Sheriff’s Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday COOPERSTOWN – Clean your cabinets and prevent pill abuse with a prescription drug take-back day, sponsored by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, the public will be able to dispose of expired, unused or unwanted prescription pills or patches at the Otsego County Public Safety Building, 172 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown.…
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New Parking-Permit Law For Contractors Considered COOPERSTOWN – The village trustees are going back at a parking-permit law for contractors working within areas of Cooperstown where on-street paid parking is in force, a move that stirred controversy at a public hearing last month. Revised in light of contractors’ objections, the new version – it was discussed at this evening’s April village board meeting – would charge contractors $25 a year for each vehicle, trailers or piece of equipment, and they…
Man Broke Computer Screen In Cruiser, State Police Report ONEONTA – An Oneonta man was arrested after he allegedly hopped into a State Police patrol car and smashed his head into the vehicle’s computer screen. On Saturday afternoon, a trooper had just finished gassing up his patrol vehicle on Route 23 when he observed Corey A. Maraglio, 34, Oneonta walking towards him. He said Maraglio appeared to be in a drug-induced state and rolled down the window to offer assistance. Maraglio allegedly opened the door…
Red Sox’s Shestakofsky Succeeds Horn At HoF COOPERSTOWN – Jon Shestakofsky, Boston Red Sox manager of media relations & baseball information, has been named vice president/communications & education at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beginning today, he succeeds Brad Horn, who is entering a fellowship program this summer at the University of Florida. A 2005 graduate of Wesleyan University and a native of Belmont, Mass., Shestakofsky joined the Red Sox in 2007. Most recently, he was liaison with media, players and…
Doghouse Theft Leads Police On Foot Chase In Center City ONEONTA – The alleged theft of a doghouse from a Church Street porch lead police on a foot chase to nab the suspect. At 2:34 a.m., the homeowner at 18 Church St. alerted police that someone was trying to steal a doghouse off his front porch. Police responded, and the suspect fled, dropping the doghouse on the lawn and damaging it. The chase continued to Lawn Avenue, where Alex Tolman,…
‘No Major’ Trouble Reported At OH-Fest Brenner Puts Event ‘On Successful Side’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With almost 4,000 people at the Kid Ink concert that closed out OH-Fest, police reported “no major arrests” and only a handful of misdemeanor tickets issued. “We can chalk this one up to the successful side,” said Lt. Douglas Brenner. Three high school students were arrested for public fighting after the concert let out at 9:30 p.m., he said, and…
Sun Shines On OH-Fest At Pre-Concert Street Fair…
‘Men of Morris’ Surprise Pioneer Park Passersby The Bouwerie Boys of New York City engage in mock battle a few minutes ago in Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park, part of an annual tour of Welsh dancers organized by the Binghamton troupe, The Men of Morris. At right, Madelin Bolton, 3, of Boston, visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame with her parents, tentative puts a $1 bill in a hat passed by Axel Naar, thus gaining herself a year’s good luck. The dancers,…
4th Annual Cider Run Aids Athelas Therapeutic Riding…
‘Partners In Preservation’ Attracts 22 History Groups “Partners in Preservation,” the second annual history fair organized by OCHA, the Otsego County Historical Association, attracted 22 historical societies that set up booths in the Springfield Community Center. New this year were Otego, Gilbertsville and Roseboom. In top photo, Caren Kelsey, president of the Hartwick society, holds up a memento of the old depot in Hartwick hamlet that is being sold this year as a fundraiser; upcoming projects include raising money to…
