Known For Baroque Opera, She’s Praised For Book, Too Jane Glover Hit Author With ‘Handel In London’ By LIBBY CUDMORE CHERRY VALLEY – Fixing up a guest house in Cherry Valley, Graham Humes was worried what his summer tenant, Jane Glover, in town to conduct “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” at the 1994 Glimmerglass Festival, might think. “I was afraid she wouldn’t like it!” he said. “But we got a piano in there for her, and she was very happy.” So happy, in fact,…
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Milford 3rd-Graders Study Trout By Raising Trout By LIBBY CUDMORE MILFORD – Call it a School of Fish. Kim Burkhart’s Milford Central School third-graders are raising 50 brown trout in their classroom, learning hands-on about the ecosystems of rivers and streams. If you feel inspired having read this article, then you may want to consider some fishy-y learning aids for your children at home. Consider looking at Odd Ball Fish online to get some innovative ideas for stocking a new…
BRIDES APLENTY AT FOOTHILLS Can’t have a Wedding Expo without brides! Deanie Lord, Oneonta, Tammy Christman, Oneonta, Tracy Ross, Sidney Center and Todd Halley, Franklin modeled this year’s bridal fashions for Rainbow’s End at the annual Foothills Wedding Expo on Sunday, Jan. 13. With 200 in attendence, the event had its largest turnout ever.…
Polar Bear Jump To Aid 2 Volunteers By LIBBY CUDMORE MILFORD CENTER – This year, the jumpers at the 24th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump will be taking the plunge on Saturday, Feb. 16 to help two of their own. Christina Freeland, a longtime volunteer for the annual event, was recently diagnosed with HyperEosinophilia Syndrome, a very rare blood disease that affects the immune system and all vital organs. Complications from the disease and treatment, including sepsis, kept her…
SUNY Students Study Sea Life Of Japanese Isles Amy Shultis, Oneonta, traveled to Japan for the class, Biology 271/Global Studies in Conservation & Sustainability, taught by Dr. Kiyoko Yokota. A biology student at SUNY Oneonta, Shultis visited Tokyo and the islands of Chichijima and Hahajima. The locals of Chichijima and Hahajima work with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to remove…
AT NOAH’S WORLD, THE QUEEN OF THE DANCE SAGGESE SUCCEEDS: Hannah Saggese, Oneonta, was named to the Dean’s List at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) for the Fall 2018 semester. TWO ON TOP: Mary Lynch and Eliana Fox, both of…
Henry Quackenbush, 82; After Retiring, Enjoyed Family Camp On Afton Lake ONEONTA – Henry L. Quackenbush, Jr., a New York Telephone employee who enjoyed retirement at his Afton Lake camp, passed away at home on Dec. 30, 2018. He was born Oct. 5, 1936, in Oneonta, the son of Henry and Eloise (Congdon) Quackenbush. Hank was a graduate of Oneonta High School, Class of 1955. He married Carolyn Bossio on Aug. 16, 1959, at St. Mary’s Church in Oneonta. He retired…
Hero May Not Have Been Target, Chief Concluding Suspect’s Brother Person Of Interest, Can’t Be Located By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA –With one arrest, 100 leads and a “person of interest” who can’t be found, Oneonta Police are still piecing together what happened during the blaze that killed a man hailed as a “hero” on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 5 Walling Ave. “We’re not sure what (Terrence) Truitt was trying to do,” Police Chief Doug Brenner said of the suspect facing…
OPEN LETTER TO COMMUNITY Does Society Of Friends Offer Solutions To Angst That Divides Our Nation? For those who know one, or all, of us, “utopian” isn’t the first word that would come to mind. Practical, fact-based, analytical – those would be better adjectives to describe us. Yet we can’t help but recognize, locally and nationally, the decrease of civility, neighborliness and cooperativeness in our national conscience and behavior, and wonder if there’s a way for citizens and our leadership…
Althea ‘Allie’ Gennarino, 82; Teacher Leaves Husband, 5 Children ONEONTA – Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother Althea “Allie” Gennarino, 82, a retired teacher in Unadilla, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2019 with her family by her side at Bassett Hospital. Allie was born on July 5, 1936, in Hancock, to Fred and Minnie Alma Beecher, the second youngest of their five daughters. Allie met Lawrence “Butch” Gennarino, her husband of 62 years, in Oneonta. The couple was married on…
