Herzig: Act Today, Look To Tomorrow In response to an outpouring of criticism at a public hearing on the GEIS Tuesday, March 5, to Oneonta City Hall and Otsego Now’s plans to redevelop the D&H railyards, Mayor Gary Herzig had an elegant reply. Development on the 50 acres suitable for job-generating enterprises will: • One, be as energy efficient as construction technology currently allows. • Two, use as little natural gas and fossil fuels as possible. • Three, use as…
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Please, County Reps And Trustees: Get Chief Covert Help He Needs How often do any of us, over the course of our lifetimes, get the opportunity to save another human life? But the Otsego County Board of Representatives and Cooperstown Village Board have been presented with that opportunity in the case of Mike Covert, 58. Covert, a 25-year county employee (mostly as a deputy sheriff) and village police chief since 2013, has suffered the health travails of a modern-day…
Dorothy Miller, 96; Retired From Mehan Insurance RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Dorothy Miller, 96, who served as a secretary for insurance concerns, retiring from Mehan Insurance in Richfield Springs, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2019 in Centers Health in Cooperstown. She was born on Sept. 22, 1922, in Van Hornesville, a daughter to the Late Owen D. and Marion Ostrander Miller. She was raised and educated in Van Hornesville and graduated from Van Hornesville High School. Dorothy was a secretary…
CITY OF THE HILLS: Mar. 14 – 15, 2019 Oneonta Loses Joe Campbell, Voice Of City ONEONTA Joe Campbell, the Voice of Oneonta for 50 years on “WDOS, the Star station,” passed away at 4:05 a.m. March 6, 2019, in Cooperstown after hearing “The Campbells are Coming” on the bagpipes.…
Hometown People – March 14 -15, 2019 CSO Conductor Contest Raises Record $46,321 PALS LIVE IT UP AT SNOMMEGANG Mancuso, Avolio, Named To Dean’s List…
BOUND VOLUMES: Mar. 14 – 15, 2019 200 YEARS AGO In the case of Sturges vs. Crowninshield – the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court dated February 25, is summarized as follows: “Discharges under state insolvent laws, exempt the body of the debtor from imprisonment. But his property, subsequently acquired, is liable to his creditors; or, in other words, the contract is discharged as to the person, but not as to the future state of the party.” It is further…
LOCALS – March 14 -15, 2019 CSO Conductor Contest Raises Record $46,321…
Trustee Dewey Outlines Credentials, Asks For Vote To the Editor: Twenty-four years ago, my husband and I were deciding where to settle to pursue our careers and raise a family, and in our search we found Cooperstown. This beautiful village, situated equidistant from my hometown of Rochester and John’s hometown of Worcester, Mass., felt like the perfect place to call home. We chose well – Cooperstown has indeed been a wonderful community to be a part of. Through the years,…
Cooperstown Can Have It All – Classical Music, Talk Radio – On WSKG To the Editor: WSKG, the only classical music station accessible to Cooperstown listeners, has recently changed to a new all-talk format on both its frequencies (91.7 and 105.9). This constitutes a real loss for our community, where classical music has a strong cultural and economic presence: witness the Glimmerglass Festival and the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival. But all is not lost! WSKG operates a partner station, “WSKG…
