Graduates of the class of 2015 stand and prepare to be recognized as newly minted SUNY Alumni at the Commencement Ceremony at the FIeld House on Saturday morning. (Ian Austin/ allotsego.com)
SUNY lecture looks at ‘The 57 Bus’ incident By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — At 18, Sasha Fleischman was lit on fire while riding the bus home from school in Oakland. Fleischmann is gender non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. They fell asleep, and another teen, Richard Thomas, lit their skirt as a prank. Thomas was arrested at school; Fleischmann was hospitalized for weeks with severe third-degree burns. Dashka Slater, a journalist who lives close to the bus route, began covering the story. She spent three years following both instigator and victim. Slater’s book “The 57 Bus”…
Oneonta High School celebrates 2021 graduation By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Oneonta High School celebrated its graduation Saturday, June 26. The ceremony was held on the football field adjacent to the school, where, in a common theme among graduates this year, speakers talked about struggling through COVID and the extra challenges associated with the pandemic. “No other generation has felt more trapped in our hometown than ours,” Aidan Mackey said, a graduate tasked with giving the greeting. “I call upon all of you to forge your own path and to tell your own story. … Our…