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Bethany Garretson To Climb All 46 High Peaks In 8 Days

Bethany Garretson To Climb All 46 High Peaks In 8 Days CHERRY VALLEY – Bethany Garretson, a 2004 graduate of Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School and now an instructor at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks, is planning to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks in a span of eight days later this month. Bethany is attempting to become the first woman ever to complete an “unsupported thru-hike” of the High Peaks, which means she will be carrying everything she…

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Painting On City Parking Deck To Close For Rest Of The Week

Painting On City Parking Deck To Close For Rest Of The Week ONEONTA – The top level and south bay of the middle level of the city’s downtown parking deck will be closed to traffic Tuesday and the rest of the week. “Minor” painting work is planned on the down ramp and middle deck.  The up ramp to the top level will be closed at the Chestnut Street extension.…

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Thomas G. O’Neil, 99, Sidney; Lawyer, Mayor, Civic Leader

IN MEMORIAM Thomas G. O’Neil, 99, Sidney; Lawyer, Mayor, Civic Leader SIDNEY – Calling hours are Monday for attorney Thomas G. O’Neil, former Sidney village mayor, Tri-Town Chamber president and president of the Sidney Hospital Board of Directors, who passed away July 29, 2016, at the state Veterans’ Home in Oxford.  He would have been 100 on Oct. 25. A lifelong Sidney resident, he attended Hartwick College, married Gertrude Keeler, earned his law degree at Albany Law School, and served…

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Julia (Judy) Wertenbaker, 80, Cherry Valley, Lifelong Teacher

IN MEMORIAM Julia (Judy) Wertenbaker, 80, Cherry Valley; Lifelong Teacher CHERRY VALLEY – Julia TenEyke Cannon Wertenbaker (who preferred to be called Judy), a lifelong teacher, most recently at Brookwood, passed away on July 27, 2016, at Glensfoot in Cherry Valley, two days after her 80th birthday. Her connection to Otsego County was deep: Glensfoot has been Judy’s family’s home for many generations. As a child, Judy rode horses in the fields around Londonderry farm and Glensfoot farm in the…

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Empire Carousel Creator Here For 10th Anniversary

Empire Carousel Creator Here For 10th Anniversary Gerry Holzman of Islip, L.I., reunes this afternoon with Freddie de Frogge, his favorite carving on The Farmers’ Museum’s Empire State Carousel in Cooperstown.  Holzman, who pursued the carousel’s creation for 20th years, then negotiated its move to Cooperstown, is back for the 10th anniversary of its installation here, to be commemorated with a ceremony at noon Saturday at the carousel.  Additionally, Holzman will be giving tours at 11 a.m., and 1, 2,…