HARTWICK’S NEW PROVOST Bill Ehmann Sees Potential In Generation Z’s Strivings By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Bill Ehmann believes students will guide the school’s future as much as the faculty will guide theirs. “Students are always changing because economic forces are always changing,” said Hartwick College’s new provost and vice president/academic affairs, who arrived on campus July 1. “We have to keep adapting to them.” To adapt quickly to change, Ehmann said, students need to have…
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BARBARA JEAN MORRIS IN TANZANIA SUNY Oneonta President Heading Up Kilimanjaro…
HoF, Delgado Send Regards, Too Oneonta Baseball Fans Say Thank You, Sam! Outgoing National Baseball Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson, above, a speaker at this evening’s recognition at “Mr. Baseball” and “Mr. Oneonta” Sam Nader’s 100th birthday celebration at Damaschke Field, snaps a photo of Sam with fan PJ Harmer. Former mayor Nader, who turned 100 on July 8, brought the Yankees minor league franchise to the City of the Hills 50 years ago, and both milestones were recognized…
5 Markers To Be Celebrated Sunday Fly Creek Society Ready To Unveil Historic Signs Mike Ainslie of Fly Creek starts unboxing the North Tin Shop, one of five new historical markers that will be on display tomorrow (Sunday, July 14) from mid-morning to mid-afternoon at the Fly Creek Historical Society’s annual BBQ at the old Grange Hall on Cemetery Road. At noon, the society will also unveil a portrait of Diantha Cushman, being examine in photo at right by society…
MLB Stars Remember Former Oneonta Mayor Sam Nader On His 100th By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – What do you get Oneonta’s most beloved citizen, Sam Nader, for his 100th birthday? How about a birthday message from his favorite football team? “My father has held season tickets to the Giants since 1952,” said his son, John. “So my cousin’s husband got Eli Manning to record a video sending him a birthday message, thanking him for being such…
THE GILLIAN GIBBONS CASE 30 Years Later, A Sister Spurns Killer’s Apology By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Thirty years after the murder of her 18-year-old Gillian Gibbons, her sister was not expecting the call she got from the state Office of Victim’s Services on Tuesday, July 2. “Just out the blue I got a call saying they had a letter from David Dart – and did I want to hear it,” said Jennifer Kirkpatrick. “In 30 years,…
Sal Grigoli Remembers Hard Work, Nice Folks Pizza-Making Legend Ends 41-Year Career By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Forty-one years! I haven’t even been alive that long,” Sal Grigoli reports people saying to him these days. That’s the amount of time – age 19 to age 60 – that the founder and owner of the venerable Sal’s Pizzeria has been spinning dough disks at 110 Main St. You’ll still see him there for the next few weeks…
SENIORITY PROFILE: TAMMY MACDONALD For Fulfilling Twilight Years, Start Planning By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERTOWN – Our twilight years can be as fulfilling as our early ones. That is what Tamie MacDonald, Otsego County’s Office for Aging director, wants people of all ages to know, and that her office can help us realize it. “We can change our own story of what aging is,” MacDonald said. “No one wants to be frail or dependent on people. It’s…
Cows, Goats, Pigs, Oh My! At Junior Livestock Show More than 250 kids presented 650 animals as part of The Farmers’ Museum’s 72nd annual Junior Livestock Show‘s Parade of Champions, showcasing the best of the best in livestock at the end of a weekend of trials and judging at the Iroquois Farm Showgrounds in Cooperstown. Above, Gus Mason, 14, holds Gummy Bear’s Grand Champion Jersey award and the Best Jersey Bred and Owned award . The Grand Champion silver plate…
All Welcome For Lunch At Neahwa Park Pavilion…