$30,000 To Otsego County From Community Foundation Otsego County organizations received almost $30,000 in grants from the Community Foundation for South Central New York’s Community Fund, Women’s Fund and special funds, as follows: SUNY Oneonta’s Children’s Center, $6,138 to upgrade food services to code (Otsego) SUNY Oneonta’s Children’s Center, $15,000 for childcare subsidies (Otsego) Otego Community Food Pantry, $2,000 to help residents grow and use their own vegetables and greens (Otsego) Opportunities for Otsego, $6,000 for emergency counseling for victims…
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IN MEMORIAM: Jim Georgeson, 95; Former Oneonta Mayor, Civic Leader ONEONTA – One of Oneonta’s foremost citizens, James Nicholas Georgeson, 95, a former mayor, businessman and SUNY Oneonta official, passed away Wednesday at Focus Otsego Manor. In recent years, he lived in Oneonta and Green Valley, Ariz. Jim was born Oct. 4, 1919, in Oneonta, the son of Christina Vlahos and Nicholas Georgeson, both natives of Greece. He married Charlotte Lunn of Oneonta in 1951. Jim was a lifetime resident…
Speech Therapist Joins Otsego Manor INDEX – Within a week of assuming ownership of Otsego Manor, The Focus Family of Companies has added a new program: A full-time speech therapist. Sarah Bruml, a speech-language pathologist since 2008, is already working with her first five patients at Focus – the first time in at least five years that the former Otsego Manor has been able to admit patients who need this kind of therapy.…
Rediscovered Tiffany Windows Go On Display Saturday at Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum…
Constitution Pipeline Says FERC Filing Opens Door To Construction By Spring The Constitution Pipeline Co. said it is anticipating starting construction in the first quarter of 2015 after FERC today published its final environmental review of the 124-mile-long project. The FERC action is a key step toward the commission’s decision on the project, which is expected as early as late November, company said, anticipating it may be delivering natural gas downstate and to New England by the 2015-16 heating season.…
October 24, 2014 E-Edition The Freeman’s Journal Hometown Oneonta All Otsego…
Former Mayor Jim Georgeson, 95, Dies ONEONTA – Former Oneonta mayor James N. Georgeson, 95, passed away Wednesday at the Focus Otsego Manor. He served in 1960-62, before the mayoral term was extended to four years. Arrangements are pending with the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.…
Future For Oneonta Foundation Honors Laing, Klugo At Reception By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com ONEONTA – Gary Laing, owner of the Oneonta Outlaws and The Shipping Room, wasn’t looking for accolades – in fact, he was just looking for a snack. “My son Joshua was playing football and I stopped at Stewart’s to get him a Slim-Jim,” said Laing. “I was pulling out of the parking lot and this woman comes out in front of me. It’s Carol Mahon, and…
IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy Lewis, 92, First Oneontan To Enlist In WAVES ONEONTA – Funeral services are Saturday for Dorothy Moore Lewis, 92, who during World War II became the first woman from Oneonta to enlist in the WAVES (the Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), who passed away Sunday at the Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 24, 1922, in Oneonta, the daughter of George F. and Nellie (Thomas) Moore. She graduated from Oneonta High School in 1940…
Bronx Man, Suspected Heroin Dealer, Arrested By Deputies, OPD In Oneonta ONEONTA – A Bronx man suspected of being a major heroin trafficker in Otsego and Delaware counties was arrested early Tuesday evening after a month-long narcotics investigation, Senior Sheriff’s Investigator Mike Ten Eyck announced today. The suspect, Harry L. Wilkins Jr., 34, of The Bronx, was charged with possessing heroin with intent to sell and possessing more than a half-ounce of heroin. Approximately one ounce was seized, Ten Eyck…