PRIMARIES UP IN THE AIR HARTWICK UP IN AIR AFTER THURSDAY VOTE Palumbo Dominates In Richfield Over Incumbent COOPERSTOWN – While the Richfield town supervisor GOP primary yesterday yielded a clear winner – Paul Palumbo, 158, over incumbent Fran Enjem, 95 – both Hartwick town supervisor primaries are so close the outcome won’t be known until absentee ballots are counted a week from today, Sept. 18, according to Republican Elections Commissioner Sheila Ross. In the Republican primary, Hartwick Fire Chief Bob O’Brien…
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Hartwick Students Gather To Remember Dante Crump By LIBBY CUDMORE • for allotsego.com ONEONTA – When Dante Crump approached Penny Wightman, chair of Hartwick College’s Business Administration and Accounting department, for extra credit at the end of last semester, she gave him what she called “The biggest challenge of his life.” She asked him to knit a Hartwick scarf, keeping track of the cost of materials. “When he walked into my office with it, I never saw a more proud kid,”…
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…
City Council May Consider Murphy Severance Saturday ONEONTA – Acting Mayor Maureen Hennessy has called for a special meeting of Common Council for 9 a.m. Saturday in City Hall; the public is welcome to attend. No agenda was released, but the meeting could be to act on a severance counter-offer from suspended City Manager Martin Murphy. A return call from Hennessy for particulars was being awaited at this hour. Murphy was suspended by a 5-2 vote, with one abstention, at a…
IN MEMORIAM: Howard Talbot, 89; Directed Hall Of Fame For 17 Years COOPERSTOWN – Howard Chase Talbot, Jr., retired director of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, passed away with his family by his side Saturday evening, July 18, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was 89. Calling hours are Tuesday and the funeral Wednesday. (See below) A revered figure in the Cooperstown community, he served as Hall director – then the equivalent of president – from 1976 to 1993. Initially hired…
COUNCIL TO MEET FRIDAY ON CITY MANAGER FUTURE By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com ONEONTA – The second effort to remove a city manager in as many years will be the topic of a special Common Council meeting scheduled for 6:30 Friday evening in City Hall. A notice of the meeting was sent out at 6:36 this evening by City Clerk Doug Kendall, alerting the public that Acting Mayor Russ Southard called the meeting at the request of Council members Larry…
Calling Hours Thursday, Funeral Friday For Kathleen Galland-Bennett, Teacher Editor’s Note: This is the complete obituary for Kathleen M. Galland-Bennett, the CCS teacher who passed away Sunday. It was released this afternoon by Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements. COOPERSTOWN – Kathleen M. Galland-Bennett, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and Cooperstown Elementary School teacher, passed away following a valiant struggle with cancer Sunday afternoon, July 12, 2015, at her home. She was one day…
IN MEMORIAM: Hilda Mercun, 94; A Founder Of What Became SFCU ONEONTA – Hilda S. Mercun, 94, of Oneonta, one of the organizers of what became today’s Sidney Federal Credit Union, passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Fox Hospital. She was born June 19, 1920, in Herminie, Pa., the daughter of Anthony and Agnes (Kodrich) Slivsek. Hilda was married to Joseph F. Mercun on Nov. 21, 1940 in Worcester. The couple lived in Philadelphia and in Freehold, N.J.,…
IN MEMORIAM: Zondra Lynn Hart, 51; Oversaw County Economic Development ONEONTA – Zondra Lynn (Carson) Hart, 51, of Hartwick, who in the second half of 2013 bore the responsibility of keeping the Otsego County Economic Development Office operating, passed away peacefully at her home Monday, June 8, 2015. She was born July 13, 1963, in Oneonta, the daughter of Leonard Eugene Carson, Sr. and Crystal (Faunce) Carson. Zondra graduated from Laurens Central School, Class of 1981. She then earned an…
IN MEMORIAM: Joyce T. Erhmann, 82; Active In Richfield Springs Community Life RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Joyce T. Ehrmann, 82, who fully participated in Richfield Springs’ community life as a wife, mother, teachers’ aide and member of many community organizations, passed away on Tuesday morning June 2, 2015, in Albany Medical Center. She was born on Feb. 6, 1933 in Piercefield, near Tupper Lake, daughter of the late Sandy Peter and Ruth Dagget LaVassaur. The day Joyce was born there was…
