OMG! Retired Maritime Lawyer Steers Cooperstown Diner By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Caspar Ewig met his wife, Patricia, in 1973, she had a condition for going steady with her. “She told me that if we started dating, Cooperstown was in my future,” he said. “She spent every summer up here, taking horseback riding lessons from the Moffats and staying with her aunt on Pioneer Street.” Now, 47 years later, he’s fulfilled that edict, taking over…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 28-29, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Sidewalk Sales All Summer In Cooperstown Imagine Dining Out In Middle of Main Street Auction Barn Exempt From Cuomo Order Numbers Show Oneonta DMV Had To Go Awaiting Sellers Market, Realtors Go Tech Andrew M. Blum; Many With Many Friends CCS To Name Principal For Lower Grades AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 ‘Chateau de Weeds’ Certified Wildlife Habitat Retired Lawyer To Run Cooperstown Diner Baseball Movies,…
CHECK BENSON’S DETAILED PHOTO TOURS Awaiting Seller’s Market, Realtors Use Technology Want A House? Take A Virtual Tour By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If lockdown has you feeling like the walls are closing in, you can look for a new house – without ever leaving yours. “The only way we can show homes is by doing it virtually,” said Betsy Shultis, Benson Realty. “We go into the house and give a tour either through Zoom or Facetime.”…
LIFE IN TIME OF COVID-19 Social Distancing Works – Do It! By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com One and one-half weeks ago Otsego County, as part of the Mohawk Valley Region, was allowed to begin reopening following almost two months of lockdown to try and prevent the spread and decrease the incidence of COVID-19. Reopening is something desired by pretty much everyone. As long as all reasonable measures would be taken to prevent further spread and it is reasonable,…
LETTER from JOHN RUDY 5 Traffic Signals Doing Job Of One To the Editor: Until now, Cooperstown could be characterized as a quaint little village with one traffic light. That one light, on Main and Chestnut, has multiplied into five: one one each corner and one suspended above the middle of the intersection. Is this someone’s idea of a joke? Or just a case of Buy 4 Get 1 Free? JOHN A. RUDY Cooperstown…
After County Resolution, CSEA Changes Its Mind On Benefits To Laid-Off…
FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE Off To Civitan Convention, Lad Sailed On Packet Line By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Fifteen years old. Never away from home overnight without my parents. And yet, wonderful! Sprung loose for two days on my own – with the night in between to be spent on a 250-mile trip on a steam packet, traveling down Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore, Md., to Norfolk, Va. I owe that dazzling adventure to the Annapolis Civitan Club, which had…
CCS Ready To Name Elementary Principal COOPERSTOWN – The CCS school board was hoping to name an elementary school principal this week. Anne Mecciarello, the former principal, will be promoted to high school principal June 1, and the appointee will be her successor. As soon as the new principal is announced, the news will be posted on www.AllOTSEGO.com…
OUTDOOR DINING ENCOURAGED, TOO Sidewalk Sales OK’d All Summer In Village By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It may not feel like a “special event,” but this summer, Cooperstown is going to celebrate – with a sale. “By establishing a ‘special event,’ we can allow for sidewalk vending in certain locations,” said Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk told her Village Board colleagues Tuesday, May 26. “A lot of our shops are in smaller spaces, so it may be advantageous…
Interpretative Signage Unveiled At Doubleday…
