Karen Sullivan To Retire As Director Of Planning COOPERSTOWN – Karen Sullivan, director of the county Planning Department, will retire at the end of the month, county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, announced a few minutes ago. An Oneonta native (her maiden name was Laskaris), she joined the Planning Department in 2006, and succeeded Terry Bliss on his retirement in 2013. She previously had been with the Delaware County Planning Department. A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, she later…
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Tickled Pig Barbecue Building Headquarters Construction Underway On Route 28 You may have noticed construction underway in Hartwick Seminary across Route 28 from Cooperstown Commons. It’s the new headquarters of Tickled Pink Barbecue, operated by Chris Doucas, Town of Hartwick. Son Lucas Doucas, inset right, was at work this afternoon, along with Lucas LaRusso, who’s helping with the construction. A Tickled Pink store is planned on the site, featuring smoked cheese and other delicacies. Started in that pink school bus…
Well-Driller Warms Neighbors To Project…
Balloons, Takeout Open ‘New’ Cooperstown Diner…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Thursday, May 28 Cuomo, Perez, Rock Message: Wear A Mask! NEW YORK CITY – Cheered on by actress Rosie Perez and comedian Chris Rock, Governor Cuomo today issued an Executive Order authorizing businesses to deny entry to people who do not wear masks or face-coverings. The governor made the announcement at noon in New York City, as Otsego County businesses awaited details on how to enter the Phase 2 reopening tomorrow, which permits stores and offices to reopen for…
From This Week’s Edition Of The Freeman’s Journal LANDMARK OPENS TODAY FOR TAKEOUT Retired Maritime Lawyer Steers Cooperstown Diner Caspar Ewig, who moved Upstate after retiring from a maritime law firm in Yonkers, is running the Cooperstown Diner for the Hayfords. It opens Thursday for takeout. (Jim Kevliin/AllOTSEGO.com) By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com “She told me that if we started dating, Cooperstown was in my future,” he said. “She spent every summer up here, taking horseback riding lessons…
Morrisville Educator Is CCS Elementary Principal COOPERSTOWN – Tracy Durkee, high school principal at Morrisville-Eaton in Madison County, was named Cooperstown Central Elementary School principal last evening by the school board. Durkee has 27 years experience in the education field, mostly as an elementary school teacher in grades one, three and five. “I am extremely zealous about educating youth, and I am prepared to help contribute my knowledge to maximize student achievement,” she was quoted as saying in a press…
Interpretative Signage Unveiled At Doubleday…
4 SMALL CEREMONIES FOR FALLEN On Memorial Day, What A Difference Year Makes On Memorial Day 2019, inset right, the usual crowd filled the lawn at the Soldiers & Sailors Monument in front of county courthouse. Today, in time of coronarivus, a Cooperstown Veterans Club rifle squad – from left, Jim Bridger, Rich Balcom and Doug Walker – fired a salute, witnessed by one family and a small contingent of fellow veterans. The ceremony was first held in Fly Creek,…
IN APPRECIATION Andrew M. Blum, 89; Man Of Many Friends By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A mentor to young people, Andy Blum invited Cooperstown’s Jacob Russell to lunch at The Brook, the exclusive social club on East 54th Street. Henry Kissinger walked in. “I thought, ‘Wow, Henry Kissinger’,” said Jacob. The room was filled with Wall Street bigwigs, including Tom Hill, the Blackstone vice chairman. “They didn’t go up to Kissinger to kiss his ring,” said…