Winter Lunch Party Gives Free Lunches For Kids On Break

Got hungry kids? Send them down to the First United Presbyterian church across from Friendly's for a free lunch at the Winter Lunch Party! Here, Oneonta siblings Chris, Abigal and Ben Johnston saddle up to the table of the Winter Lunch Party for a free lunch of ham and cheese sandwich, cucumbers, bananas, milk and a cookie, served by Rebecca LaBarr and Nadine Stenson. The program offers free lunches and crafts to children up to 19 and runs Monday through Friday, 11:30-12:30pm through winter break. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

Cabin fever? Send the kids down to the First United Presbyterian Church for the Winter Lunch Party! Here, Oneonta siblings Chris, Abigal and Ben Johnston saddle up to the table for ham and cheese sandwich, cucumbers, bananas, milk and a cookie, served by Rebecca LaBarr and Nadine Stenson. The program offers free lunches and crafts to children up to 19 and runs Monday through Friday, 11:30-12:30pm through winter break. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

In Memoriam Dorothy Anne Ray, 86 Nov. 10, 1935 – Dec. 20, 2021

In Memoriam Dorothy Anne Ray, 86 Nov. 10, 1935 – Dec. 20, 2021 ONEONTA – Dorothy Anne Ray, 86, of Rochester passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at Crest Manor in Fairport, New York. She was born on November 10, 1935 in Washington, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Rev. Mark Scott McGee Ray and Anna Elizabeth (Morgan) Ray. Dorothy Anne’s father, Mark S. M. Ray, was a minister at the United Presbyterian Church (now called the Red Door Church) in Oneonta, New York, and the family lived in the parsonage next to the church. The Ray family, including Dorothy Anne’s…

December 30, 2021

At Warming Station, Needy Are Sheltered

At Warming Station, Needy Are Sheltered By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ‘Happy are they … who give justice to those who are oppressed, food to those who are hungry, and shelter to those in need,” said Rev. Cynthia Walton Leavitt, pastor of the United Presbyterian “Red Door” Church. The pastor was speaking Monday, March 8, as a member of the Caring for the Homeless Population Collaboration, founded in 2018 under the auspices of Fox Hospital, on the initiative of Dr. Reg Knight, who chaired Fox’s Ethics Committee. Pastor Leavitt was leading the Blessing Service where Knight’s goal was…

March 11, 2021

Doris L. Spearbeck, 89; RN At SUNY Oneonta Clinic For 30 Years

IN MEMORIAM: Doris L. Spearbeck, 89; RN At SUNY Oneonta Clinic For 30 Years ONEONTA – Doris L. Spearbeck, 89, a nurse at SUNY Oneonta’s clinic for 30 years, passed away in Syracuse on Feb. 17, 2020, surrounded by family, following a brief illness. She was born on March 20, 1930, and raised on the Loudon Farm in Walton. As a child she enjoyed skating and tending to the baby piglets. She graduated from Walton High School and Wilson School of Nursing in Johnson City, where her roommate introduced her to the love of her life. She worked as a…

February 20, 2020

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