Staff Picks Delicious salad, ice cream at the Guernsey, locally sourced food Larissa Ryan Business Manager Upstate Bar & Grill Conveniently located just outside of Cooperstown on State Route 28, the Upstate Bar & Grill is an excellent restaurant offering American-style dining. It’s also a great place to catch a sports game on the televisions throughout the restaurant and bar area. The food offerings include steak, salmon and everything in between. I recently ordered the Cobb salad and enjoyed its…
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Best Bets Celebrate Independence Day with concert, fireworks, parade! Start your Independence Day celebrations with the Hometown Heroes kick-off concert dedicated to the essential workers who have given so much during the pandemic. The concert will feature the Michael Christopher country band performing their greatest hits. Free admission. Presented by Hometown 4th at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 2, at Neahwa Park in Oneonta. Visit facebook.com/FNOneonta/ for information.…
Leatherstocking Golf Club to offer summer programs for kids, couples STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otesaga’s Leatherstocking Golf Course is offering two summer programs, one for kids and one for couples. The Leathertocking Golf Club Little Swingers Golf Program is to provide a foundation of skills, etiquette and knowledge for a lifetime of enjoyment of the game for players age 7 or 8. The cost is $200 per player and includes four team practice sessions, two mini putt-putt…
DA mulls vacating Borggreen plea deal following Robinson murder conviction By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — Now that the trial of Dylan Robinson has ended in conviction, Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl said he is considering restarting the process against Robinson’s accomplice, Alexander Borggreen, for refusing to testify against Robinson despite making a plea deal. Muehl said he was satisfied with the conviction, which the jury returned Wednesday, June 23, although he said he was surprised…
Leatherstocking Golf Club to offer summer programs for kids, couples The Otesaga’s Leatherstocking Golf Course is offering two summer programs, one for kids and one for couples. The Leathertocking Golf Club Little Swingers Golf Program is to provide a foundation of skills, etiquette and knowledge for a lifetime of enjoyment of the game for players age 7 or 8. The cost is $200 per player and includes four team practice sessions, two mini putt-putt matches, two on-course experience and one…
LETTER from PAUL CONWAY Cooperstown’s Critical Race Theory debate is a missed opportunity to editorialize The question of whether AllOtsego should publish any editorial opinions was raised, weeks ago, on these pages. The importance of timely editorial opinions for readers who are often ill-informed or baffled by complex issues was obvious after the recent, very controversial, Cooperstown Board of Education meeting. Many attended or subsequently read about that meeting. The issue was whether “Critical Race Theory” should be taught in…
LETTER from JOSH SIMPSON Series could do more to review racial issues Our community is fortunate to have the Friends of the Village Library to organize important conversations and events like the “Looking in the Mirror” program. I have attended a few of the series including racism in education and in healthcare and had come to expect a decent program when tuning in. On Feb. 10, I listened to The Cooperstown Reflects on Racism and Law Enforcement Series with my…
Life Sketches Vivid memories were made working on the farm Of all the farms I worked on as a boy, the most memorable was the old Borden Farm, which was on the east side of Canadarago Lake outside of Richfield Springs. By the time I came along, it had recently been sold to Bill and Shirley Weingates. Back then, they were milking about 200 cows on one of the biggest operations in the area. The first job I had was…
AllOtsego People Local radio legend announces retirement By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After 32 years, local radio legend Chuck D’Imperio turned off the microphone on his WDOS morning show for the last time Tuesday, June 29. The retiring radio host got his start in 1988 at what was then Hastings Broadcasting in Oneonta. The best offer owner Gordon Hastings had for D’Imperio was an unpaid position changing tape reels and monitoring the station during three-hour broadcasts for the…
Art on the Trail: Cherry Valley Artworks event brings sculpture to community; opening to be held Friday, July 2 By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – The biennial Cherry Valley Sculpture Trail will open with a viewing and launch party scheduled for Friday, July 2. Jane Sapinsky, executive director of Cherry Valley Artworks, said this year’s sculpture trail stands out because of the “beautiful pieces” and said that it is a “COVID-friendly activity.” There are 24 sculptures,…
