THINGS TO DO What’s Your Choice? From 38 Special To, Yes, Borodin By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to SUMMER DREAMS Summer has arrived in Otsego County and there is so much to do! Whether you’re looking to shop, learn, listen or celebrate, there is something fun every day of the weekend! Start your summer off in a rockin’ mood as “Caught Up In You” and “Hold on Loosely” stars 38 Special perform the Celebrity Concert fundraiser for the Oneonta YMCA.…
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BOUND VOLUMES May 30, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Land for Sale – The subscribers offer for sale Two Hundred acres of Land it being part of the Farm formerly owned by Jacob Ten Broeck, late of the Town of Edmeston, deceased, and is the southeast part of said Farm – through which passes the Cayuga Turnpike Road. The whole is well watered – about sixty or seventy acres only are improved with a small orchard on the same. They will…
Noise Ordinance Adopted In Time For Summer Season COOPERSTOWN – Whether it’s a rock band late at night or a big barking dog, it could be against the law after the Village Board passed the much-anticipated noise ordinance during its meeting Tuesday, May 28. The ordinance decreases the acceptable decibel level from 85 decibels to 80 after 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and after 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. The village will buy a decibel meter, so police can monitor complaints. Someone found in…
NEW AT THE HALL OF FAME ‘Shoebox Treasures’ Tells You Everything About Baseball Cards By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to SUMMER DREAMS COOPERSTOWN – In looking through the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 200,000 baseball cards, curator John Odell happened upon his childhood favorite. “I had a 1968 card for Cookie Rojas, who played second base for the Phillies,” he said. “He wore glasses and his name was ‘Cookie’ – I thought that was the funniest thing in the world. All…
IN MEMORIAM: Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Nelson, Oneontan Was East Meredith Postmistress ONEONTA – Veronica A. Nelson, 91, Oneonta native and former East Meredith postmistress, passed away May 26, 2019 at her home. She was born Oct. 21, 1927 in Oneonta, the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Deambrosine) Pizza. Ronnie graduated from Charlotte Valley Central School and also from Albany Business College. She was employed with Earl Roberts Insurance Agency, Pizza Brother’s Mill, and retired from the East Meredith United States Postal…
Speaking Of Sports OHS Tennis Star Catan Heads To State Tourney ONEONTA – Tennis is far from over for sophomore Chris Catan, Oneonta’s ace player. He qualified for the State Tournament, which begins Thursday, May 30 at USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens. He is the STAC and Section IV champion. Golf also has a qualifier for the State Tournament in Oneonta’s Evan Sitts. The senior, who is heading to York College (PA) to play golf…
IN MEMORIAM: Richard S. Westcott, 75; NYSEG Lineman Active In Community Life LAURENS – Richard S. Westcott, 75, a 35-year NYSEG lineman who was active in Laurens community life, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2019 at Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin. Richard was born in Little Rock, Ark., to Sylvester M. and Luella A. (Towsley) Westcott. He worked for Sampson Floors for seven years, and as a SUNY engineer before joining NYSEG.…
IN MEMORIAM: John L. Tophoven, 48; Houston-Based Construction Manager WEST EDMESTON – John LeGrand Tophoven, 48, formerly of West Edmeston, a project manager for a Houston, Texas, construction company, passed away unexpectedly on Monday May 20, 2019 in Houston. John was born on Dec. 7, 1970, in Utica, the son of Anthony and Ida Mae Sweet Tophoven. John graduated with the Edmeston Central School, Class of 1989, and in 1993 from Utica College with a B.S. in Business and Marketing.…
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BOUND VOLUMES May 23, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement – New School. The subscriber gives notice that he has opened a Private School, at his dwelling house in Fair Street, where he will devote his time, and use every exertion in his power to facilitate the improvement of the pupils entrusted to his care – whilst strict attention shall be paid to their manners and morals. His number will be select and limited. The advantages of such a school every…