2-DAY ENCAMPMENT CONTINUES Civil War Memories Evoked At Hyde Hall With stunning Otsego Lake as a backdrop, the 77th Regimental Balladeers perform “Battle Hymn of the Republican” on Hyde Hall’s front lawn during the National Historic Landmark’s first Civil War Weekend. At right, members of New York’s 125th Regiment reenactors – clockwise from front, Jacob Manley of Hartwick, Dave Houghton of Colonie, John Orlop of Esperance, Richard Manley, Jacob’s dad, and Bob Peterson, Clifton Park. Sunday, the reenactors will be…
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Hopsego Features Beer Samples, Music, Demonstrations, Kid Fun Wyatt Crowley from the Red Shed, Cherry Valley, top photo, pours a sample of the craft brewery’s offerings for Debbie Quick and Ray Kelly, both of Milford, this afternoon at The Farmers’ Museum first Hopsego Festival, celebrating the revival of Otsego County’s signature crop and related beer making in recent years. At left, Linda Patterson of East Greenbush sports a hops corsage, the outcome of hops-related crafts pursued today at the Cooperstown…
Art By Lake Event Attracts Painters, Fans To Fenimore TheTheThe littlest fan may have been Benedict Montecalvo, 10 months, at today’s Art By The Lake juried show on the back lawn of The Fenimore Art Museum, as mom Cali Riese of West Oneonta perambulates him past a depiction of the Glimmerglass Queen. At right, a mom-daughter combination, Barb and Ellen Pope, man the Otsego 2000 food booth. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
COOPERSTOWN ECUMENICAL VIGIL Charlottesville Tells Us, Resist Evil, Pastors Say The Revs. Tom LeBeau (United Methodist), foreground, and Joe Perdue (First Baptist) help Linda Kosmer, right, and others of the 50-some attendees light candles at a noontime vigil called today in Cooperstown in the wake of yesterday’s fatal confrontation in Charlottesville, Va. Pastor Perdue, who hosted the gathering on his church’s front lawn on Elm Street, said, “I was horrified, but not surprised. It’s 2017, and there are Nazis on…
11-Year-Old’s Murder Has County Reeling…
OTSEGO 2000 PRESERVATION AWARDS Beekman Boys, Christ Church, Village Hall Among Honorees SPRINGFIELD CENTER – For its ongoing restoration of 22 Main, the Village of Cooperstown was among honorees at Otsego 2000’s annual Historic Preservation Awards presentation and reception yesterday evening at the renovated Chapin Chapel here. Accepting the honor on the village’s behalf were Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustees Jim Dean and Cindy Falk.…
IN MEMORIAM: Nicholas Kelly, 64; Lineman With Otsego Electric Coop SCHUYLER LAKE – Nicholas Charles Kelly, 64, for 17 years a lineman with Otsego Electric Cooperative, died Monday afternoon, July 31, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Nick was born Jan. 30, 1953, at Bassett Hospital, first born and only son of Charles W. and Dorothy P. (Oblak) Kelly. Nick grew up on the family farm where he worked alongside his father and grandfather “JW”. He graduated…
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County Looks At Alternatives When Transfer Station Closed COOPERSTOWN – Since a prospective six-week closing of the Northern Otsego Transfer Station was only made public a couple of days ago, only Fly Creek contractor and landlord in “the magnetic field” of 70 John Phillips was on hand to complain about the inconvenience. But county Planning Director Karen Sullivan must have sensed trouble in the wind, as she reported she is already exploring temporary alternatives to the trash-dumping hub just north…
Frazier Revives Debate Over Collins-Faso Idea He Says Medicaid Mandate Unique To NY, Unfair To Poorer Counties By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After last month’s gallery of objections to Otsego County supporting the controversial Collins-Faso Amendment, it looked like the idea was dead. Today, county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, brought it back to life. As the county board’s monthly meeting neared an end, the vice chair stood and distributed a sheet of numbers to his colleagues,…
