Oneonta 2022 Festival of Lights Commences with Opening Ceremony Hill City Celebrations, formerly known as First Night Oneonta, commenced its third annual Festival of Lights in Neahwa Park on December 18, preceded by an opening ceremony to celebrate this year’s festival honorees, retired A.O. Fox Hospital providers Dr. Yoshiro Matsuo and Physician’s Assistant Lynne Bolstad. The reception, which took place just before sundown ahead of the festival lighting, celebrated Matsuo and Bolstad, longtime and beloved community practitioners who served the…
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In Memoriam Rev. Melvin Farmer, 90 July 13, 1932 – December 22, 2022 West Davenport – Rev. Melvin Farmer, 90, of West Davenport, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at A.O. Fox Nursing Home. Melvin was born on July 13, 1932 in Evansville, Indiana, a son of the late Claude and Ethel Farmer. It was there that he met the love of his life, Bonnie Farmer (Runau). They were married in Evansville where, together, they helped start the…
Former OHS Hooper Returns to Oneonta By TED MEBUST “Anytime I get on the court, I’m happy,” said Graham Wooden, a former Section 4 basketball star for Oneonta High School. After recently transferring to SUNY Oneonta from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania this fall, he has hit the ground running. “We’re happy to have him in the program,” said Red Dragons coach Cameron Conover. According to Conover, SUNY Oneonta had been recruiting Wooden during his time at OHS, telling the 5’11”…
Letter from Patricia Kennedy Springbrook Thanks County for its Help On November 15, New York State announced more than $33 million in Community Development Block Grant funding, awarded to dozens of municipalities for local infrastructure improvement and housing rehabilitation projects. Otsego County and Springbrook applied for and received a $300,000.00 grant for CDBG funds which will go toward the development and implementation of safety fencing around the perimeter of the main campus, the location of The School at Springbrook and…
Letter from Chip Northrup Kudos to ‘A-Team’ for Lake Protection Glimmerglass Lake (aka Otsego) faces its biggest ecological challenge since the last Ice Age in the form of harmful algae blooms, “HABs,” which can make lake water not only unpotable, but un-swimmable, un-skiable, un-rowable and unpopular. Fortunately, we have the A-Team on the job: The new incoming president of the North American Lake Management Society, none other than our own Dr. Kiyoko Yokota of SUNY Oneonta, and Mr. Doug Willies,…
Letter from Bruce Beckert Letter Platform Appreciated I would like to thank this paper for printing my letters over the past two years, as well as the readers that read them. We all are so fortunate to live in this country, the greatest country in the world. Starting with the Revolutionary War all the way through 9/11, this country has persevered and succeeded. Currently we are in the midst of another crisis to protect our freedom and way of life.…
PEOPLE & BUSINESSES IN THE NEWS December 22, 2022 HEARING HELPERS: Kinney Drugs, an independent, employee-owned company of stores throughout New York and Vermont, has announced the launch of its new Hearing Health Center, made possible through its partnership with Lucid™ Hearing. The Hearing Health Center will offer an assortment of over-the-counter hearing aids, personal amplifiers and hearing protection in 52 Kinney Drug stores across the northeast. OTC hearing aids garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in October and…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta December 22, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Killdeer Trio, An Otsego Original, Finding Its Groove Fly Creek Fire District Elects New Commissioners Hall of Fame Honors Long-Tenured Staff Members Inside The Paper PEOPLE & BUSINESSES IN THE NEWS: December 22, 2022 Oneonta 2022 Festival of Lights Commences with Opening Ceremony Unatego Science Foundation Continues Good Works SQSPCA Adds Clearing of Shelter to Challenge Goal Sports Former OHS Hooper Returns…
Hall of Fame Honors Long-Tenured Staff Members COOPERSTOWN—Eight staff members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum were honored on Monday, December 12 for reaching service milestones in an event hosted by Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark and President Josh Rawitch. The eight staff members and their years of service are: Becky Ashe, administrative and events associate, 35 years; Helen Stiles, senior acquisition and cataloging specialist, 35 years; Rick Kelly, security manager, 30 years; Milo Stewart…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 Explore The Holiday Lights at Neahwa Park FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS—5 to 10 p.m. Drive through beautifully decorated Neahwa Park, featuring more than 40 displays from local businesses, individuals and organizations celebrating the holidays. Open evenings 12/18 through 1/1. Neahwa Park, 1 Neahwa Place, Oneonta. (607) 376-7599 or visit https://www.destinationoneonta.com/calendar BLOOD DRIVE—10 a.m.-3 p.m. Save up to 3 lives with the American Red Cross. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Register at redcrossblood.org BLOOD DRIVE—1-6:30 p.m. Save up to…
