HOMETOWN History Dec. 20, 2019 150 Years Ago Miscellaneous: It is authoritatively stated that the loss of life by kerosene is greater than by railroad and steamboat accidents combined. A German astronomer says that we are soon to have another moon, and that it will be nearer the Earth than our present satellite. Some of the Syracuse papers now call the Cardiff humbug the “Exposed Giant” The Rochester Chronicle thinks the term ought to have been adopted in the first…
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SHE SAYS CUOMO ‘FORCES’ SYSTEM ON HER ‘Green Light’ Law Threatens Voting Integrity, Clerk Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The state’s “Green Light” Law that went into effect over the weekend is all about registering potential Democratic voters, Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner said in an interview. “They are making a mockery of our voting system,” said Sinnott Gardner Tuesday, Dec. 17, as she was organizing her staff to administer a law she disagrees…
IN MEMORIAM Dr. Karl Jonathan Schoonover, 77; Optometrist, County Representative ONEONTA – Dr. Karl Jonathan Schoonover, 77, of Oneonta, the optometrist and former Otsego County representative, died Dec. 13, 2019. Following a five-year battle with pulmonary fibrosis, he peacefully passed away with his family by his side. Karl was born on Sept. 6, 1942, the son of Rose and Karl Schoonover. He graduated from Wellsville High School in 1960.…
Barber Announces Run For NY Senate Schoharie Farmer Challenges Seward MIDDLEBURGH – A fifth-generation farmer and son of a former state Ag & Markets commissioner announced here Saturday he’s seeking the Democratic nomination to run for state Senate in the 10-county 51st District, which includes Otsego County. In he wins the nomination, Jim Barber would challenge state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, next fall.…
2 JOURNALISM INDUCTION HONOREES Harrelson Wins Frick; Spink Goes To Cafardo COOPERSTOWN – Ken Harrelson will be honored with the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting, and the late Nick Cafardo, for the J.G. Spink Award for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing” Saturday, July 25, during the 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. A five-time Emmy Award winner, Harrelson became a Chicago icon while calling White Sox games for 34 of his 43 years behind the mic. Born…
To Play Mother Ginger, MAN UP! Buttermann In Footsteps Of Firefighter, Surgeon By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – It takes a man to be a mother. Mother Ginger, that is. “Mother Ginger is traditionally played by a dancer ‘en travesti’,” said Donna Decker of Decker School of Ballet. “In ballet, we don’t call it drag.” This year, Oneonta City school board member and Assembly candidate Dan Buttermann stepped into the dress that Assistant Fire Chief Jim Maloney,…
IN MEMORIAM: Walter J. Hribar, 84; Korean War Vet, Worked In Frankfort RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Walter J. Hribar, 84, a Korean War veteran and longtime Richfield Springs resident, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in his home. He had the comfort of his loving family at side. Walter was born on March 6, 1935, in Fly Creek, son of the late Anthony and Anna Pope Hribar. A lifelong area resident, he was educated at Richfield Springs Central School.…
3 Hospitalized During SantaCon ONEONTA – Three students were hospitalized for over-consumption of alcohol during the annual SantaCon on Saturday, Dec. 7. “Two of them were sent to the ICU to be intubated, both with a blood alcohol content level over .5 percent,” said Police Chief Doug Brenner. “.4 is usually fatal.” The first, a 21-year-old male SUNY student, was transported to Bassett Hospital by police after he was found unconscious on the lawn of a house on Grove Street…
IN MEMORIAM: Ann Lewis Enright, 79; Nurse Played Key Roles At Fox, Bassett ONEONTA — Ann Lewis Enright, 79, Fox Hospital’s former director of nursing services and a nurse anesthetist at Bassett Hospital for 20 years, passed away on Dec. 1, 2019, with her loving husband, Dennis, by her side. Ann was born on June 26, 1940, in Bainbridge, the daughter of Randolph and Helen Foote Lewis. She graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1958. After graduating, Ann attended the…
Dancers Dazzle At Fokine’s ‘Nutcracker’ The Nutcracker (Caio Legname, right), and Clara (Julianna Brzezinski, left) dance with Sugarplum Fairy Maya Schonbrun during the Fokine Ballet Company of Oneonta’s annual production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” Saturday afternoon at SUNY Oneonta’s Goodrich Theater. Inset, Mouse King Evan Clark and The Nutcracker lock in a duel of swords beneath the Christmas Tree. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…