Thrift, But So Much More Source Of Gucci Bags, Lladro Figurines, To Reopen In New Site By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Is “thrift shop” the right term? For instance, Lladro porcelain art figurines, imported from Spain since 1953 for adoring U.S. fans, can bring several hundred dollars, according to Sara Lucas, manager of SQSPCA’s “New Leash On Life” Thrift Shop. For a relative song, you can pick up almost mint Gucci and Coach handbags – and Jimmy Choo’s,…
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CONSTRUCTION MAY BE COMPLETE BY MAY National Pioneer Tours State-Of-Art Shelter By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Stacie Haynes joined the Susquehanna Animal Shelter as executive director in 2015, she discovered one of the dogs had been in its kennel for more than 400 days. Today, shelter stays are typically 14-21 days, she reports.…
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Tickled Pig Barbecue Building Headquarters Construction Underway On Route 28 You may have noticed construction underway in Hartwick Seminary across Route 28 from Cooperstown Commons. It’s the new headquarters of Tickled Pink Barbecue, operated by Chris Doucas, Town of Hartwick. Son Lucas Doucas, inset right, was at work this afternoon, along with Lucas LaRusso, who’s helping with the construction. A Tickled Pink store is planned on the site, featuring smoked cheese and other delicacies. Started in that pink school bus…
IN MEMORIAM Joyce S. Jones, 87 Oct. 22, 1932-May 19, 2020 HARTWICK SEMINARY – Joyce S. Jones, a long-time resident of Hartwick Seminary and a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, passed away with family by her side Tuesday afternoon, May 19, 2020, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. She was also an accomplished seamstress and upholsterer, and had a special love for Otsego Lake, often reminding her family, “Aren’t you glad I moved to Cooperstown; there is not a more beautiful…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner To Go ST. PATRICKS DINNER – 4 – 7 p.m. Enjoy Corned Beef & Cabbage dinner, performance by Irish Step Dancers hosted by The Knights of Columbus. Take-out encouraged. Free, Donations accepted. St. Mary’s Parish Center, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. 607-437-4626 or e-mail andreaskruger68@gmail.com SHAMROCK SWING – POSTPONED…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Holiday Market In Heated Green House ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how. HOLIDAY MARKET – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Find holiday gifts from 50+ vendors selling textiles, herbal products, jewelry, wreaths, more in heated greenhouse. Includes food/wine tasting, hot apple cider donuts, pies more. Sunnycrest Orchards, 7869 St. Rt. 10, Sharon Springs. 518-284-2256 or visit www.sunnycrestorchards.com…
SUMMER DREAMS Hartwick Family’s Blueberry Picking Now In 44th Year By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK SEMINARY – David Ingalls knows the cure for whatever might trouble you: “I get a lot of doctors here from Bassett, and I want to tell them they should write prescriptions for people to come and pick blueberries!” Ingalls owns Ingalls Blueberry Hill on Seminary Road, the only certified organic U-Pick in Otsego County. “That makes all the difference,” he said. “It’s…
Haynes, Haddad Back From Beirut 13 Dogs Rescued, In Foster Homes, Resting At SSPCA Just arrived from a Beirut rescue, Bethoven affectionately licks foster dad Ian Laschell’s face a few minutes ago, as he and wife Wendy prepare to take their new pet home to Oneonta from the Susquehanna SPCA shelter in Hartwick Seminary. They are truly doing a wonderful thing, and it’s something that so many dogs apprecaite. Not many of these dogs have the love and attention that…
Editorial for November 23, 2018 CONTRIBUTE NOW, DOUBLE YOUR INVESTMENT Let’s Give Back To Ensure SPCA Keeps Serving Us When the Susquehanna SPCA learned last February it had won $500,000 from Governor Cuomo’s Companion Animal Capital Fund, Executive Director Stacie Haynes sought bids to upgrade the aging shelter in Hartwick Seminary. To a person, all of the prospective contractors said: Don’t spend a half-million on this building, Haynes related the other day in an interview leading up to the announcement…