Patrons Past, Present, Flock To ‘New’ Nick’s Diner Open 2 Days to Packed Houses By JENNIFER HILL • Special to AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A legend has been reborn – and it’s packed. After four years of renovating and rebuilding, Nick’s Diner opened at 6 a.m. last Thursday with little publicity. But word of the diner, beloved from its founding in 1927 to when it closed in 2013 – and sorely missed after it that – spread quickly. “By 7:30 to…
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2019 COOPERSTOWN WINTER CARNIVAL Soup R’ Chili Served ’til 2 As Festive Weekend Starts As it has for more than a quarter-century, the Cooperstown Winter Carnival begins when Dick Sliter declares, “Soup’s on!” The carnival’s traditional first event, the Soup R’ Chili luncheon at the First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St., is underway until 2 p.m. (and again 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday). Sliter, a retired pastor who came out of retirement in the past year to fill in at the…
IN MEMORIAM Harold Ray, 75; Honored For Overcoming Life’s Obstacles ONEONTA – Harold Ray, formerly of Oneonta, the inaugural recipient of The Arc Otsego’s Reach for the Stars Award in 2016, formerly of Oneonta, passed away on Jan. 26, 2019, at his nephew’s home in Oxford. The award honored Harold – known to many as a dapper gentleman, always dressed in his suit and tie – for overcoming obstacles in his life and continuing to strive to help others.…
Study D&H Yards More, Citizens Ask ONEONTA – Environmental advocates criticized the Generic Environmental Statement (GEIS) for the D&H yards detailed by Delaware Engineering at Oneonta Common Council on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Complaints were the GEIS failed to sufficiently consider renewable-energy options and failed to show how a gas decompressor proposed for the Town of Oneonta might fit into the city project. Full story appears on www.AllOTSEGO.com.…
Winter Carnival Brings Comedy, Dancing,Treats Beat the winter blues with the annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival! Get the blood pumping at the Bob Smullins 5K/10K race, show off your trivia skills, dance the night away with Flux Capacitor and front your own imaginary band in the lip-synch contest. Friday-Sunday Feb.8-10, Main Street, Cooperstown. Info www.CooperstownWinterCarnival.com • On Friday, get some Brooks Chicken to help the Susquehanna SPCA. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, Parish Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.…
HAULIN’ ICE AT HANFORD MILLS HARVEST WHELIHAN LAUDED: Lee Whelihan, Cherry Valley, was named to the Dean’s List at the College of Saint Rose for the Fall 2018 semester. TWO ON LIST: Ian and Teagen Bolin, Edmeston, were both named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio.…
Leland C. Smith, 96; Retired Bassett Employee COOPERSTOWN – Leland C. Smith, 96, a World War II veteran who spent his career in Bassett Hospital’s business office, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at Promenade Assisted Living in Chestnut Ridge, Rockland County. Leland was born on Feb. 5, 1922, in Cooperstown, to Ethel and Charles Smith. He died less than a week before his 97th birthday. A Marine, he was a member of the “Greatest…
Betty L. Dean, 83; Librarian at SUNY Oneonta ONEONTA – Betty L. Dean, 83, a librarian at SUNY Oneonta for a decade, passed away, Saturday, February 2, 2019 in Ballston Spa, where she was living. She was born April 11, 1935, the daughter of the late Harry and Mildred (Butler) Shaw. After high school, Betty went to work at the Mirror Recorder in Stamford. She then transferred to the Times Journal in Cobleskill, where she worked as a bookkeeper.…
BOUND VOLUMES – Feb. 8, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Proclamation by DeWitt Clinton, Governor of the State of New York – Whereas, by an inquisition taken before one of the coroners of the city and county of Albany, a certain James Gould, is charged with the murder of Sally Hawkins – and whereas the said James Gould has fled from justice – Now therefore, I do offer a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars, for the apprehension and…
HOMETOWN History 150 Years Ago Oneonta Business – A.C. Moody and E.M. Vosburgh have formed a co-partnership in the stove, tin, hardware and glass-ware business. They will remove April 1 to the building now occupied by Peck and Coats. They will buy hides, pelts, dekin and veal skins, rags, metals, scrap iron, old newspapers, old books and all other kinds of paper stock – in fact everything in the way of barter that a tin peddler can carry on his…