CHRISTMAS SEASON ARRIVES Light Poles Decorated – And Clauses Show Up Who showed up at this afternoon’s 4C’s downtown decorating event – when volunteers get all the streetlights ready for Christmas, a decades-long Cooperstown tradition – but Santa and Mrs. Claus. And Helena Bettancourt, 6, top photo, took advantage of the situation to have her picture taken – by mom Brooke –with the two Jolly Elfs. Inset right, Matt Grady passes decorations to son Kian, 7, as son Gavin, 11,…
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Retired Planner Karen Sullivan Wins Recycling Leadership Award ONEONTA – Karen Sullivan, retired county planning director, yesterday received the Lifetime Recycling Leadership Award from the state Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling. Sullivan has long worked to make the county more environmentally friendly, said Pat Knuth, executive director of The Arc Otsego, which nominated her. Among other accomplishments, Sullivan initiated the county’s mattress-recycling program and helped launched the annual Hazardous Waste Collection, now more than 20 years old. “Karen has…
Parking Lot 75 Percent Done, Village Trustee Told On Tour…
GOP Nominates Businesswoman To County Board Maryland Resident, Oneonta Realtor Proposed As Oberacker Successor By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Republican county committee members from the county board’s District 6 met last evening and nominated Jennifer Mickle, a Town of Maryland resident and Oneonta businesswoman, to succeed state Senator-elect Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, on the county board. The candidate, who also has experience in local government and community service, called it “a wonderful opportunity. I’ve always believed in…
FIGHTFIGHTERS FIGHT COVID Free Masks Available Until 1 p.m. At Fire House With COVID-19 spiking with the cold weather, the Cooperstown Fire Department is handing out free face masks this morning until 1 p.m. this afternoon. Drive-through the fire station’s parking lot on Chestnust Street and pick up what you need. At this hour, First Chief Jim Tallman and Fire Captain Jim Leslie are manning the table. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
LEGION OF MERIT AWARDED Centers Honors Veteran Isolated By Coronavirus INDEX – As a third-class Petty Officer in the Navy, George McCrea, 84, of Cooperstown, who served four years following the Korean War, from 1956 to 1959. Because of COVID-19, McCrae was unable to participate in Veteran commemorations and had limited visitation on Nov. 11, but the Cooperstown Center inducted him into its Legion of Merit. George has been at Cooperstown Center only since last year. He reminisces about the…
After 7 Years, Milford Opens First Dog Park Rotary, Village, Volunteers Make It Happen The Milford Dog Park & Learning Center was dedicated this evening, and organizer Kimberly Winsor pointed out that couldn’t have happened without another kind of dedication: It took seven years’ effort, a grant from the Milford Rotary Club and volunteers to make the $3,500 project happen. Among the attendees were, from left, Maximus; his master, Rotary President Alicen Sosnowski, Kimberly Winsor, Bruce Hodges, president, Cooperstown &…
OTSEGA HOSTS LIMITED CROWD Via Zoom, Chamber Hails Entrepreneurs In a sign of the times, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, holds up the Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen Award to the 10 people who, by state regulation, were all who could gather at this evening’s Otsego County Chamber “Tribute to the Entrepreneurial Spirit”; normally, more than 200 attend The Otesaga gala. In time of COVID-19, the ceremony was broadcast via Zoom . Applauding the senator are, clockwise from lower…
Senator Presented With Bettiol Award Today, Chamber Will Also Recognize Otsego County’s Entrepreneurial Spirit…
OUR ROCKEFELLER SPRUCE Thar She Goes! As more than 50 people look on, “Daddy Al” and Susan Dick’s huge Norway Spruce is lowered onto the flatbed that will carry it to Rockefeller Center, where it will be the centerpiece of Christmas celebrations that begin in early December. Inset, two woodsmen from Lynn Warren Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping, Newburgh, attach the harness to the spruce – midway up and at the bottom. Once cut, the crane lifted the harness, and the…