As a nine-year Navy vet with a brother and father who were in the Navy for 30 and 40 years, respectively, I say bravo to the village trustees for their decision not to modify the zoning law to allow veteran banners.…
As a nine-year Navy vet with a brother and father who were in the Navy for 30 and 40 years, respectively, I say bravo to the village trustees for their decision not to modify the zoning law to allow veteran banners.…
Nine Otsego County rowers competed in the Mohawk Fall Classic Regatta, held on Sunday, September 29 on the Mohawk River in Scotia. There were 213 entries from 27 clubs, most of which are New York-based, including our own Otsego Area Rowing.…
Iron String Press reached out to Otsego County leaders and readers for their thoughts on Saturday’s shooting and repercussions to the nation and to society moving forward. Here is what those who responded had to say:…
According to Farmer, the original master plan for the 22-acre parcel along Otsego Lake was developed in 2011 and approved in 2015, at which time OLT received a Special Permit to operate Brookwood Point as a recreational facility with no further conditions from the Town of Otsego.…
No one likes change. But this change is well within the permit’s recreational use parameters. I submit that we are extremely fortunate that a charitable organization stepped up to acquire and maintain Brookwood Point.…
Letter from Lang Keith ‘Nirvana’ Use Should Not Be an Issue When I saw the front page of this week’s Freeman’s Journal I immediately checked my calendar, thinking I had somehow missed a couple of months and this was the April Fool’s issue. But no, it’s the January 26th issue, and the article about Ommegang was not a spoof of the omnipresent swath of American citizens who seem to spend their days seeking new ways to be offended. Thank goodness…
Otsego Area Rowing to compete in two regional events BY TED POTRIKUS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Four members of Otsego Area Rowing (OAR) will go to Boston, Massachusetts this weekend to race in the world’s biggest two-day rowing event, the Head of the Charles Regatta. Lang Keith, Laura Kilty, Joe Novitski, and OAR founder and coach Andrea Thies, a two-time Olympian, compete with international rowers in mixed-double and single-rower events taking place on the city’s famed Charles River. One week later,…
Oneonta’s Kim Elting, Daughter Row To Win At ‘Head Of Charles’ By CHIP NORTHRUP • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Despite wind and rain, rowers from Cooperstown and Oneonta competed with rowers from all over the world in the three-mile “Head of the Charles” race over the weekend in Cambridge, Mass. They included:…