Hometown History May 25, 2023 135 Years AgoThe Local News – An order for steel rails for the Oneonta Street Railway Company has been placed with the Johnston Steel Rail Co. of Johnstown, PA. The rails are expected here in about three weeks. The capital stock of the street railroad company is $20,000, not $15,000, as stated last week. Reuben Reynolds and Fred Wilcox are among the largest stockholders.The Guy Table Company has changed its name to the Oneonta Table…
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Cooperstown Hosts 1st Pride Weekend Oneonta Site of Block Party, Parade on Saturday, June 3 By WRILEY NELSONONEONTA Otsego Pride Alliance and local businesses will present Cooperstown’s first-ever Pride Weekend at the beginning of Pride Month. The festivities will start at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1 with a Pride flag raising at Village Hall. Former Cooperstown Trustee MacGuire Benton will attend to kick off the weekend with a special performance by Cooperstown Central School’s Identity Alliance. Stagecoach Coffee will offer…
News Briefs: May 20, 2023 COMPILED By WRILEY NELSON City Administrator: Parking Garage will Probably Not Reopen ONEONTA—Oneonta City Administrator Greg Mattice told the City Finance Committee that he does not believe the parking garage will ever re-open. Structural engineers from Wendel Companies, which is designing the proposed new transit hub, examined the building on May 10 and found a number of serious problems. Mattice said the city should push forward with plans to tear down and replace the garage.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 20 Learn About Local Walking Trails TRAIL TALK—2-3 p.m. Learn about Otsego Outdoors, the Octet Challenges, and local trails during a talk by Peg Odell, Otsego 2000 program and communications manager. The public is invited to share your favorite local hikes, too. Held at Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Highway 11, Hartwick. (607) 293-6600 or visit https://otsegooutdoors.org/event/blazing-a-trail-talk/ BIRD COUNT—All day. See how many birds you can locate in a single day, by yourself or with friends,…
Bound Volumes May 18, 2023 210 YEARS AGOHavre de Grace – This morning, a little after the break of day, a British armed force, under cover of armed vessels which anchored in front of this town in eleven large barges, landed below a small breast work which had been roughly thrown up, and in which were one nine and two four pounders, manned by 50 militia. The vessels in front of the town threw 8 Congreve rockets, one of which…
Letter from Gary R. Schoonmaker Climate Action Plan Not Widely Discussed Is there some kind of media blackout around the Climate Action Council’s activities? The New York State government (Legislature and governor), passed a law in 2019 called the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act). That act set a goal of “net-zero carbon emissions for the entire state economy by 2050.” In order to implement that goal, the legislation commissioned a Climate Action Council to develop a draft…
News Briefs: May 18, 2023 Mayor Drnek To Address Networking Group ONEONTA—Community Conversations, a networking forum for people interested in Oneonta’s past, present and future, will celebrate its tenth anniversary on Tuesday, May 23 at 8 a.m. at Green Earth Health Market. Oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek will provide a special address recognizing the group, which meets informally on Tuesdays from 8-9 a.m. Green Earth is located at 4 Market Street, Oneonta. For more information or to join the conversation, call…
‘Time Out’ Briefs: May 17, 2023 Rummage Sale Slated at Church of Christ Uniting RICHFIELD SPRINGS—A rummage sale will take place on Friday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church Street, including a bag sale from 4-6 p.m. Two large rooms will be filled with clothes for men, women, children, and infants, as well as housewares, books, toys and much more—all at affordable prices. This annual fundraiser is coordinated by the…
Sports Snippets: May 15, 2023 Compiled by WRILEY NELSON Cooperstown Girls Track and Field Posts Strong Week COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown Central School track program had a great week, girls varsity coach Josie Rusk said in her report on May 2. The girls put up strong performances in a rainy meet at Chittenango on Saturday, April 29. Claire Jensen placed first in the 400m and fourth in the 100m. On Tuesday, May 2, the team returned to the track in cold and…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 13 First Adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘The Monkey’ Premiers at Foothills PAC PREMIER—3 & 6 p.m. The community is invited for the first-ever showing of the first-ever adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, “The Monkey,” about a cursed monkey doll and a man facing a nightmare from his past. Adapted by Spencer Sherry and filmed around the capital region with local talent. Free admission. Concessions and cash bar available (21+). Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center,…