Thursday, November 10, 2011

Call Foothills To Reserve Your Crystal Gayle Tickets

ONEONTA – The legendary Crystal Gayle will perform her Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at Foothills Performing Arts Center.
Tickets will go on sale shortly, but to reserve your seats now, call Foothills at 431-2080 to get on the reserve list.  "We don't want anyone to be disappointed," said Huemac Garcia, Foothills executive director.

Pony Farm Bridge Open, To Be Dedicated Nov. 15


ONEONTA – A crew from Cobleskill Stone completes blacktopping on the new bridge leading from Route 7 to the Pony Farm Industrial Park, which opened for traffic on Monday.  A ribbon-cutting is planned at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the site.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

D’Ambrosio Succeeds Elliott At NYSHA Helm

COOPERSTOWN

Steve Elliott, New York State Historical Association president for the past six years, has accepted the position of director and CEO of the Minnesota Historical Association, it was announced today in St. Paul.
Meanwhile, NYSHA directors today announced the election of Paul D’Ambrosio, vice president and chief curator, to succeed Elliott.

The New York Time’s Ian Urbina on Gas Drilling

Take a look at these three article by The New Yorker’s Ian Urbina on facts of Gas Drilling.
Drilling down, click the links to read the whole entry from this three part article…
  1. Article One: The American landscape is dotted with hundreds of thousands of new wells and drilling rigs, as the country scrambles to tap into this century’s gold rush — for natural gas.
  2. Article Two: As drilling for natural gas started to climb sharply about 10 years ago, energy companies faced mounting criticism over an extraction process that involves pumping millions of gallons of water into the ground for each well and can leave significant amounts of hazardous contaminants in the water that comes back to the surface.
  3. Article Three: When Congress considered whether to regulate more closely the handling of wastes from oil and gas drilling in the 1980s, it turned to the Environmental Protection Agency to research the matter. E.P.A. researchers concluded that some of the drillers’ waste was hazardous and should be tightly controlled.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Parade Features Anti-Frackers Dressed As Chemicals

Cooperstown's Dottie Hudson was 2.2-dibromo-nitrilopropionamide in this morning's anti-drilling contingent in the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Parade on Main Street. Participants included the SSPCA, the village Democratic Party and Karma Cosmic Fire. The popular dog show begins at 12:30 p.m. in Doubleday Field parking lot. (AllOTSEGO.com photo)

Carnival Court Crowned; Tropical Paradise Parade Nears

The Cooperstown Winter Carnival Court was crowned at 10 a.m. today during the Lions Club Island Pancake Breakfast at the Vet's Club. The king is Brian Henneghan and queen Emily Senif. The court, from left, are Jeremiah Ford, Holli Brooks and, at right, Robbie Katz. Shyla Miller was also selected. (AllOtsego.com photo)

Layla, who's up for adoption, poses with the rest of the SSPCA contingent a few minutes ago, awaiting the 11 a.m. start of the Tropical Paradise Parade down Main Street. From left are Denise Nickol, Ruth Schweinfurth, Jasmin Williams, Anna Borggreen and Jennifer Williams. (AllOTSEGO.com photo)

Carnival Fireworks Light Icy Evening

COOPERSTOWN

Youngsters watch the fireworks that opened Cooperstown Winter Carnival 2011 a few minutes ago from a pile of snow at the bottom of Fish Street. (AllOTSEGO.com/Jim Kevlin)


Fireworks at 6:30 this evening launched the 45th annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival in 17-degree weather.   Three days of fun follow on the theme, “Surf, Sun, Snow.”
This evening’s offerings include a bowling tournament at 7 at the Clark, “Lilo and Stitch” at 7 at the Fenimore, Ghost Tours at 7 from Pioneer Park and the “Rip Tide” Carnival Cooler & Drink Contest, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Templeton Hall.  A Hawaiian dinner is being served in The Otesaga’s Hawkeye Grill.
For a full schedule, click here And for continuing coverage, keep checking www.allotsego.com through the weekend.