Richfield community creates park By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – About 15 people gathered Sunday, May 24, on Main Street in the village to turn the site of a formerly blighted home into a “pocket park.” The property at 177 Main St. had been abandoned years ago, one of a handful of old houses in the area that had gotten too run down and where the former owners could not afford to restore it. The Greater…
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COLLEGE PROVIDING ROTARY SPEAKERS Hartwick E-Hub Students Share ‘Liberal Arts In Action’ Rotarian (and Hartwick College president) Margaret L. Drugovich, above, introduces Hartwick students Allison Taft and Taylor Diepold, who spoke at today’s the Oneonta Rotary Club luncheon at The Elks Club. Each Thursday this month, Hartwick is providing luncheon speakers to the local club. Today’s topic was the “E-Hub Experience: Liberal Arts in Action” initiative. Economics Professor Kristen Jones, at left, explains how uncertainties in the future of the…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 20 Spring Street Fair & Market SPRING FLING – Noon-5 p.m. 2-day event featuring farmers, crafts-people, food vendors, and live music. Doubleday field parking lot, 1 Doubleday Ct., Cooperstown. Info, www.thisiscooperstown.com/events/spring-fling-street-fair RELAY FOR LIFE – 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Support the search for a cure to cancer, remember the dead, and support the living. Wilber park, 1-19 S. Main St., St. Hwy. 28, Milford. Info, Lauren.Ferraro@cancer.org BROOKWOOD POINT REOPENING – Noon-5 p.m. Enjoy food, lawn games,…
LEAF’s ‘Shawna Has Secret’ Unveiled To Oneonta Rotary Chris Kuhn, Justine Roefs, Kathleen Schofield and Sarah Patterson look for evidence of drug use in LEAF’s “Shawna Has A Secret” interactive experience that debuted at the Oneonta Rotary this afternoon. The program challenges adults to find over 30 drug-related items in a seemingly innocent bedroom-setting display that is followed by an information session on what to look for, where to look, and how to approach a child you suspect of using…
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POLLS OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. FOR GOVERNOR, CONGRESS COOPERSTOWN – When the county’s Republican candidates can all be found partaking of pancakes and sausage in the front window of the Vets Club on Main Street, you can bet it’s Election Day. And today, as Cooperstown Rotarians served their traditional Election Day pancake breakfast, it is. Governor Cuomo is being challenged by Republican Rob Astorino. Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, who is expected at the Vets Club before noon, is being challenged…