IN MEMORIAM: Elizabeth S. Swatling, 97; Husband Operated Fuel-Oil Businesses FLY CREEK – Elizabeth S. Swatling of Red Onion Farm in Fly Creek died early Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. She was 97. Bette was born on Oct. 18, 1918, in Albany to Satie and Joseph M. Schroeder. She married Roy K. Swatling on March 7, 1942, and lived in Herkimer before moving to Fly Creek in 1960. Roy, who operated Jensen-Baldwin Oil in Cherry Valley and Cooperstown, and similar businesses…
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THE END OF A TAGLINE? ‘City Of The Hills’ Brand May Bump ‘Oneonta, Life Enjoyed’ ONEONTA – “Oneonta, Life Enjoyed,” greeted with some controversy a half-dozen years ago, may be going over the side. At Destination Oneonta’s annual meeting Wednesday evening, Sean Magee of Trampoline Advertising & Design, Glens Falls, outlined four new branding options, three built around the traditional “City of the Hills” tagline, that will be part of recommendations on downtown revival being prepared by the LA Group,…
SUNY Oneonta Among 14 Colleges On Money’s Fastest-Improving List ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is one of 14 colleges and universities named to a new MONEY magazine list of public schools that stand out as “the most rapidly improving high-value colleges in the nation.” In the MONEY analysis, SUNY Oneonta was singled out for having an above-average graduation rate, for raising its graduation rates for all students by at least 10 percent from 2003 to 2013, and for reducing achievement gap disparities among…
IN MEMORIAM: John Rifenburgh, 84; World War II Vet Co-Owned Tally-Ho WEST DAVENPORT – John William Rifenburgh, 94, a World War II veteran and former co-owner of the Tally-Ho Restaurant in West Davenport, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2016., at Fox Nursing Home. He was born June 12, 1921, in Worcester, the eldest of six children and the only son of the late Walter and Mabel Estella (Phelps) Rifenburgh. On April 9, 1964, he married Barbara Cook in Bloomville. During…
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IN MEMORIAM: Eleanor Scorzafava VanCuren, 92 ONEONTA – Eleanor Scorzafava VanCuren passed away Jan. 13, 2016. She was 92. She was born Jan. 11, 1924. Her husband, George VanCuren, a pilot and POW during World War II who worked for the D&H and the U.S. Postal Service, passed away in 2010.…
Governor Cuomo Speaks ’14 Proposals’ Will Be Detailed In State Of The State & Budget Address Today at 12:30pm, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will deliver his annual State Of The State & Budget Address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The speech will be streamed live on the Governor’s website. There you can also find previous addresses as well as more information about the Governor and this particular address. We have included a link to the live stream below. …
Zephyr Builds Bridges With Local Democrats Meets Today With Abbate, Katz, Exec Committee…
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