OH-OH FEST Annual Concerts Struggling In Crises Past, Crisis Present Editor’s Note: The cancellation of Sean Kingston’s concert at OH-Fest Saturday evening, April 20, in Neahwa Park, sparked a pungent debate on All OTSEGO.com’s Facebook pages. Here’s a sampling of the back and forth. ►Kevin Comstock – If students from both colleges are the ones that pick the performers, then the concert should be held on campus … Keep the carnival downtown for the kids and family’s to enjoy. ►James…
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BOUND VOLUMES • April 25, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Execution – On Friday last, James Teed and David Dunning were executed at Goshen for the murder of Richard Jennings, in the presence of an immense concourse of people. The prisoners were escorted to the place of execution by a military guard, attended by a number of the reverend clergy. All the offices of kindness, both spiritual and temporal, were bestowed on the prisoners by the clergy, the sheriff and his…
Filmmaker Stillman’s Next Project: Poverty In Otsego, Delaware By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Filmmaker Joe Stillman wants to open people’s eyes to what he calls “The Invisible Class.” “In Otsego County, the poverty rate is 16.5 percent,” he said. “In Oneonta, it’s 29.5 percent. That’s one in three. These are our neighbors, friends, relatives and neighbors, people we play with, shop with and work with.” Now, home from promoting an award-winning documentary on…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS Racing Season Starts Heal Your Soul, Or Learn About Voting Winter is behind us and two 5K/10K races ramp up Otsego County’s favorite warm-weather activity. First, enjoy a sweet treat on the course as part of the Oneonta Donut Dash to raise money for the Rebecca Douglas Siegfried Scholarship fund at Morris Central School. 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27 Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info Valery.Worden@oneonta.edu • If you prefer your race day treats in a glass, the annual…
IN MEMORIAM: Geraldine L. Kennedy, 96; Business Exec Active In Democratic Politics ONEONTA – Geraldine LaGrua Kennedy, 96, a business executive active in Democratic politics, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Basset Hospital. Survivors include two daughters in Oneonta. Geraldine was born Aug. 13, 1922, in Brooklyn, the daughter of the late Fred and Elvira (Santangelo) LaGrua. Gerry met the love of her life Howard Carvil Kennedy in Brooklyn while still in high school. They were married on Nov. 1,…
IN MEMORIAM: Joseph R. Konchar, 91; Retired Farmer Owned Elm Inn In Heyday MILFORD – Joseph R. Konchar, 91, a retired farmer who owned the Elm Inn in its heyday, died Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Cooperstown Center. Born March 19, 1928, Joe was the youngest and last surviving of the 13 children of August and Antoinette (Ocaker) Konchar. At an early age, his family moved from the family’s Christian Hill farm in the Town of Otsego where he was…
IN MEMORIAM: Leroy E. Snyder, 70; Veteran, Mohawk Valley Entrepreneur RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Leroy E. Snyder, 70, of Mohawk, who grew up in the Town of Richfield and served in the Army before going on to a career in entrepreneurship, passed away peacefully on Friday April 19, 2019 in Bassett Hospital. LeRoy was born on Dec. 11, 1948, in Cooperstown, a son to the late Lester L. and Agnes M. Spooner Snyder. He was raised and educated in Richfield and…
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Babe Ruth’s Granddaughter To Keynote At Herkimer Fete HERKIMER – Babe Ruth’s granddaughter, Linda Ruth Tosetti, will be speaking on her legendary grandfather at a Dinner to benefit the Herkimer County Historical Society at Saturday, May 4, at Francesca’s Banquet Hall, Ilion. Doors open at 5 p.m. for a Meet and Greet, followed by dinner at 6. WKTV News Anchor Jason Powles will emcee, and Hall of Fame spokesman Craig Muder will say a few words on The Babe. Before…
Herzig Revokes OH-Fest Permit For Park Concert If Protest Breaks Out, OPD Lacks Resources To Control It, He Says By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – City Hall revoked OH-Fest’s Neahwa Park permit this morning after Mayor Gary Herzig learned on www.AllOTSEGO.com overnight that large numbers of students might protest concert headliner Sean Kingston after learning last week he and his bodyguard were accused of a gang rape in 2010. The city’s decision throws into doubt whether the Saturday night…