Bound Volumes July 29, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 210 YEARS AGO With what contempt does the freeman of America glance at the silly attempt of such things as emperors and kings to induce them to join their sanguinary play, which sends thousands in an hour to their long home; while the Americans are infinitely better employed in cultivating their fertile fields and extending their settlements into a vast…
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Update on road closures in Butternuts Valley STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com State route 51 at Dimock Hollow road is now passable by one lane. Other state roads in that area remain closed. Durhams Cross road is still closed as is Dimock Hollow, Gulf Road between Pegg/Potato Farm Road, Pittsley Road between Dimock Hollow and West Hill Road and Spring Street. In Pittsfield, Hawks Road and Cobb Road remain closed. In Unadilla, all roads are now open. …
The AllOtsego Report, Ep. 9: Tick, quirks and awards STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Episode 9 of The AllOtsego Report looks at the Thursday, July 29, editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, as well as this week’s news on AllOtsego.com. In this week’s episode, Editor Greg Klein and Reporter Kevin Limiti discuss: The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce roundtable about workforce issues. The Oneonta follow-up on police review and reinvention hits snag on “use of force” terminology.…
Oneonta’s review board gets hung up on ‘use of force’ language By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Members of the Community Advisory Board Review Council, which includes mayoral candidates Mark Drnek and Len Carson, discussed some of the language pertaining to the Community Advisory Board document on “best practices” for the Oneonta Police Department. However, ultimately it was decided there would need to be another meeting in two weeks to further discuss what is being put in…
Preserve New York grant awarded to Otsego 2000 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego 2000 will receive a $12,500 grant from the Preservation League of New York for their Preserve New York grant in order to fund a Culture Resource Survey in the City of Oneonta. This survey will be used to help maintain and determine which historic buildings in Oneonta can be renovated. “Oneonta’s neighborhoods encompass a wonderful range of historic and architectural styles from the late 19th…
COVID Vaccines will be offered at Otsego County Fair STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A pop-up clinic by the Otsego County Department of Health will be giving COVID vaccines at the Otsego County Fair. The vaccines will be available from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug 3. and Friday, Aug. 6. The available vaccines will be the Pfizer and the Johnson and Johnson. “We’re excited to be a part of the event and to offer a convenient…
Michaels, Montgomery among Hall Award winners By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SPRINGFIELD — The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum honored five men for their contributions to the game Saturday, July 24, in a ceremony held at The Glimmerglass Festival and aired Sunday, July 25, on the MLB Network and on social media. The Hall honored 2021 Ford C. Frick Award winner Al Michaels; 2020 Ford C. Frick Award winner Ken Harrelson; 2021 BBWAA Career Excellence Award…
HOF Awards Presentation to air on MLB Network Sunday, July 25 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com According to a media release from The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Friday, July 23, the annual Hall of Fame Awards Presentation will be broadcast on MLB Network at 12 p.m., Sunday, July 25, and will feature the 2020 and 2021 award winners. Although the 2021 induction has been moved to a September date for an in-person event at The…
SABR meeting to take place Sunday, July 25 The next Cliff Kachline – Cooperstown/Upstate/Central NY Society for American Baseball Research Chapter meeting will take place at 6 p.m., Sunday, July 25, at Tillapaugh’s, located at 28 Pioneer St. in Cooperstown. Guest speakers will include; Bill Deane, Tony Morante, Pete Pagliaro and Mike Hauser. Deane, an acclaimed baseball author, will talk about the life of chapter namesake, Cliff Kachline, who was one of the founding members of SABR in August of…
HBO requests Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) footage from his Oneonta childhood STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Via the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, HBO has asked if anyone from Oneonta has footage of Paul Reubens, better known by his stage name of Pee Wee Herman. Reubens attended Bugbee School in Oneonta and participated in several plays. Producer Brian Becker contacted GOHS and asked them if they could put out a wide net to find someone who had footage of…
