2018 RACE ALREADY JOINED Anti-Trump Activists Divert Anger At Faso Grass-Roots Organizations Form, Collaborate Around 19th District By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM With the 2016 campaign just over, the 2018 campaign in Otsego County’s 19th Congressional District is already starting. Multiple grass-roots groups in Otsego County that have sprung up since Donald Trump’s election as president Nov. 8 are planning to rally with perhaps “several thousand” of like-minded people at Congressman John Faso’s Kinderhook office this weekend. Shortterm,…
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IN MEMORIAM: Douglas S. Rhyde, 84; ‘Mayor Of The Fly Creek Valley,’ Mason FLY CREEK VALLEY – Douglas Schuyler Rhyde, known as “The Mayor of Fly Creek Valley,” passed away Sunday evening, Feb. 19, 2017, at Syracuse VA Medical Center. He was 84. Born July 21, 1932, in Walton, Doug was a son of Rufus J. and Esther E. (Pope) Rhyde. He first attended a one-room schoolhouse and then school in Richfield Springs. Doug joined the Army on Nov. 5,…
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Honorees Announced By Otsego Chamber A&D Transport, Lusins, Family Planning Land Trust Will Be Toasted At Banquet ONEONTA – A & D Transport Services, Inc, Marie Lusins, Family Planning of South Central New York and – in a new award – the Otsego Land Trust will be honored at the Otego County Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet Tuesday, March 28, it was announced a few minutes ago. Here are the details:…
IN MEMORIAM: Kay Amatucci, 76; Worked 35 Years At Hartwick College ONEONTA – Kathleen “Kay” Amatucci, 76, who retired after 35 years with Hartwick College, passed away Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 at Bassett Hospital. Kay was born in Brooklyn, on Dec. 21, 1940 the daughter of Thomas and Florence (Lynch) Coakley. She was the 3rd of seven children, having four sisters and two brothers. She worked at the Navy Ships Store Office (NSSO) where she met her husband of 56 years, Sonny Amatucci. They married in…
BRIEFING IN SCHENEVUS Questions Greet, Applause Affirms Mathes Appearance 75 Attendees Provided Details Of Hunt For Distribution Center By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.allotsego.com SCHENEVUS – “Welcome,” an audience member called out when Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes finished introducing the concept of a 250- to 600-job distribution center to a community whose commercial base dropped from 57 businesses to a handful in the last half-century. Even with 90 minutes of sometimes probing questions that followed from the 75…
Fox Nursing Home Lifts Flu Restrictions ONEONTA – As of tomorrow, Fox Nursing Home is lifting visitor restrictions imposed Feb. 3 due to flu cases in the nursing home. Even though the restrictions have been lifted, people who feel ill should refrain from visiting.…
IN MEMORIAM Robert W. Ranger, 79; Helped Found Bank Of Cooperstown WEST WINFIELD – Robert W. Ranger, 79, a member of the Bank of Cooperstown’s founding Board of Directors, died Saturday evening, Feb. 18, 2017, at Bassett Hospital following a brief illness. Bob was born June 15, 1937, in Corning to Robert W. and Freida (Spreitzer) Ranger. He was raised in Painted Post and graduated from high school there. He received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s…