A hundred brides, up from 60 last year, descended on Foothills’ annual Bridal Expo this afternoon in the Atrium of the Oneonta venue. They came from as far away as the Cherry Valley area – in top photo, Lisa Bullis and Adam Prime of Salt Springville examine Cakes by Maryann – to Walton – lower left, where bride-to-be Becky Hogencamp, right, samples Celebration Creations’ chocolates with Maid of Honor Anna Rifenbark of Davenport, center, and bridesmaid Kim Demeo, up from Long Island. Lower right, Kathryn M. Kroll is surrounded by her offerings from Oneonta’s Coddington Florist. Organizer Luisa Montanti said 48 vendors participated this year, up from 30, and more than 350 people came through the doors for the two-hour event. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Killer Knapp Dies In Prison; Guilty In SUNY Coed’s Death ONEONTA – Ricky Knapp, the man convicted of the 1977 death of SUNY Oneonta student, has died in Mohawk Correctional Facility, according to prison records. Knapp, 66, died March 8, having served 40 years of a 25-to-life sentence for a 1978 manslaughter conviction in the death of 18-year-old Linda Velzy, a SUNY student from Long Island. According to reports, Velzy was last seen Dec. 9 1977, hitchhiking in downtown Oneonta.…
The proposed Rehabilitation Support Services housing project at 27 Market Street has been met with strong public push-back, but city officials contend that misinformation, disinformation and fear are driving the response.…
Hartwick College Drops Both Division I Sports Men’s Soccer to DIII, Women’s Water Polo Cut By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In a letter addressed to all students, Hartwick College announced this afternoon that it would be withdrawing from NCAA Division I athletics, including from soccer, where it won a national championship in the 1970s. According to the letter, signed by Hartwick College’s President Margaret Drugovich, Board of Trustees Chair Francis Landrey, and Student Affair Committee Chair David Long, Hartwick’s Board of Trustees voted on whether or not to continue with the school’s two Division I programs,…