Memorial Service Nov. 2 For Kenneth Robinson, 53 WORCESTER – Kenneth W. Robinson’s memorial service will be 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the VFW in Schenevus. Those that attend are welcome to bring a dish to pass if wanted. A carpenter, Robinson, 53, was born on June 27, 1966, and passed away Oct. 10, 2019. He is survived by his mother Sharon and father Paul; children Desiree, Cory and Aiden; brothers Frank, John, Jeff and Dustin; sister Kathy, and…
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IN MEMORIAM: Lawrence Gennarino, 85; Navy Vet Retired From Career At Bendix ONEONTA – Lawrence “Butch” Gennarino, 85, of Oneonta, a Navy veteran who retired from a career at Bendix, passed away peacefully on Oct. 22, 2019, at his home with family by his side. Butch was born on April 4, 1934, in Oneonta, to Giovanni and Marianna (Tanzini) Gennarino, the youngest of six siblings. He married Allie (Beecher) on Sept. 1, 1957, at St. Mary’s Church. They celebrated 62…
ERICA JONG AT SHARON SPRINGS: No Women In ‘Canon’ Because Men Define It By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SHARON SPRINGS – Why women shop in Bloomingdale’s, witches and telling the truth through poetry were just a few of the topics discussed in “Erica Jong in Conversation with Jean Hanff Korelitz” at the Roseboro Hotel last Saturday, the final event of the Sharon Springs Poetry Festival. Novelist Korelitz, who lives here parttime, opened her “intimate talk” with Jong –…
BOUND VOLUMES Oct. 24, 2019 200 YEARS AGO During the last week, the first experiment was made on the waters of the Grand Canal. The “Chief Engineer” an “elegant boat for passengers, built by a company of enterprising gentlemen at Rome, has just been completed for the purpose of the first trial. It is neatly finished and has two commodious cabins. On Thursday last about thirty gentlemen of Rome, took passage for Utica. This number was greatly increased on the…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS Tricks And Treats, Scary Ghost Stories And Pumpkins Glow! By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com T’is the night for tricks and treats! Stroll through downtown and show off your costume before you hit the streets to collect your sweets! In Cooperstown, the parade kicks off at 5 p.m. on Main Street. In Oneonta, 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31. • Get a head-start on the candy collecting as you trick or treat through the Historic Village.…
HALLOWEEN 2019 Spooky Activities Around The County ?Friday, October 25 TRUNK OR TREAT – 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Decorate your car, bring candy to hand out. Must be child-friendly, candy must be store-bought & individually wrapped. Cash prizes for best dressed cars. E-mail to sign up your car. Cherry Valley Springfield Central School, 597 Co. Hwy. 54, Cherry Valley. 607-264-3265. GHOST TOURS – 5:30 – 9 p.m. Join a guide to explore the museum after dark, learn about the mysteries,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 24-25, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Worcester Slaying: Anatomy Of A Tragedy In-County Candidate Plans Assembly Run Teaching, Coaching, Scouting Wins Fetterman All Arraignments Now In County Jail Lobby For 1st Time, You Can Vote Early This Year EDITORIAL CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS In Richfield, Vote GOP, Overturn Zoning Code For County Board, Farwell, Brockway, Basile Clark Oliver Emerging As Shaker, Mover COLUMNS BENNETT: In Land Of Plenty, Many Needy…
HOMETOWN History Oct. 25, 2019 150 Years Ago The cost of a corrupt Congress: A session of Congress costs the country $4,000,000. Each day entails upon us an expense of $33,000. The fortieth Congress used up nearly eleven hundred penknives, costing about three dollars each, and of course, the members did not pay for them. Besides penknives, such necessary articles as snuff, tobacco, pocket scissors, hair brushes and “extra Morocco desks” have been furnished by a grateful nation to its…
AllOTSEGO.spooky At Worcester Inn, Ghostly Flush, More By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WORCESTER – Dennis Enright loved the Worcester White House Inn. “We were friends a long time,” said owner Jim Buelow. “I thought of him like a brother.” So much so, that Enright still hangs around Room 217, where he was living when he died at age 63 last November, according to his friend. Since, Enright has joined the many ghosts that haunt the famed stopping place.…
IN MEMORIAM: Maria K. Devlin, 82; Co-Owned Golden Rooster, Oneonta ONEONTA – Maria Barbara (Krause) Devlin, 82, who co-owned the Golden Rooster gift shop on Main Street while her husband taught at SUNY Oneonta, passed away Oct. 19, 2019, at Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital from complication of lymphoma. She recently resided in North Andover, Mass., and Venice, Fla. She was born to Otto and Martha Krause in 1937 in Breslau, a German city lost to Poland after World War II.…