Oakland A’s Broadcaster Receives HoF Frick Award COOPERSTOWN – Bill King, whose quarter-of-a-century run as the voice of the Oakland Athletics cemented his status as one of the Bay Area’s iconic voices, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. King, who passed away in 2005, will be recognized during the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation on Saturday, July 29,…
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IN MEMORIAM Sister Marie Denise Monser, 91; Oneonta Native Taught Speech ONEONTA – Sister Marie Denise Monser, CSJ, 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at home in Oneonta. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past 64 years. The former Esther Mary Monser, she was born on June 14, 1925, in Oneonta, daughter of the late Francis and Shelby (Nader) Monser, Lebanese immigrants. She graduated from Oneonta High School and Lowell Business School and worked…
BULLETIN Couple Who Lost Property In 2014 Tax Sale Sues For $10M+ COOPERSTOWN – A Long Island couple who lost their summer home in the 2014 annual tax auction when their delinquent-tax payment was refused are suing the County of Otsego, County Treasurer Dan Crowell and other county entities for more than $10 million. The notice of the federal suit, filed by Robert and Donna Force, was read into the record at this morning’s county board meeting by Clerk of the…
Council Discusses Options To Keep Teen Center Open By JASON BRICKELBACK • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Common Council this evening discussed options to continue operation of the Oneonta Teen Center despite the YMCA’s choice not to carry the program beyond Dec. 31, when the Y’s contract with the city expires. “At first we were led to believe that the Y would be able to continue after the 31st until we find another operator,” Council member Dave Rissberger told his…
BOCES Predicts Enrollment Rise In Oneonta, Dip In Cooperstown CLICK HERE FOR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS…
Missing OJC Student Found Safe ONEONTA – Delany Ramos, the missing Oneonta Job Corps student, has been located in Rochester and is fine, OJC Director Chris Kuhn texted a few minutes ago. Concerned for her safety, state police had issued an alert, seeking information on her whereabouts.…
Newlyweds’ Drop Off Bouquets From Hotel For Bassett Patients COOPERSTOWN – Before leaving on their honeymoon the next day, Anna Politano and Tad Ruckert of Rochester, married last Saturday at The Otesaga, collected the flower arrangements from their reception and delivered them to Bassett Hospital to be given to patients.…
COUNTY REPS MEET ON MATTER New Purchasing System Fails To Deliver Road Salt In Time By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After town garages failed to get road-salt orders in time for the Thanksgiving Weekend snowstorms, the county Board of Representatives is meeting as a “committee of the whole” at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday to ensure its new purchasing agreement with Onondaga County is working satisfactorily. “When you start something new, there are always a couple of glitches,”…
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Bud Selig To Enter Cooperstown Mecca COOPERSTOWN – Bud Selig, “the folksy former commissioner of Major League Baseball who presided over an unprecedented period of expansion, innovation and turmoil in the sport,” was elected to the Hall of Fame on Sunday by the hall’s restructured veterans committee, the New York Times is reporting this morning. So was John Schuerholz, the World Series-winning general manager with the Atlanta Braves and the Kansas City Royals.…