Laurens’ William Brindle Recognized For WWII Heroism At Remagen Bridge LAURENS – Laurens resident William Brindle will be recognized for his heroism at the Remagen bridge during World War II at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Laurens American Legion, when New York Army National Guard Col. Carlton Cleveland will present him with a Bronze Star. The medal recognizes then Sgt. Brindle’s heroism in combat on March 28, 1945 in Geisbach, Germany. Brindle’s unit, Company G of the 1st Battalion 16th…
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Seward’s Heroin Task Force Sends Bill Package To House ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who convened a session of the Joint Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction in Oneonta last year, today announced the Senate passage of the comprehensive package of bills that resulted. The goal, he said, is to help decrease heroin deaths and put more drug dealers behind bars for peddling dangerous opioids. As a member of the task for, the senator said, “I have…
WHITHER COOPERSTOWN? Attend Thursday’s Community Open House To Help Chart Future Of Baseball Town, USA By JIM KEVLIN • from The Freeman’s Journal COOPERSTOWN – Last October, a two-day “charrette” – a planning exercise – sought inputs from 60 participants on what Cooperstown’s future should hold. In the eight months since, Elan Planning staffers and a community advisory board have been reviewing the results, and will lay out preliminary conclusions at an all-day Community Open House, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday,…
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Missing Man Found Safe In Pennsylvania George Holbert, 79, of Edmeston, missing since Sunday, has been found in Lehighton, Pa., and hospitalized for observation, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. reported this morning.…
79-Year-Old Man Missing; Left Medications At Home EDMESTON – Sheriff’s deputies this afternoon issued a “missing endangered person” report, after George E. Holbert, 79, or Dutch Valley Road, Town of Edmeston, had been reported missing since Sunday. Holbert is on numerous medications, left at home, that he needs daily, deputies said. The missing man left his home in a 2012 grey GMC Canyon Quad cab pickup, license plate: DCW-7471. Anyone with information should call deputies at 547-4273.…
IN MEMORIAM: Joyce T. Erhmann, 82; Active In Richfield Springs Community Life RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Joyce T. Ehrmann, 82, who fully participated in Richfield Springs’ community life as a wife, mother, teachers’ aide and member of many community organizations, passed away on Tuesday morning June 2, 2015, in Albany Medical Center. She was born on Feb. 6, 1933 in Piercefield, near Tupper Lake, daughter of the late Sandy Peter and Ruth Dagget LaVassaur. The day Joyce was born there was…
IN MEMORIAM Carol A. Blazina Retired SUNY Oneonta Vice President, Community Leader Editor’s Note: This is a profile of Carol Blazina, prepared when she received the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s Eugene A. Bettiiol Jr. Citizen of the Year Award in March of this year. By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com ONEONTA When his youngest daughter was just 3-months-old, Enrico Blazina, a longshoreman in New York City, was struck in the head while on the job. Work rules then in place…