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IN MEMORIAM: Albert Schrag, 84; NYC Steamfitter Retired To Oneonta DAVENPORT – Albert Schrag, 84, of Davenport, a former security guard at Homer Folks Hospital, passed away on April 30, 2017, at Bassett Hospital after battling a long illness. Albert was born in Queens and spent most his career working as a New York City steamfitter. He also served as a fire commissioner of the North Merrick Fire Department. After retirement Al worked as a security guard the Oneonta TB…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 Oneonta Student Art Show ART SHOW – 5-6:30 p.m. Art exhibit featuring works by students of the Oneonta City School District opens at Fox Care Center, Oneonta. Info, www.oneontacsd.org DEBATE – 7 p.m. The Candidates for the CCS Board of Education will debate each other and answer questions from the audience. Hosted by the League of Women Voters. Jr./Sr. Library, Cooperstown High School. Info, www.cooperstowncs.org/league-of-women-voters-to-hose-board-of-education-candidates-debate/ CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – 7 p.m. “US Energy Transition: The…
Police Allege Siblings Stole Laptop, Phone ONEONTA – Oneonta Police arrested a brother and sister after surveillance footage allegedly shows them taking a laptop and a phone from a room at Hillside Commons. Yarmenis Maldonado, 20 and her brother, Joshua Maldonado, 21, both of Bronx, were arrested after police met with a 21 year old female who told them that the two had taken her $1,700 laptop and cell phone. Security footage from the Commons allegedly shows the Maldonados walking…
2 Dozen Concerned Citizens Discuss Oneonta Theater Fate…
LEAF’s Julie Dostal Woman Of Distinction She’ll Be Honored At State Capitol May 9 ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a few minutes ago that Julie Dostal, executive director of Oneonta’s LEAF, the addiction-fighting organization, has been selected as a 2017 New York State Senate “Woman of Distinction.” She will be honored on May 9 at an Albany reception at the Capitol along with other “Women of Distinction” from across the state. “Women like Julie Dostal make a profound, positive…
Thunder, Lightning, Winds Down Trees Across Oneonta A departing warm front and entering cold front collided over Otsego County overnight, resulting in thunder, lightning, rain and winds that downed trees across the region, including, above, blocking Oneonta’s Walling Avenue, and in Neahwa Park, at right. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
SEWARD SUPPORTS PRO GAS COALITION ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today joined community, labor and business leaders from across the state to announce the launch of New Yorkers for Affordable Energy, a coalition supporting access to natural gas for manufacturing, power production, transportation and home heating. “As I talk with business owners and prospective employers, the high cost of energy is always a top concern. Job creators weigh this issue greatly when deciding whether or not to come here,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MAY 2 Topic: Oneonta Theater’s Fate COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS – 8 a.m. Join discussion of the Oneonta Theater’s fate, in light of owner’s failure to sell building. Kathleen Gasperini, a theater expert with summer home in Schenevus, will be present. Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, call 432-0960 or e-mail info@OneontaHistory.org or visit www.oneontahistory.org IDENTITY DISCUSSION – 7 p.m. Learn about how mental health differs for people from different cultural and physical diasporas. Chesebro…
IN MEMORIAM: Gail Monington, 68; ‘Active And Involved’ Grandmother COOPERSTOWN – Gail B. Monington, 68, of Cooperstown passed away unexpectedly on Saturday evening April 29, 2017. Born Nov. 16, 1948, in Cooperstown, Gail was the daughter of Clyde S. and Harriet (Morgan) Becker. She graduated from Oneonta High School in the Class of 1967 and from Albany Business College in 1969. Gail met her lifelong love, Joseph Monington when, in 1965, they both happened to be ice skating in Neahwa…