Collaboration for Canadarago By DAN SULLIVANRICHFIELD SPRINGS – Coping with harmful algal blooms (HABs) has become a distressing reality for those who live, work, and play in and around New York’s lakes. This summer, both Otsego and Canadarago lakes were plagued with long-duration HABs, curtailing activities for much of the summer season. In response to the crisis at Canadarago, a coalition of four communities and one civic organization has formed to take action to save the lake. The Towns of…
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Historic Fly Creek Hotel might see the wrecking ball soon An application filed on behalf of the Leatherstocking Corporation to demolish the historic Fly Creek Hotel at the corner of Route 28 and Schoolhouse Road has triggered a 2017 local law allowing the public to comment on the plans, and Town of Otsego officials anticipate an “interesting” session on May 3. “I’m sure there have been demolitions in the past in the Town of Otsego, but none of them have…
Death certificates lead to Coop-Otsego dispute By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A financial dispute over dead people has left officials in the village of Cooperstown and town of Otsego frustrated with one another. The disagreement stems from services performed by the registrar of vital statistics, which is a job village officials perform town-wide. Registrar duties include birth and death certificates. While there are some births outside of the village, most are at Cooperstown’s Bassett Medical Center. However, it…
Staff Picks Out Best Bets for Local Dining Larissa Ryan Business Manager Welcome back to upstate New York. The season is off to a beautiful start and we know people will be getting hungry after all the activities available around here. So here are our staff picks of local favorites. One of my favorite places to eat is Alfresco’s in Oneonta. It’s an Italian restaurant with a homey atmosphere, wonderful staff and delicious food. My family’s favorite order is stromboli…
Email Photos, Videos To info@allotsego.com Video Captures Bear Near Bed Bug Road Vince Casale happened upon this black bear last evening on Bed Bug Road, Town of Otsego. After a winter of hibernation, this is the time of year – about mid-March – that bear-spotting peaks. If you’ve spotted a bear lately, and have a photo or video, please send to info@allotsego.com…
HISTORICAL SOCIETY WINS RECOGNITION Earhart Visited Here, Marker Says By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After losing his mother to appendicitis in the spring of 1921 at age 7, Arrie Hecox of Fly Creek found solace in Amelia Earhart three years later. Walking back and forth to school, Hecox spotted Earhart, then in her 20s, at the inn that neighbored his family’s farm on Route 28. “As you did in that time, they introduced themselves,” Arrie Hecox’s grandson, Michael…
IN MEMORIAM James S. Ainslie, 93; Farmer, Rural Carrier For Post Office RICHFIELD SPRINGS – James S. Ainslie, 93, of Ainslie Road, Town of Otsego, a farmer and longtime rural mail carrier, passed away Wednesday morning, Dec. 9, 2020, while being transported to the hospital. His family regrets they could not be with him due to COVID-19 restrictions; he will be greatly missed. A kind, giving man, loving husband, grandfather and dedicated father, he would do anything to help family,…
RAGING BLAZE LEVELS BARN Firefighters Called To Christian Hill, Where Wood Bull Loses Stored Antiques Cooperstown firefighter Henry Stewart, top left, and Fire Captain Chris Satriano watch for flare-ups after a fast-moving fire leveled Kip Coburn’s barn this evening at 324 Williams Road on Christian Hill, Town of Otsego. Coburn operates Wood Bull Antiques on Route 28, Milford, and said today the barn was used to store overflow antiques from that operation; all were lost. Coburn’s son said the only…
SNOW GIANTS 5 Statues Slow Drivers On Wileytown Road…
