They’re Off! Legion Riders Off On 2019 Legacy Run Chris Chase, vice president, American Legion Riders, Post 259, gears up with fellow riders as they prepare to head out Saturday morning on the 2019 Legacy Run. Inset, Deborah Rodriguez-Heim, Oneonta, starts out on her red Can-Am Spyder. The ride funds the American Legion Legacy Scholarship, which provides scholarship money to children of post-9/11 veterans who died on active duty. This year, the riders made their way from Oneonta, over Franklin…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Motorcyclists Ride To Support American Legion Legacy Fund LEGACY RUN – 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Motorcycle ride to support American Legion Legacy Fund supporting children of deceased veterans through their higher education. Includes stops in Delhi, Margaretsville, Downsville, Walton. After the run enjoy music, food, Chinese auction, more. American Legion, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-0494 or visit www.alrpost259.org/legacy…
IN MEMORIAM: Val Oliver, 67; Vietnam Veteran, Family Man WATERVILLE – Val Frank Oliver, 67, a Vietnam veteranpassed away peacefully after an extended illness on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. He had the support and comfort of his loving family at his side. He was one of 22 children. He was born on Feb. 14, 1952 in Ilion, son of the late Frank E. and Ruth McCumber Oliver. He was raised and educated in Brookfield. He first worked on his family’s farm.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Food, Fun, & More At Country Living Festival COUNTRY LIVING FEST – 1 p.m. Celebrate country life with vendors, cornhole tournament (1-6:30), pumpkin patch, farmers’ market, more. Includes demonstrations on backyard beekeeping, floral arrangements, fly fishing, cider pressing, metal detecting, more. Kallan Fields, Well’s Ave., Hartwick. 607-293-8123 or visit www.facebook.com/TownofHartwick/…
BEST BETS Grand & Glorious Garage Sale Back t’s big! It’s beautiful! It’s good stuff galore as the annual Grand & Glorious garage sale’s a bargain hunter’s dream. There’s music and food too, including the famous “Walking Taco.” 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, Main Street, Oneonta. • The machines of the past comes to life at 36th annual Dan Rion Memorial Antique Engine Jamboree & Powerfest. Steam power demos, music, BBQ, activities, more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7,…
READ THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN, JOURNAL ONLINE General’s 1st Mission: Can He Raise Enough? Oneonta’s German Challenge To Delgado Intrigues Former Congressmen Gibson, Faso Congressional candidate and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Anthony German and wife Diana pose with family, from left, Josh, 32, Zach, 24, Becca, 21, (a spring SUNY Oneonta grad, soon to be married) and Ben, 29. The sons followed their father into military service. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 36 years in the New…
GERMAN V. DELGADO General’s 1st Mission: Can He Raise Enough? Oneontan’s Run Intrigues Gibson, Faso By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 36 years in the New York State National Guard, retiring Feb. 2 at adjutant general, the top commander, Tony German’s career was guided by a set of values: Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. That’s the code of the U.S. Air Force, he explained. “I’m not going to change now,”…
ACTION AT HYDE HALL Civil War Reenactment Features ‘Drop’ Cannonball Experience a Civil War-era encampment featuring soldiers in authentic uniforms, battle drills and performing tactical maneuvers as Hyde Hall’s Civil War Weekend continues today. Above, 15-year veterans of reenactments, Jacob Manley and his father Richard, Hartwick, show off a Civil War era tent. At right, re-enactor Tim Walker, Cooperstown, holds one of his prize artifacts, a certified unexploded 12-pound cannonball from Little Round Top at Gettysburg. In the heat of…
10TH DIVISION BAND PLAYS HERE Dean Of Oneonta WWII Vets, Drago Honored At Concert Gene Schmidt, organizer of this afternoon’s 10th Mountain Division Jazz Band concert, shakes hand with World War II veteran Tony Drago, Oneonta, after Drago was honored with a surprise mayoral proclamation preceding this afternoon’s performance in the SUNY Alumni Field House. At 97, Drago is among the city’s oldest surviving veterans. At right, soloist Sgt. Michelle Dykes, stationed Fort Drum near Watertown, sings while accompanied by…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Landscape Art Fest On The Lake ART EXHIBIT – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Art By The Lake 12th annual juried art exhibit celebrating relationship between artists and landscape. Also features artist demonstrations, food by Origins Cafe, music, more. Lake front Lawn, Fenimore Art Museum, Coopersotwn. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
