ANDREASSEN BORN AT BASSETT Singer Returns To Coop, ‘Mythical (Natal) Land’ COOPERSTOWN – For Kristin Andreassen, the singer, poet and dancer, her Cooperstown Concert Series performance at 7:30 this Saturday at The Otesaga will be something of a homecoming. “Point of interest – I was BORN in Cooperstown. (Yes, I’m a Bassett baby),” she wrote www.allotsego.com in an e-mail the other day. “So I’m extra psyched to be visiting.” She was raised in Portland, Ore., but “my dad was interning…
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‘Oneonta Heartthrob’ Cuyle Carvin Starts Film Production Company ONEONTA – Cuyle Carvin, the Oneonta native and veteran of “Criminal Minds” and “Law and Order: SVU” has started his own film production company, By The C films. The company, created from his love of low-budget horror movies, is currently producing a series of horror films in the “Dark Corners” anthology. In addition to the six shorts in the anthology, By The C has also produced four full-length films, available on the…
Chamber To Honor NYCM, Remillard Quality Of Life Award To Oneonta Y ONEONTA – Edmeston-based New York Central Mutual Insurance and retired Fox Hospital President John Remillard will be honored at the Otsego County Chamber’s 30th Anniversary Annual Banquet & Celebration of Business, the chamber announced a few minutes ago. The Oneonta Family Y will also be honored with the Chamber’s relatively new Quality of Life Award. NYCM Insurance will receive The NBT Bank Distinguished Business of the Year Award…
Huge Crowd Turns Out For Polar Bear Auction An hour into today’s Chinese auction to benefit the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump the crowd was still lined up down the hall from the Milford Central School gym to the door, waiting to buy tickets by the fistful and take a chance at getting a bargain on hundreds of donated items. In top photo, Lydia Garlick of Milford puts a ticket in one of the bags that lined the walls. At…
Tony Mongillo’s Railroad Art Heralded At Exhibit Opening…
In 2008, Henry Cooper Toasted For His Gentleness, Sense Of Fun Editor’s Note: This is reprinted from The Freeman’s Journal edition of July 11, 2008, after Henry S.F. Cooper Jr., who passed away early today, was celebrated at a testimonial in his honor at The Otesaga, attended by 220 of his many admirers. By JIM KEVLIN • from The Freeman’s Journal COOPERSTOWN – Everybody agreed Bradley Goodyear Smith’s story best captured Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.’s gentle personality. On her way to a party,…
160 Friends Hail Inge Roemer At Plains On Her 95th Birthday More than 160 family members and friends gathered today at the Plains at Parish Homestead to honor Inge Otten Roemer on her 95th birthday. At native of Hamburg, Germany, Mrs. Roemer and her husband, Martin, farmed in Unadilla, beginning in 1947. She obtained an bachelor’s in elementary education from SUNY Oneonta in 1959, and taught at Mount Upton Central School, retiring in 1982. She and her husband, who passed…
Sledding, Survival Skills Highlight Cabin Fever Fest Night DeMarche rides on his father, Beau De Marche, both of Clinton, down the sledding hill during Five Star Subaru’s first Cabin Fever Fest at Gilbert Lake State Park this afternoon. Attendees could hike, snowshoe, cook s’mores and hot dogs, sled, mountain bike and learn winter wilderness survival skills. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
It Was Place To Be For Art Community SEE ‘INDEPENDENT SPIRIT’ SLIDE SHOW…
Drew Angus Off American Idol, But Sees ‘Excitement’ In Future ONEONTA – In Drew Angus’ own words, “tonight is where my idol trail ends,” he reported on his Facebook page after his appearance on Fox’s “American Idol” competition Friday evening. “But I’ve made some of the closest friends and had some of the most unreal experiences of my entire life. This is not the end by any means,” said the 2011 Hartwick College graduate. The Westport, Conn., native admitted to…