Library To Launch Book Group The Village Library of Cooperstown has begun a new book group. The group will have its first meeting Thursday, May 27. The first selection will be “The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Year Old” by Hendrik Groen. The program is being started by new librarian Heather Urtz, with help from her previous employer, the Mid York Library System. Urtz started in her new role Wednesday, April 21. She replaces David Kent, who retired…
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Shared Garage Back On Otsego’s Agenda By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County’s plan for a shared transportation garage has been revived. County officials met with representatives from Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES in the past month to gage interest in another push to build a centralized, shared services facility on county Route 35 in the town of Milford, on land adjacent to the ONC BOCES campus. “I would not say it is full speed ahead, but maybe it…
Hawkeye Boys Motivated By Chance At Title By CHAD G. WELCH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The last time the Cooperstown boys baseball team took the field was in June 2019, in the school’s first-ever appearance in the championship game of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s Class C baseball tournament. Cooperstown fell, 7-3, to Ticonderoga that day and CCS coach Frank Miosek said they have been looking forward to playing ball ever since. “It will be two…
For Sale One Cider Mill In Fly Creek Fly Creek’s favorite tourist attraction is seeking new owners. The Fly Creek Cider Mill, which dates back to 1856 and has been owned by the Michaels family for two generations, closed in January. Co-owner Bill Michaels said at the time that the coronavirus pandemic had hurt sales to the point where it was no longer cost effective to remain open. “We’ve survived floods. We’ve survived hurricanes, tropical storms, the 2002 recession, the…
HOMETOWN HISTORY April 29, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 110 Years Ago Since spring is here interest revives in the national game, and at Gildersleeve’s and other centers of baseball interest there is talk in plenty of what’s doing and speculation as to what later will be done. A worthwhile team in Oneonta in 1911 is assured. At Elm Park considerable improvements to the grounds have already been made.…
Chamber Seeks HOF Nominations For 2021 Induction The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce has announced that it is taking nominations for its 2021 Chamber Hall of Fame Award. The award recognizes a business or organization that has been in operation for more than 10 years and is a pillar in the community, demonstrating excellence and impact beyond their own walls. The Freeman’s Journal, which was founded in 1808, was an inaugural Hall of Fame member, inducted in 2017. Other businesses who…
IN MEMORIAM George Howard Yager, 69 Veteran, Outdoors Enthusiast, Worked at ONC Boces George Howard Yager was born September 30, 1951 in Fulton the son of the late Rev. George Howard and Edna (Topliffe) Yager. George served his country in the United States Army as a Military Policeman. George was 1969 graduate of Alexander Central School and a 1981 Genesee Community College graduate with and associates degree in model making. After moving to Goodyear Lake from Byron, George began working…
In Memoriam Dawn Marie Huckabone Myers, 53 Volunteer With Fire Dept. Auxiliary Dawn Marie Huckabone Myers, age 53, passed away, after a long courageous battle with cancer, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. She had the comfort and support of her loving family at her side. Dawn was born on April 18, 1968, in Ilion, daughter of Jean A. Fahey Huckabone and the late Douglas A. Huckabone. She was raised in Springfield Center and was a…
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Musket Donations Find Home At Greater Oneonta Historical Society By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Fred Hickein wanted to make sure his heirloom muskets stayed in good hands, so the 93-year-old Oneonta resident made a major donation to the Greater Historical Society of Oneonta on Wednesday, April 21. Hickein and his wife, Eleanor, and several of his colleagues from the Oneonta American Legion Post 259, presented GOHS with two family treasures Wednesday,: an English smooth bore rifle, circa 1800, which…
