HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 11 Learn About Otsego County History With The History Association HISTORY MEETING—6:30 p.m. Join the Otsego County Historical Association each 2nd Thursday of the month for lively discussions and presentations on local history. This month features author and historian Jim Loudon, discussing his new book about the history of Phoenix Mills. Loudon’s previous books include “Electric Lake: Oneonta’s Forgotten gem,” “The Oneonta Roundhouse,” and “Leatherstocking Rails: A History of Railroading Along the Upper Susquehanna.” Held at…
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Cooperstown gallery exhibit reveals Otsego County during the Great Depression The third floor of The Smithy Gallery & Clay Studio doubles this summer as a time tunnel back to the era of the Great Depression with the magnificent exhibition American Ideals: Picturing Otsego County in 1937, on display through September 3 at 55 Pioneer Street in Cooperstown. It’s a project that began in 2016 when Dr. Cynthia Falk and students from the Cooperstown Graduate Program, Lynds Jones, Kim McCleary, Kimberly…
Raging Blaze Lights Up Sky, Guts Garage; Fire, Smoke Damages Notable Home, Annex By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com PHOENIX MILLS – A raging fire broke out at 6 p.m. today in the garage attached to the late Dr. Rodman Carter’s home at 1428 Route 33. It gutted the structure and extended into an addition that connected the garage with the house, but at this hour the main house appeared damaged but secure.…
Palatine Bridge Man Ticketed For Leaving Phoenix Mills Crash PHOENIX MILLS – A Palatine Bridge man was ticketed for fleeing the scene of the early-morning accident that knocked down a telephone pole and damaged a parked car at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, rousing the neighborhood. According to Troop C, Jamie M. Lambert, 20, was charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident, driving to the left of pavement markings and speed not reasonable and prudent. At around 4:46 a.m., Saturday…
Police Locate Man In Route 33 Crash PHOENIX MILLS – A 28-year-old man believed to have fled the scene of a car crash that damaged a parked car and a telephone pole early this morning has been located, according to state police. The driver, who has not yet been identified, was found “alive and well” earlier this afternoon, according to Aga Dembinska, Troop C public relations officer.…
DRIVER FLEES SCENE, SOUGHT Early Morning Hit, Run Shakes Up Phoenix Mills By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com PHOENIX MILLS – State police are seeking the driver of a grey 2009 Ford who they say fled the scene after a noisy crash at 4:46 a.m. today on Route 33 at the south end of this Town of Middlefield hamlet. Neighbors say everyone woke with a jolt. They estimated the driver must have been going 80 mph. A so-far unknown person…