ONE DAY LEFT IN KETTLE DRIVE $10,000 Needed To Hit Salvation Army’s Goal ONEONTA – With one day left in the Salvation Army’s annual kettle drive, donors have cut the distance to the $60,000 goal to $94 short of $10,000, Maj. Sharon Harford, commander of the Oneonta post, reported a few minutes ago. “People have been very generous,” said the Salvation Army officer.…
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Santa Claus Hears Last-Minute Wishes Mason Rice, 9 months, and sister Arianna, 3, were relating their last-minute Christmas wishes a few minutes ago to Santa Claus in his cottage at Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. The children’s parents are Lindsay (Rowley) and Tim Rice, visiting the grandparents in Cooperstown from South Carolina. With just 32 hours left to Christmas, their was much anticipation in the queue outside, too, as Phoebe Squadrito, 3, and Madison Kane, 4, and her brother Daniel, 8, in…
IN MEMORIAM: Millard B. Hurlburt, 86; Engineer Also Ran Pop’s Produce Stand ONEONTA – Millard B. Hurlburt, 86, a heavy-equipment operator who also ran Pops Produce Stand, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 19, 1930, in Oneonta the son of the late Stuart J. and Helen (Adams) Hurlburt. Millard served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a 50+ year member of the Otego American Legion…
Jody Taylor’s ‘Thunderbird’ Featured In Ford e-Magazine CLICK HERE TO SEE MY FORD’S REPORT ON JODY…
IN MEMORIAM: Virginia M. Naples, 91; Raised Amid 6th Ward’s Joys, Hardships ONEONTA – Virginia Mary Naples, 91, a member of the extended Oneonta family, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Oct. 31, 1925, in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Pasquale and Rose (Perrine) Mongillo. Virginia graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 1943. She married Albert M. Naples on Nov. 9, 1947, at St. Mary’s Church, Oneonta. Albert predeceased her on July…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Tells How Family Beat Lightbulb Record In today's weekly report, "Morning Edition," on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reported on John and Sue Hayen's 25,3000 lightbulb Christmas display at their Tillie Avenue home in Oneonta, 300 more lightbulbs than Clark Griswold, the Chevy Chase character, lit in the 1989 "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." It's taken the Hayens 26 years to beat Griswold's record, and there's…
SALVATION ARMY KETTLES UN-FULL Major: 2 Days Left, $17,000 Needed ONEONTA – With two days to go, Otsego County’s Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign needs to raise $17,000 to its annual goal of $60,000. The red kettles are located at Walmart and Southside Mall, as well as the Price Choppers in Oneonta, Cooperstown and Sidney. “Our goal is $60,000 for this year and so far we have only raised $43,000,” said Maj. Sharon Harford, the corps officer at Oneonta. “The…
TOM MORGAN’S MONEY TALK Political Cross-Dressers May Enjoy What's In Store More 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. The national mood has set me thinking. About bi-sexuality. You know, AC/DC. Also about pouting in the back seat of the car. First, the sex thing. I know, you were hoping sex would come first. Woody Allen reckoned that bi-sexuality doubles your…
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HAYENS LIGHT 25,300 BULBS Clark Griswold Mark Beaten By Oneontans AVAILABLE TODAY AT THESE FINE ESTABLISHMENTS TRY HOME DELIVERY OF THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…