THE GARY HERZIG STORY ‘I’ve always been drawn to trying to make things better’ Editor’s Note: This profile of Gary Herzig’s life and career, published in Hometown Oneonta Feb. 6 of this year, has new currency after Oneonta Common Council named him mayor on Tuesday. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to allotsego.com ONEONTA – To help pay his way through Queens College, Gary Herzig drove cab nights and weekends. “In New York City,” he said of the experience, “you…
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Thursday Night Vigil For Dante Crump, Hartwick Senior Who Died In Car Crash ONEONTA – A candlelight vigil for Dante Crump, the Hartwick College football player who died in a car crash just days before the semester started, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 on the college’s Frisbee Field. His favorite music will be played, and college President Margaret Drugovich, as well as friends, coaches and teachers, will say a few words in his memory. People will then have…
IN MEMORIAM: Bill Stanley, 83; ‘Artist’ Of An Active, Varied Life ONEONTA – A funeral mass is Friday, Sept. 4, for William D. Stanley, 83, formerly a barber in downtown Oneonta and owner of the East End Tavern, who passed away Aug. 19, 2015, at Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, with his family by his side. Bill was born Nov. 6, 1931, in Oneonta, the son of Joseph and Helen (Dawes) Stanley. He married Ruth Graves on Aug.…
3 Arrested In Stabbing In Oneonta On Saturday ONEONTA – An early morning confrontation on Chestnut Street Saturday resulted in a stabbing and the arrests of Avi Ray Fiqueroa, 25, Oneonta, Nancy E Callahan, 37, Richfield Springs, and Future S. Clovis, 16, Oneonta. Police were called to Fox Hospital at 6:45 a.m. Saturday with reports of a victim with a non-fatal stab wound to the upper buttocks. The investigation revealed that the victim, who police did not identify, had been walking on Chestnut…
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SHARING FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH NORWICH WAS AIRED $15,000-20,000 Extra Pay Discussed, Former City Manager Says By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com ONEONTA – While Dick Miller was mayor, discussions were initiated with the City of Norwich about the possibility of sharing the services of Oneonta Finance Director Meg Hungerford, three days here, two days in the Chenango County seat, according to former city manager Martin Murphy. Murphy said today, recapping a conversation in July, that he was surprised to learn of…
IN MEMORIAM: Patricia S. Ryan, 61; Worked At Popp Butterfly Conservancy LAURENS – Patricia Susan Ryan, 61, Laurens, who worked at Popp Butterfly Conservatory in Oneonta with sister, passed away on Wednesday Aug. 26, 2015. She was born on Aug. 24, 1954, in Forest Hills, Queens, the daughter of William J. Ryan and Gloria T. Ryan. Patty graduated from Unatego High School and attended college at Hofstra University and the Women’s Technical Institute in Boston. She had a curious nature…
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