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July 2016 - Page 13

On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports On Rapper’s Otsego Lake Home

On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports On Rapper’s Otsego Lake Home Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), tells WAMC’s David Guistina about Peter Nash, aka rapper Prime Minister Peter Nice, who moved to Cooperstown in 1993 after a music career that included the his “Pop Goes The Weasel”, and helped the wax museum and Cooperstown Dreams Park.  The property was abandoned a decade ago when Nash moved elsewhere. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S  REPORT…
July 7, 2016

Pat Gifford, 78; Founded Ostomy Assoc. Chapter

IN MEMORIAM: Pat Gifford, 78; Founded Ostomy Assoc. Chapter NEW BERLIN – Pat Gifford, 78, a civic leader here who worked for 15 years in Oneonta, helping found the Ostomy Association chapter there, then 15 more operating a “Sunshine Home” catering to Alzeimer’s patients,  passed away on July 1, 2016 at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY. Patricia was born on May 25, 1938, in Deposit, the daughter of Christopher and Ruth Burke. Her childhood was spent in New Berlin. She…
July 7, 2016

Bassett Wins Gold For Stroke Care

Bassett Wins Gold For Stroke Care COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital has been recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for its quality care of patients, receiving the “Get With the Guidelines” Stroke Gold Plus & Target Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll Award. “Time is brain,” said Dr. Paul Deringer, Bassett division chief of neurology and stroke director. “A patient having a stroke loses 1.9 million nerve cells every minute. So prompt treatment is vital to reduce the chance of…
July 7, 2016

Bea F. Morley, 92; Mother Of 4; Orchid, Golf Enthusiast

IN MEMORIAM: Bea F. Morley, 92; Mother Of 4; Orchid, Golf Enthusiast ONEONTA – Bea Morley, 92, passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 6, 2016, with her loving family at her side. She was born April 14, 1924 in Altona, Clinton County, the daughter of Frank and Georgina Favreau, after which they moved to Wells Bridge. She married Ralph J. Morley in Sidney on Oct. 25, 1941. They lived their first few years in Sidney before making their home in Oneonta. …
July 7, 2016

300 Otsego Children Receive Free Meals During Summer

300 Otsego Children Receive Free Meals During Summer More than 300 children in Otsego County are receiving free summertime meals through VISTA’s 2015 Summer Food Service Program, the Food & Health Network of South Central New York reports in a study released today. FaHN is coalition that works to increase access to healthy, local food and support a strong regional food system in eight Central NY counties, including Otsego.…
July 7, 2016

Delaware Deputies Arrest Bronx Man, Seize Heroin

DAVENPORT MOTEL RAIDED Delaware Deputies Arrest Bronx Man, Seize Heroin DAVENPORT – Delaware County deputies Tuesday arrested a Bronx man in a motel room just beyond Otsego County’s borders and report seizing 65 bags of heroin, 17 individual “wraps” of crack cocaine, two grams of powdered cocaine, a small quantity of marijuana and $1,000. Pate Balde, 21, was arrested at the Rock Inn Motel on Route 23, Town of Davenport, and charged with two class B felony charges of criminal…
July 7, 2016

Hillary E-Mail Scandal: Were Mistakes Made?

TOM MORGAN’S MONEY TALK Hillary E-Mail Scandal: Were Mistakes Made?  Editor’s Note:  The column, Money Talk, by Tom Morgan of Franklin, the retired Oneonta investment counselor, is syndicated nationally.  Here is this week’s column. Random thoughts on the Hillary email scandal: Imagine if you could suck all the political gas from this. You would be left with a pure impartial situation. Suppose you then asked: Did this senior government executive break a bunch of laws? Of course she did. Should the…
July 7, 2016

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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