HOUSING VISIONS PROPOSES 58 DWELLINGS IN ONEONTA ONEONTA – Housing Visions of Syracuse is bringing its first round of housing projects – a mix of apartments and townhouses, 58 housing units in all – to the city Planning Commission at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Common Council chambers. Patrick Stanczyk will appear on behalf of Housing Visions for a “sketch plan conference” on two projects: • One townhouse and two buildings with four dwellings each on the corner of…
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Zephyr Teachout To Visit For Book Signing ONEONTA – Zephyr Teachout, who beat Governor Cuomo in Otsego and 29 other Upstate counties in the September Democratic party, is coming back Friday, Oct. 17. At 2 p.m., the Fordham law professor and former staffer in Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, will be autographing copies of her book, “Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United,” in the Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St. “This is going to be an…
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IN MEMORIAM: Frances Foster Smith, 95; Helped Parents Run Fly Creek General Store FLY CREEK – Frances Marion (Foster) Smith, a Fly Creek native, retired banker and real-estate agent, passed away Tuesday. She was 95 and resided at the Presbyterian Home in New Hartford. Born on March 31, 1919, in her parents’ Fly Creek home, Frances shared her childhood with her older sister, Ferne. They helped their parents, Glenn and Florence (Williams) Foster, in operating the Fly Creek General Store.…
SUNY’s Lowe Helps Others Give ‘Gift of Life’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta junior Russell Lowe was used to seeing blood drives on campus, but as far as he can tell, his “Gift of Life” Bone Marrow registration is the first of it’s kind. “You see blood drives every week, but only two percent of people are registered to give bone marrow,” he said. Lowe, a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, learned about the Gift of…
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Eileen R. Littell, 87; Editor’s Daughter-In-Law COOPERSTOWN – Eileen Reeves Littell, 87, daughter-in-law of Walter R. Littell, editor of the Otsego Farmer and an officer in the company that published The Freeman’s Journal, died Oct. 7, 2014, at Memory Care Living in Montville, N.J., after a long illness. She was born on July 7, 1927, in Buffalo, the daughter of Eric and Dearborn (Smith) Reeves. She grew up in Cooperstown, graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1944 and married W.…
Planners Suggest ‘Green Apron’ From Main Street To Doubleday By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Having learned Monday evening that local folks consider Doubleday Field a major “icon” and “destination,” Elan‘s planners this evening proposed a “green apron” leading from Main Street to the front door of baseball’s foremost shrine, dissecting the 130-car parking lot. Instead of dodging cars pulling in and out of parking spaces, fans and tourists could stroll up to the “Home of Baseball” – as Doubleday…
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