Matador Network Says Oneonta Among 20 ‘Coolest Places’ In U.S. ONEONTA – The Matador Network, a national travel website, has found Oneonta to be one of the “20 Coolest Towns in the U.S.” Number 14, in fact. These are the reasons: “Amazing food, a progressive, sustainably minded populace, a yearly hot air balloon festival, and nearby access to some of the best ski mountains in the Catskills. Nuff said.” Asheville, N.C., and Frisco, Colo., are numbers one and two. Oneonta…
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TRUSTEES TAKE 2 STEPS BACK ON EXPANDING PAID PARKING COOPERSTOWN – The trustees tonight unanimously took the first step backwards – two steps back, in fact – after years of what seemed to be the inexorable forward march of paid parking in the Village of Cooperstown. On a motion by Streets Committee chair Cindy Falk, seconded by Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, the Village Board removed Church Street, and River Street between Main and the Bassett Clinic, from the paid-parking expansion list.…
See You At ’20 Under 40′ Reception! To purchase tickets for the “Twenty Under Forty” reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Springbrook’s Oneonta campus (next to Brooks BBQ), call 547-6103. Tickets are 12.50 per person.…
Sponsorships Sought To Bring Wounded Warriors To County Council Rock Brewery’s Becky Davidson, former Coopertown Chamber stalwart, is heading up the committee to bring the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team back to play on Doubleday Field and Damaschke Field during Memorial Day Weekend 2015. They will be playing at Damaschke Field in Oneonta on Saturday and Doubleday Field in Cooperstown on Sunday. Every player is a Veteran from Iraq or Afghanistan and has lost a limb. At least two of…
Jason Tabor Proposes To Emily DeSantis – And SU’s Kisscam Catches Moment COOPERSTOWN – Jason Tabor and Emily DeSantis of Cooperstown were featured on SU’s “Kisscam” Saturday evening when he proposed to her at the Carrier Dome.…
Dean, Falk, Sansevere Will Answer Questions At 3/9 Candidates’ Night COOPERSTOWN – The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area will host a “Meet Your Candidates Night” for the village of Cooperstown election 7-9 p.m. Monday, March 9, in the Village Meeting Room, 22 Main St. All are invited. Two trustee positions are open this year and two incumbents, Cynthia Falk and James Dean, are running again, along with John Sansevere, a new challenger. This meeting will be an opportunity…
Moe’s Southwest Grill Plans 3 Benefits As Part Of Opening ONEONTA – Moe’s Southwest Grill is opening its Oneonta restaurant at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, across from Southside Mall’s main entrance on the site of the former Neptune Diner, and is planning three community benefits Wednesday and Thursday. The first is 5-8 p.m. Wednesday: all you can eat for $10, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Oneonta Middle School. The event will be repeated Thursday evening, to…
Vintage Snowmobiles Head To The Hills…
Cold Winds, Warm Hearts Brave Polar Bear 20th Gusts of snowy wind blowing up to 30 miles per hour and wind chills as low as -10 didn’t stop the bravest of the brave divers from taking the plunge at the 20th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear jump this afternoon.…