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SCHOLARS GATHER AT FMCC Clinton’s Dam, Expedition Against Iroquois Explored William A. Starna, above, SUNY Oneonta professor emeritus of anthropology, describes a schematic of what Clinton’s Dam might have looked like. It was built across the Susquehanna River in Cooperstown, probably in the vicinity of today’s Main Street bridge, during the summer of 1779 and breached on that Aug. 8; the resulting torrent floated 200 bateaux down the Susquehanna in Gen. James Clinton’s expedition against the Iroquois during the American…
Council Asked To OK Bike Lanes On Both Sides Of East Main Street ONEONTA – When it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Common Council will consider establishing restricted bicycle lanes on both sides of Main Street on the city’s East End. According to a resolution in the agenda released this afternoon, the Council members will consider eliminating parking from 2 to 6 a.m. to accomplish this.…
LISTEN TO EDITOR’S REPORT ON WAMC VOTE IS WEDNESDAY ON COUNTY MANAGER Debate Focus: Cost Vs. Benefit By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Representatives voted in 1993 to create a county manager position. The result was a 7-7 tie, but the weighted voting system blocked the move. A quarter-century plus a year later, a resolution is again headed to the county board, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, and with at least two Republicans,…
Rain Plays Tricks, But Doesn’t Deter Treaters Erratic rain throughout the evening led to the cancellation of Oneonta’s annual Halloween parade, but all manner of ghouls and ghosts made their treat-seeking rounds at local homes and businesses this afternoon and evening. Above, Devin El, Leilani El and Ziyen Giles passed City Hall on their treat-hunting mission, with Lizzette Hopkins and Edward Giles, Maryland, in tow. Inset at right, Oneonta’s Jessica and Paul Benzaleski arrive downtown with their children Adalia and…
Oneonta Parade Cancelled; But Cooperstown’s Goes On, Although CCS Band Pulls Out Anticipating heavy rain by the 7:30 start time, the City of Oneonta has cancelled this evening’s Halloween Parade on Main Street, although trick or treating will continue as planned, 3:30-6 p.m. The Village of Cooperstown’s parade, which begins earlier – before predicted rain, will start as planned at 5 p.m. from Cooper Park, next to the Baseball Hall of Fame, although the Cooperstown Central School marching band has…
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SUNY Chorus Brings World’s Music Here Choir Director Tim Newton Develops Unusual Approach By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Tim Newton, music is a way to travel the world without paying for a plane ticket. One minute, his SUNY Oneonta students are in Ghana, singing about the walk to Soweto. Another, they’re in Bali, singing a song that calls to the winds. “It needs to sound authentic,” he encourages the 60 person choir at a break in…
A SECRET REVEALED ‘Love Unknown’ Explores Traumatized Poet’s Struggle By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Tom Travisano is the top expert on Elizabeth Bishop, ever since falling in love with her work while taking a Contemporary Poetry course at the University of Virginia in 1975. “She was the poet who really jumped out to me,” he remembers. Several of his nine books dealt with her, from “Midcentury Quartet” (1999), exploring Bishop along with Robert Lowell, Randall Jarrell…
VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Democrats Keep Placing Blame On The Other Guy By MIKE ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If you’ve been following the governor’s response to the inability of folks on Long Island or Westchester County to acquire natural gas from Con Ed or National Grid to heat their homes, you must be flabbergasted by the newest twist of events. The governor is now blaming the Public Service Commission and the DEC, two agencies he controls, for the energy…
