IN MEMORIAM Russell A. Southard Sr., 96; WWII Vet Supervised Major Construction Projects OTEGO – Services are planned later this month for Russell Anderson Southard Sr., 96, a WWII veteran who helped build the Downsville Dam and supervised other major construction projects while raising six daughters and a son in Otego. He died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at the Oxford Veterans Home. He was born Sept. 11, 1920, one of four sons of Lou and Bethel (Anderson) Southard. He married…
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‘Corporal Uzenski Memorial Highway’ Named Road Dedicated In Honor Of Fallen Franklin Marine FRANKLIN – A portion of Route 357 in northern Delaware County today was dedicated in memory of the Marine Corps corporal from Franklin who was killed Jan. 11, 2010, in an ambush in Helmond Province, Afghanistan. The corporal’s family, mother Lisa Uzenski, sister Cassidy Uzenski and grandparents James and Audrey Archibald, joined state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblyman Clifford Crouch, R-Bainbridge, at a ceremony designating the…
Community Bank’s $20,000 Assists Cancer Fight At Fox…
Manager Charged In Apartment Burglary ONEONTA – An building manager was arrested and charged with taking items from a Hill Street apartment in mid-November, Oneonta police reported today. Nir Dhan, 41, of Closter, N.J., was arrested for allegedly entering an apartment and removing items in lieu of payment for rent. He allegedly hid the items in the basement of the building, and they were subsequently recovered and returned to the owners. He was charged with the felonies of Burglary in the second degree, class…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Bassler, 94; Worked For 28 Years At Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – Mary Caroline Elwood Bassler, 94, who worked for decades at The Otesaga, passed away on Dec. 4, 2016, at Woodside Hall, Cooperstown, where she had lived since 2013. Mary was born on Oct. 23, 1922, in Cherry Valley, daughter of Ellis and Mary (Yost) Elwood. She graduated from Cherry Valley High School, and in 1941 married John Bassler. They had three children, Edwin, Mary, and David.…
AGAIN, GOVERNOR BLESSES CITY Otsego County Wins Big, But Oneonta Wins Biggest ONEONTA – A tally of the CFAs for Otsego County announced yesterday by Governor Cuomo totals $6,898,325, a record. Big winners are in Oneonta: $3 million for “food hub” (Susquehanna Regional Food & Beverage Hub), $1 million for continued development of the D&H Railyards, and a half-million for Market Street Food & Craft Beverage Innovation District. Also,$641,000 to repair the lower dam on the city’s reservoir system, $420,000…
Editor’s Note: This posting of letters on divesting fossil fuels led to today’s column in the New York Times, “Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks,” by James B. Stewart. A number of readers have asked for the link, so here it is again. The Cooperstown Debate DIVESTING FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS VILLAGE CASTS OUT FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS News Article The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 • Base Pension-Fund Decisions On Unbiased, Impartial Expertise Op-Ed by DAVID RUSSELL The…
Law Firm Raises $35K Toward Family Services F…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, DEC. 9 Orpheus Theater Presents ‘Wizard Of Oz’ At SUNY-O We still have 6 families in the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program in need of a benefactor this holiday season. CLICK HERE to learn how you can help them. THEATER – 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Theater presents the “Wizard of Oz.” Part of the ‘Orpheus Ascending’ fundraising and volunteering campaigh. Goodrich Theater, SUNY Onoenta, 108 Ravine pkwy, Oneonta. Info, www.orpheustheatre.org…
IN MEMORIAM: Edward McKinley, 15; Unatego Student-Athlete Struck By Car UNADILLA – Edward A. McKinley III, 15, of Unadilla, a student-athlete at Unatego Central School, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, when he was struck by a car. He was born on June 14, 2001, in Cooperstown, son of Pamela D. (Vroman) McKinley & Edward A. McKinley II. He was a 10th grade student at Unatego Central School, where he played soccer, basketball and track. He also played soccer at…