LETTER From STRASBOURG Day Begins With Baguette And Ends With A Bon Nuit Tuesday the 17th of March, a bright blue sky unlike the past two weeks is hovering over northern France, making the idea of a confinement even more difficult to understand. The world is continuing to breathe while its people are infected. The new virus, COVID-19, has taken more than 20,000 lives in France. The country’s president, Emanuel Macron, announced Monday night, that the country will have to…
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Expanded Cooperstown Distillery Setting Sights on ‘Legacy’ Level By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN –The rickhouse, where fine whiskey is aged, is bright, high-ceilinged, and there’s 7,000 square feet of it. And the 550 barrels of aged whiskey it stores today – en route to 1,500 – will allow Cooperstown Distillery’s brands to compete with the best whiskeys in the world, proprietor Gene Marra will tell you. “This elevates us to the status of the Big Boys,” said…
Buyers Fleeing New York But Homes For Sale Scarce By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The real-estate market in Margaretville and Andes, in southern Delaware County, are “on fire right now,” said Michele Stoeger, executive officer, Otsego-Delaware Board of Realtors. “Everyone’s working for downstate people.” And the flames are lapping into southern Otsego County, said veteran realtor Joan Fox. “I haven’t seen demand like this – ever. “We have agents in four counties – Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie and Chenango,”…
LETTER from LEWIS HAMILTON Did New York State Really Do Better Than Texas? To the Editor, Chip Northrup’s recent letter condemning the efforts of Texans while praising those of New Yorkers was strong on opinion but weak on data. From my Google search on May 30: • New York (state population, about 20 million), 203,000 cases, 23,282 deaths; Otsego County (population, 59,249); 67 cases, four deaths. • Texas (state population, about 29 million), 62,338 cases, 1,648 deaths; Kerr County (population…
BOUND VOLUMES June 5, 2020 205 YEARS AGO At the late Court of Oyer & Terminer, held in this county by His Honor Judge Spencer, Samuel McCollom was convicted of stealing a pocket-book from a Mr. Henry of Cherry Valley, and sentenced to four years imprisonment at hard labor in the State Prison. Intemperance, the father of much mischief and wickedness, seems to have led this man to his present disgraceful situation. It appeared from his own acknowledgement to one…
Horned Dorset’s Acclaimed Cuisine Delivered Locally By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Hot cheese dip, baked polenta, a rack of lamb and a chocolate bombe…the only thing the Horned Dorset can’t provide with to-go dinners is live jazz. “It would be hard to have a live band with social distancing!” said Chef Aaron Wratten. Reacting to COVID-10 stringencies, the French fine-dining establishment – famed for many miles around – has begun offering pick-up dinners, with weekly dropoffs in Cooperstown,…
IN MEMORIAM Joan Kammerer Toorey, 95; Summered On Goodyear Lake ONEONTA – Joan Kammerer Torrey, 95, who arrived in Oneonta by train & returned every summer, passed away at home in Clearwater, Fla., on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. She was born in the Bronx, the daughter of Andrew and Mary (McKinney) Kammerer. She graduated from Haverstraw High School. After high school, she came to Oneonta on a train, arriving at what is now The Depot Restaurant. While attending Oneonta State…
IN APPRECIATION George Floyd, 46, From Fellow Texan By CHIP NORTHRUP • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com George Floyd was a big, happy-go-lucky Texan. He had a daughter named Gianna and was a member of a Bible study class. I grew up in Texas with good hard working men like George, including members of his extended family. Otis Floyd, Sr. was our handyman. His sons Otis, Jr., Michael and Clifford were our moving men. His wife, Hazel Gay Floyd helped raise our…
‘Justice For Floyd’ Rally Planned in Cooperstown By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Following the outpouring of support at the Oneonta “Justice for George Floyd” rally, a second such protest has been scheduled for Cooperstown at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 7 in front of the Otsego County Courthouse. “I was approached by my friend Maria Noto to help organize the protest,” said Village Trustee MacGuire Benton, who was at Sunday’s protest. “And I never say no to…
Charges Dropped After Six Months Good Behavior Muehl: C-V Agent Must Pay Back Model COOPERSTOWN – Victoria Pressley, the Cherry Valley modeling agent who was charged with fraud after a model claimed Pressly never booked any of the promised shoots, has agreed to pay back the $4,300 fee she charged a client, according to District Attorney John Muehl. “It was an interesting case,” he said. “But with the courts not yet open, I had to triage it.”…
