summer. The center, which opened in February, helps small businesses and entrepreneurs launch their ideas and businesses in Otsego County.…
Iron String Press readers may have noticed cartoons from a local artist in recent issues. Bernie Hurlbut, 93, is a lifelong illustrator and cartoonist from Rome. “Bernie’s People,” his single-panel comic featuring bold linework and sardonic observations of everyday life, has appeared in many regional publications.…
Sparkling Lion COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown resident Chip Northrup enjoyed one of the best seats in the house for last week’s July 4th fireworks over Glimmerglass State Park.…
COOPERSTOWN—Fireworks lit up the night on Saturday, July 1 as the Cooperstown Fire Department presented its colorful annual display celebrating adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. (Photo by Kathleen Peters)…
In late May, Michael Jerome, a member of the Rotary E-Club of Global Trekkers, was joined by other volunteers in planting trees and shrubs on a parcel of land bordering the Susquehanna River just below Otsego Lake. The plantings included black willow, ninebark, red osier dogwood and silky dogwood…
Otsego Town Historian and Iron String Press contributing writer Sharon Stuart gave a lecture on the history of the transgender liberation movement at the Cooperstown Village Hall on Friday, June 16. The talk revolved around Stuart’s research for and contributions to an upcoming book by Carolyn and Christopher Wolf-Gould, Oneonta-based physicians who have become nationally-respected leaders in gender-affirming care.…
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and Richfield Springs resident Jules Feiffer returned to the spotlight on May 19 for a screening of his 1971 film “Little Murders” at Fenimore Art Museum. “Little Murders” is a black comedy about a young, professional woman who brings her nihilistic and nearly catatonic boyfriend home to her dysfunctional family. It paints a dark portrait of a society collapsing under the weight of random violence, obscene phone calls, random shootings, garbage strikes, electrical blackouts and paranoia.…
Iron String Press has hired independent filmmaker and freelance journalist Joel J. Plue, 36, of Oneonta, as an advertising sales agent. Plue comes from an Oneonta family and was raised in Westchester County. He returned to Otsego County at the age of 18.…
Thanks to a program introduced in April, Heritage at The Plains at Parish Homestead is making residents’ dreams come true. Heritage at The Plains, a senior living community located at 163 Heritage Circle in Oneonta, features independent living, assisted living, memory care and temporary stay options. The new program, “Tree of Dreams,” is designed to identify special experiences for which residents yearn or achievements to which they aspire.…