Cooperstown, Milford Boosters Raise $3,100 For Cancer Fight COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Sports Booster Club, in combination with the Milford Central School Sports Booster Club, raised $3,100 for The Bassett Cancer Institute, the Cooperstown boosters announced today. The “Homestand Against Cancer” event on Saturday was organized by the Cooperstown club and highlighted cancer awareness and research.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Rose Ann Hassick, 64; Worked At Wilber Bank, Retired At OJC ONEONTA – Calling hours for Rose Ann Hassick, 64, a longtime Wilber Bank employee, will be 5-7 p.m. Monday at Grummons Funeral Home. A graveside service is planned in the spring. Rose passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 at Fox Hospital. She was born on Oct. 14, 1951 in Oneonta, the daughter of Carmen Joseph Vagliardo Sr. and Verna O’Rourke. She graduate from OHS in 1969, and received a…
Exhibit Of Tony Mongillo’s Railroad Art Opens Friday At Oneonta History Center ONEONTA – Art by Tony Mongillo, whose drawings and lithographs chronicled the D&H era in Oneonta, will be on exhibit at the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main Street, beginning Friday Jan. 29. An opening reception will be at 2 p.m. Sunday the 31st. The exhibit features Mongillo’s drawings and paintings of trains, as well as other local and personal subjects. Some of the pieces on exhibit are from…
Hodges Pond Open For Skating ONEONTA – The City of Oneonta announces that Hodges Pond in Neahwa Park will open for unsupervised public ice skating and non-contact hockey beginning Saturday, Jan. 23, pending sufficient ice depth. Skating is only allowed when ice conditions are safe and the green flag is posted. There is no skating allowed when the black flag is posted. …
Seward Brings $1/4 Million To Beverage Center Opening Hartwick College Cuts Ribbon On New Center ONEONTA – Saying “I thought I should buy the next round,” state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, brought a $250,000 check to today’s grand open of Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food & Beverage. In announcing the legislative grant in a ceremony in the Johnstone Science Building, Seward called the center “a one of kind resource for existing businesses and budding entrepreneurs that will help develop…
IN MEMORIAM: Sonny Kelsey, 69, Dies Suddenly ONEONTA – Donald L. “Sonny” Kelsey, 69, a roofer with F.L. Hall & Son for many years, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Fox Hospital. He was born Feb. 28, 1946, in Hobart, a son of Frank Leslie Kelsey and Mary Jane Whispell Kelsey.…
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Mayor Says He Will Ask Council To Support Fire Pact With Town ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig said a few moments ago that, while the tentative agreement with Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 doesn’t give the city everything it wanted, he will encourage Common Council to adopt it when it meets Feb. 2. “It didn’t bring the total value that we thought our services were worth,” said the mayor. “But there are some good things to it, and I…
CITY-TOWN FIRE DISPUTE IT’S A DEAL! Agreement on ‘Framework Of Settlement’ By TOM HEITZ • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lawyers for City Hall and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 agreed this afternoon on a package that would raise the district’s contribution for fire protection incrementally over this year and the next two. It would also resolve the stalemate pending since the city-district agreement ran out Dec. 31, ensuring Southside and the East and West ends will continue to receive…
K-9 Ricky Helps To Apprehend Suspected Oneonta Drug Dealer ONEONTA – K-9 Ricky and his handler, Sheriff’s Investigator Keith Sheldon, brought down a suspected drug dealer trying to flee the scene of a raid at his home early Wednesday morning. Harry Edmond, 45, of 34 Maple St., was arrested after members of the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Bureau, along with D.A. investigators, DEA special agents and patrol and detective bureau members from the Oneonta Police Department executed the no-knock…