Antiquarian Book Fair At 25 A Million Books, Ready To Read At 139 Main St. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Dad Will Monie and son Willis don’t minimize challenges to the book business, but the Internet Age has also opened up opportunities. Willis Monie Books has one million volumes in its building at 139 Main St., easily available to the half-million visitors who come to Cooperstown annually, plus the 60,000 county residents. Of the total, 125,000…
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IN MEMORIAM: Donald J. Clary, 72; Morris Man Served In Army, Marines MORRIS – Donald J. Clary, 72, of Morris, a soldier and Marine, passed away after a short illness at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. Don served both in the Army and Marine Corps. from 1965 to 1971.…
IN MEMORIAM: Doug MacArthur, 77; Unadilla Athlete Founded Trucking Firm UNADILLA – Douglas Alexander MacArthur, 77, a professional truck driver who eventually founded his own company, MacArthur Trucking, passed away peacefully at home in Wellington, Colo., on June 4, 2019, surrounded by his family in Northern Colorado. Doug was born in Sidney on Jan. 11, 1942, to Mary Beardsley and John MacArthur. He spent most of his childhood in Riverside, Calif., where he enjoyed working in the orange groves with his…
BEST BESTS From Rock ‘n’ Roll To Ninjas Warriors By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Summer has OFFICIALLY arrived in Otsego County! Celebrate the best time to be here with games, theater and a major rock band coming to town! “I Will Possess Your Heart” hipsters Death Cab For Cutie will perform their soulful indie rock on the Ommegang stage with Jenny Lewis opening. All-ages show, $45, Camping +$15. 5 p.m. Friday, June 21, 656 County Highway 33, Cooperstown,…
LETTER from LUISA MONTANTI Kaytee Shue, Candidate For Council, Good Manager To the Editor: I wanted to introduce you to Kaytee Lipari Shue, a professional colleague of mine, and also a lifelong 30 year resident of Ward 4. Kaytee, with her husband Jared, as new parents moved back to Oneonta to ensure their family would have the same rewarding experiences that Kaytee had growing up. Born and raised in Ward 4, Kaytee has the understanding, strength and a commitment to…
Red Shed Brewery’s Mix Includes Music, Trivia Prize-Winning Brewskies By LIBBY CUDMORE • from SUMMER DREAMS COOPERSTOWN David Olson calls the Red Shed Brewery’s Otsego Golden Ale a “quit your job” beer. “My wife Suzanne and I had been living in Pittsburgh and we would come up to see her father, Jack Hasbrouck, who made home-brewed beer,” he said. “We wanted to move closer to family, but when I had that Otsego Golden Ale, I thought, ‘We could sell this.’” The expanded…
HOMETOWN HISTORY June 14, 2019 150 YEARS AGO Fatal Accident – William Beach, a man about 70 years of age, was instantly killed by the locomotive of the evening train west, on Saturday last, at a creek crossing near Wells Bridge. He was discovered in the act of crawling across the bridge, and it is supposed was intoxicated. He was seen too late to stop the train, and so terrible was the blow that he fell dead between the timbers…
THINGS TO DO Something For Every Dad, From Lumberjack To Daddy-O Show Dad how much you care with whirring chainsaws, enormous hacksaws, a rodeo, live music and more outdoorsy fun at the annual Lumberjack Fest. Friday-Sunday, June 14-16, Alden Field, Cherry Valley. Info, full schedule, www.cherry-valleyoutdoorgames.com • Think your dad rocks? Check out two events themed around the “Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits” exhibit at The Fenimore Art Museum this weekend. On Friday, catch a screening of Jamie Foxx in…
Tom Lieber Built Legendary Guitar On Show At Fenimore Oaksville Man To Discuss Creation At 6 p.m. Saturday COOPERSTOWN – One of the most legendary basses in rock ‘n’ roll history – as it happens, built by Tom Lieber of Fly Creek – is on display at the Fenimore Art Museum through Sept. 2. The bass, named “Dragon,” was designed and crafted in 1977 for Jefferson Starship bassist Pete Sears by Lieber, a parter with Doug Irwin in the D…
Compassionate Friends Striving To Ready Garden By Graduation To complete the work begun by a work party today, Compassionate Friends of the Oneonta has scheduled a second work day for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 22, to plant and clean the Memorial Garden behind Oneonta High School in time for the next weekend’s graduation. Weeding here are Diana Friedell and Michael Haehnel, who worked with the OHS Class of 2002 to build the Memorial Garden, and with the Class of 2004…