35 DISCUSS DISTRIBUTION CENTER Oberacker: Already, Companies Knocking On Schenevus’ Door By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Since the news broke on AllOTSEGO.com Thursday, Jan. 26, companies seeking distribution-center sites have already begun calling county Rep. Peter Oberacker to express interest, he told the 35 people who packed the Maryland Town Board’s meeting room this evening. “We’ve been contacted,” said Oberacker, the Republican who represents the towns of Maryland, Worcester, Westford and Decatur. “Nobody’s committed, but we’ve…
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Vietnam ‘Wall That Heals’ Coming To Neahwa Park ONEONTA – Two years after Gene Schmidt raised the funds and installed a monument to Oneonta high school students who died in the Vietnam War, he’s bringing the “Wall That Heals” back to Otsego County. “Last year, Princeton had 10,000 people come to the Wall,” he said during the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting earlier tonight. “With everything we have going on Memorial Day, I’m sure that number will be eclipsed here.”…
IN MEMORIAM: DeEtte Houck Pratt, 95; Toddsville Native Survived By 4 Children Toddsville native DeEtte Houck Pratt, 95, passed away Jan. 24, 2017, at Hartville Care Center, Hartville, Mo., after a short illness. She was born Nov. 22, 1921, in Toddsville, the daughter of Lee and Winifred Aylesworth Houck, and graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1940. She was the wife of 65 years to Benjamin F. Pratt Jr.…
Heroin, Cash Seized On Spruce Street ONEONTA – An Oneonta man was arrested following an investigation into the ongoing sale of heroin in the city, according to police reports. Chauncey S. Couse, 48, was arrested after Oneonta Police served a search warrant at his residency at 84 Spruce St. During a search, a quantity of heroin and cash were allegedly found by police, and Couse was charged with Class B Felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the third…
IN MEMORIAM: Anna McCulley, 87; Worked In Oneonta Dress Factories DAVENPORT – Anna N. McCulley, 87, of Davenport, who worked in Oneonta clothing factories, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, Feb. 4, 2017, at Robinson Terrace Nursing Home, Stamford. Born on Feb. 2, 1930, in Cairo, Greene County, Anna was the daughter of the late Leslie and Hattie (Matthews) McLain. She married the late John G. “Jack” McCulley on Sept. 21, 1947, a union that lasted for nearly 61 years until…
Perfect Day For Ice Harvest At Hanford Mills Museum The Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith may have drawn a record crowd to today’s annual Ice Harvest. Visitors to the mill could cut and haul ice, sample soups and drinks from the area, ice fish and take a sleigh ride courtesy of Seth Finch and his two Pecherons, Roxy and Cheyenne, above. At right, Juliana Patterson and her brothers Nathan and Adrian Johnson help haul a sled of ice blocks…
Enjoy Final Evening Of Fun At 50th Cooperstown Carnival 4-9 p.m. – Fire & Ice Bar, The Otesaga 5 p.m. – Carnival Closer, Cooperstown Farmers’ Market 5:30-9 p.m. – Hawkeye Special, The Otesaga 7-9 p.m. – Paint ‘n’ Sip, Pail Shop Winery, Fly Creek 7:30 p.m. – Annie & The Hedonists, Cooperstown Concert Series, The Otesaga 8 p.m. – 2017 Lip Sync Battle & Flux Capacitor, Cooperstown Farmers’ Market SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!…
50th WINTER CARNIVAL • WEEKEND II Steaming Hots Wings At Farmers’ Market If you hustle down to the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market – right now! – you still may help judge the best chicken wings in Baseball’s Mecca. The competition, a perennial hit at the Cooperstown Winter Carnival, which winds up today, continues until 4:30 p.m. Serving the wings are, from left, Josh McMahon, Georgia Hren-Saphier, Claire Kepner, John Saphier and Shirley Tyler. In right photo, Parker Davidson, 7 months, on…
50th WINTER CARNIVAL • WEEKEND II Registration Doubles At Fatty Bumppo Race The second annual Fatty Bumppo Fat Tire Race doubled the registration over 2016, according to The Clark Sports Center’s Doug McCoy. Above, Dennis Savoie of Cooperstown, left – with camera mounted to his helmet – was among the local participants in the 10K event. There was also a 5K event this morning at the second running of one of the Cooperstown Winter Carnival’s newest events. In right photo,…
IN MEMORIAM: Seth Elfenbein, 61; ‘Ambassador’ In Senior Community ONEONTA – Seth Samuel Elfenbein, 61, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, after a brief illness. Born and raised in Oneonta, the son of the late Josef and Esther Elfenbein, Seth had moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., a few years ago to be closer to his late sister, Saralouise Reis, and enjoyed many good friendships at Schenley Gardens, his senior living community.…
