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…
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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…
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…
Golly, Goodbye To All That Was 2018 – And Welcome To Whatever To the Editor: 2018 – Farewell. Actually, farewell is an optimistic term, but there is a better expression: good riddance. Complaints about the past 12 months … Unregulated patent medicine ads supposedly improving mental function; as well, pills that do miraculous cures and improvements (making “it” larger, disposing of wrinkles, growing hair). Since 1906, the government supposedly regulates such food and drug fraud. The agency is now narcotized…
Murder Mystery, Scottish Delights, Cat Yoga Returns Was it Mr. Mustard in the bedroom with the rope? Or Mrs. Scarlett in the study with the revolver? Only the Oneonta High School drama club knows the answer as they present “Clue: On Stage.” Tickets, $10. 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 11-12, Oneonta High School, 130 Upper East Street, Oneonta. (607) 433-8200. •…
Betsy Hayes, 70, Toddsville; Focus Family Council Chair COOPERSTOWN – M.E. “Betsy” Hayes, 70, Toddsville, long active in public health initiatives, and most recently in the news as president of the Centers at Cooperstown (former Focus) Family Council, passed away on Jan. 2, 2019, from complications of a recent illness. Born in Plainfield, N.J., to Norma and Dick Wagner, Betsy cherished the memories of her early childhood in the South Jersey town of Delanco, moved to metropolitan Cranford, N.J., in…
Earl N. Buffett, 94; Trooper Headed Clark Family Security COOPERSTOWN – Earl Nathaniel Buffett, Jr., 93, a retired state trooper and former head of security for the Clark family interests,passed away, Jan. 1, 2019, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. A native of Long Island himself, he was born May 9, 1925, in Huntington, a son of Earl Nathaniel and Estelle May Conklin-Buffett. After graduating from high school, Buffett enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March…
EDITORIAL HOMETOWN Views and Perspectives Levels Rising On Reservoir Of Good Will Bliss Achieves Key Goal: Collegiality On County Board The amiable Dave Bliss, who is entering his second year as chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, patently has achieved his first goal: A “change of culture” toward a more amiable atmosphere. “I believe we have a working relationship with departments heads and other board members,” the former 24-year Middlefield town supervisor, a Republican, said in an interview…
LEGAL POT? NY Should Beware Of Pitfalls Editor’s Note: This appeared in YourAAA, the Jan./Feb. edition of the Automobile Association of America/Northeast. Our state Legislature may legalize recreational marijuana as soon as this month. The legalization of marijuana is gaining popularity within the U.S. A recent Gallup poll found that 66 percent of Americans support marijuana legalization. More than half the states have legalized marijuana use to some extent, whether it be for medicinal use with cannabis strains like this…