HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Ice Harvest Fest At Mills ICE HARVEST – 10 – 3 p.m. Participate in traditional ice harvest. Includes ice carving, ice fishing, horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowman village, hot soup buffet, food truck, blacksmithing, cooking demonstration, exhibits by local businesses, farmers. Cost, $9/adult. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Co. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. 607-278-5744 or visit www.hanfordmills.org/programs/events/ice-harvest/…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 Winter Fest At Gilbert Lake State Park WINTERFEST – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Beat cabin fever with fun activities from snowshoeing to skiing, sledding, camping demonstrations, more. Gilbert Lake State Park, 18 CCC Rd., Laurens. Visit www.fivestarcars.com/cabin-fever-winter-fest.htm…
WHEN IN COOPERSTOWN & CITY OF THE HILLS Plot Undone To Set Bomb In Islamberg Four young men in the Rochester suburb of Greece were arrested this week after police learned that they were allegedly planning to bomb Islamberg, the small Muslim community in…
4 Men Arrested In Bombing Plot Against Islamberg A group of high school students at Odyssey Academy in Greece, near Rochester, tipped off police that one of their classmates was allegedly part of a plot to bomb Islamberg, the small Muslim community in Delaware County. Officers with the Greece Police Department Saturday arrested Brian F. Colaneri, 20, and Vincent Vetromile, 19, both of Greece, and Andrew C. Crysel, 18, of East Rochester, as well as a 16-year-old student at Odyssey…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Sing A Song Of Broadway BEFORE TRAVELING CHECK FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THEATER CONCERT – 7 p.m. Sing A Song of Broadway presents “Wishes, Lies, & Dreams” featuring music from My Fair Lady, Seussical, Les Miserable, 1776, Into The Woods, many more. Don’t miss one night only show. Admission, $18/adult. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-4102 or visit firstumc-oneonta.org…
SIGN UP FOR ‘OUTAGE ALERTS’ NYSEG Team On Alert To Tackle Storm Harper ONEONTA – NYSEG’s Oneonta Division, which includes all of Otsego County, is one of five divisions the utility is monitoring closely with Storm Harper’s “significant snowfall and a wintry mix of precipitation” predicted to begin by 1 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday). “Snow accumulation could bring tree limbs into contact with power lines or make for hazardous travel conditions,” NYSEG said in a press release. The other divisions extend…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 Met Presents ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’ OPERA – 12:55 p.m. Live streaming “Adriana Lecouvreur” by Cilea. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org BOOK COLLECTION – 10 a.m. – Noon. Clean out your spare books, donate to Village library for Winter Book Sale to be held Winter Carnival Weekend. Enter through Fair St. entrance by police station. Cooperstown Village Library. 607-547-8344 or visit libraries.4cls.org/cooperstown/2019/01/02/fovl-winter-book-collection-saturday-january-12-10am-noon/…
Henry Quackenbush, 82; After Retiring, Enjoyed Family Camp On Afton Lake ONEONTA – Henry L. Quackenbush, Jr., a New York Telephone employee who enjoyed retirement at his Afton Lake camp, passed away at home on Dec. 30, 2018. He was born Oct. 5, 1936, in Oneonta, the son of Henry and Eloise (Congdon) Quackenbush. Hank was a graduate of Oneonta High School, Class of 1955. He married Carolyn Bossio on Aug. 16, 1959, at St. Mary’s Church in Oneonta. He retired…
Earl N. Buffett, 94; Trooper Headed Clark Family Security COOPERSTOWN – Earl Nathaniel Buffett, Jr., 93, a retired state trooper and former head of security for the Clark family interests,passed away, Jan. 1, 2019, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. A native of Long Island himself, he was born May 9, 1925, in Huntington, a son of Earl Nathaniel and Estelle May Conklin-Buffett. After graduating from high school, Buffett enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March…
IN MEMORIAM: Chester ‘Skip’ Collins Jr. 73; Bus Mechanic At Richfield, Mount Markham RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Chester “Skip” Collins, Jr., 73, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 at his home. He was born on July 27, 1945, in Cooperstown, son of Phyllis (Walrath) Collins of Springfield, and the late Chester M. Collins, Sr. A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of Owen D. Young High School, Class of 1963. On March 18, 1965, he married the former Mary Alice “Mikki”…