SUNY Students Debate Tainted OH-Fest Rapper Given 2010 Gang-Rape Allegations, Ought Sean Kingston Be Disinvited? By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After learning last week that the OH-Fest headliner, rapper Sean Kingston, and his bodyguard were accused of gang rape in 2010, SUNY Oneonta students and staff – some said they were sexual assault survivors – met this evening in the college’s Center for Multicultural Experiences to discuss whether to push for canceling Kingston’s performance. Leaders of the college’s…
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Bassett’s Delong Leading 154,000 MDs Worldwide Cherry Valley Resident Chairman Of American College Of Physicians COOPERSTOWN – As of Saturday, April 13, 154,000 physicians from around the U.S. and the world are looking to Dr. Douglas M. DeLong for leadership. Bassett Hospital’s DeLong, MD, FACP, was elevated to chairman of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians during Internal Medicine Meeting 2019, ACP’s annual scientific meeting held last Thursday through Saturday in Philadelphia.…
Emphemera Abounds, And Much More…
HOMETOWN History • April 19, 2019 150 Years Ago Aurora Borealis – Our citizens on Thursday evening were out en-masse, gazing into the heavens. The aurora borealis presented a wonderful sight. It was of a whitish color, and appeared like clouds rent by the wind. A beautiful bow was formed in the south. At nine o’clock, the sky again lighted, first in the northwest, then verging around to the east, darting out huge sheets of light, which turned red and…
IN MEMORIAM: Elaine More, 87; Farmed In Pierstown, East Springfield EAST SPRINGFIELD – Elaine More, who farmed with her husband in Pierstown and East Springfield, passed away early Saturday morning, April 13, 2019, at Cooperstown Center following a short illness. She was 87. Elaine was born Nov. 15, 1931, in Cooperstown, a daughter of J. Emory and Wilma (Curry) Bloomer. Raised in Hyde Park, Town of Hartwick, Elaine attended Cooperstown Central School, graduating with the Class of 1949.…
Bassett’s DeLong Chairs National Doctors’ Group American College of Physicians Elevates Cherry Valley Resident PHILADELPHIA – Bassett Hospital’s Douglas M. DeLong, M.D., was elevated to chairman of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians during Internal Medicine Meeting 2019, ACP’s annual scientific meeting held here Thursday through Saturday. The Board of Regents is the main policy-making body of the ACP, which is the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, and had members in more than…
IN MEMORIAM: Peter Granger, 83; Proprietor Of Oneonta’s Copper Fox WORCESTER – Peter Granger, known to friends as Scoop, longtime proprietor of Oneonta’s Copper Fox Tavern, peacefully passed away at the age of 83 on April 14, 2019. He was born on Dec. 25, 1935, in Glens Falls to Earle and Lutheria Granger. He graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Glens Falls and attended Cobleskill Agriculture & Technology College, graduating with an associate’s degree in Animal Husbandry. Following his graduation,…
League Of Women Voters Plans ‘User’s Guide For Local Democracy’ Panel Public Welcome To Participate April 27 MILFORD CENTER – Oneonta and Cooperstown’s League of Women Voters chapters are planning “A User’s Guide for Local Democracy: Skill Building for Active Organizations and Individuals,” 8:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Springbrook’s Family Engagement Center on Route 28. Panelists will include Laura Ladd Bierman, executive director the League of Women Voters of New York State. The workshop is designed to build…
IN MEMORIAM: David Dean Erbe, 74; OHS Grad Signed With Minnesota Twins SIDNEY – David Dean Erbe, 74, who signed with the Minnesota Twins to play professional baseball after graduating from Oneonta High School, died April 8, 2019, surrounded by his family. Born March 14, 1945, in Cooperstown, he was a relief pitcher in the Twins’ minor league organization in 1966. He later lived in Sidney for many years, working for Custom Electronics in Oneonta, Amphenol/Bendix in Sidney, and retired…
IN MEMORIAM: Gary H. Farney, 66; Farmer, SUNY Morrisville Herdsman EAST SPRINGFIELD – Gary H. Farney, 66, of Morrisville, a dairy farmer and SUNY Morrisville herdsman, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton. He was born Feb. 12, 1952, in Lowville, a son of Herbert H. and Berneda Hirshey Farney. He was a graduate of Lowville Academy and Central School and SUNY Cobleskill. On Sept. 19, 1981, Gary married Karen Weaver in East Springfield,…