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HE PROVIDES 3 MONTHS’ NOTICE Matt Hazzard Resigns As Chamber Executive COOPERSTOWN – Matt Hazzard, Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce executive director for almost five years, today announced he is resigning to concentrate on his family business, Leatherstocking Trolley Co., effective in April. The three-month notice “will allow the board to do a full search for a new executive director,” he wrote in an email to members. “In the meantime, the chamber will continue to operate in the best interests of…
HARPER’S ICY AFTERMATH Wind Chill May Dip To 30-Below Bundled up against single-digit temperatures, David Lamb, above, snowblows his mom Celia’s driveway on Linden Avenue, Cooperstown, as dusk neared this afternoon. While clearing roads was done for the day, Otsego Town Highway Supt. Bill Hribar Sr. said, “We’re going to have wind tonight and will start plowing again in the morning.” Though Winter Storm Harper didn’t deliver the 20-30 inches of snow the county expected, the National Weather Service is…
Pat’s Storm Scrapbook Storm Harper Snow Over; Watch Wind Chill AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown reporter Pat Wager took a break from snow-shoveling this morning to snap photos in his route 28 neighborhood. Above, Route 28 was pretty clear, but traffic was light as cautious drivers opted to stay home. At right, almost not, but birds in Pat’s vicinity could still make their way to his birdfeeders. A few snow flakes are falling on Cooperstown at this hour, but it looks like the…
Oneonta MLK Day Activity Is Postponed Until Feb. 3 ONEONTA – Citing Winter Storm Harper, the Oneonta Branch of the NAACP has postponed today’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration until next Sunday, Feb. 3. The service will be held from 2-4 p.m. at Temple Beth El Synagogue, 83 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day service at the First Presbyterian Church in Cooperstown is still scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21.…
Winter Storm Harper Arrives in Otsego County Editor’s Note: Libby Cudmore, Jennifer Hill, Jim Kevlin and Pat Wager contributed to this article. Everyone is ready for Winter Storm Harper. “Whatever it decides to do and whenever it decides to come, we will be ready for it,” said Rich Brimmer, Otsego County deputy highway superintendent. “We spent the day yesterday making sure all the plows are ready to go and all the snowplow operators are on stand-by.” Brimmer says the county…
Sheriff Issues Warning: Stay Off Roads Tonight COOPERSTOWN – With Winter Storm Harper expected to bring snow to Otsego County tonight, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. has issued a “No Unnecessary Travel Advisory” for the county, effective 6 p.m. tonight until 6 p.m. Sunday night. Roads are not closed at this time, but hazardous driving conditions are likely to exist, including poor visibility, slippery roads, blowing and/or drifting snow. Devlin said that the advisory could be upgraded as the storm…
Local Contingent Joins Women’s March in D.C. Ellen Phillips, a member of Butternuts Valley Indivisible, holds up a sign calling out Vice President Mike Pence’s treatment of the LGBTQ community as the Women’s March 2019 gets underway in Washington D.C. this morning. At right, Everett and Tom Pondolfino pause on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with their sign, encouraging Congress and President Trump to end the partial government shutdown that has lasted 25 days. Members of Butternuts Valley Indivisible…
IN MEMORIAM: Doris Johnson, 96; Moved Here To Live Near Daughter COOPERSTOWN – Doris Buchanan Johnson, 96, passed away peacefully late Thursday afternoon, Jan. 3, 2019, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. Formerly of Madison, N.J., and later Liverpool, she had moved to Cooperstown last year to be near her daughter, Judy Green and family, and had resided at Woodside Hall. Doris was a school secretary for many years followed by secretarial work for the Board of…
