HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 Oneonta Student Art Show ART SHOW – 5-6:30 p.m. Art exhibit featuring works by students of the Oneonta City School District opens at Fox Care Center, Oneonta. Info, www.oneontacsd.org DEBATE – 7 p.m. The Candidates for the CCS Board of Education will debate each other and answer questions from the audience. Hosted by the League of Women Voters. Jr./Sr. Library, Cooperstown High School. Info, www.cooperstowncs.org/league-of-women-voters-to-hose-board-of-education-candidates-debate/ CLIMATE CHANGE LECTURE – 7 p.m. “US Energy Transition: The…
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120 March In Cherry Valley To Focus On Climate Change CHERRY VALLEY – More than 120 people, from babies to senior citizens, turned out Saturday for the Peoples’ Climate March in Cherry Valley. Marchers and walkers headed through the village bearing colorful banners, signs, and giant, handmade puppets (including Gaia, a butterfly, and a colorful banner of the sun).…
IN MEMORIAM: Joy Willies, 91; Mother Of At-At-Glance President ONEONTA – Muriel Joy Willies, formerly of West Orange, N.J., and recently of The Plains in Oneonta, passed peacefully on April 14, 2017. She was 91. Born Feb. 24, 1926, in Orange, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Lionel (Leo) J. and Emerald Clara (Smith) Broyer. Joy graduated from Orange High School and on Sept. 14, 1944, married the love of her life, John Willies Jr, who survives her…
IN MEMORIAM Charles K. Herzog, 90, Worcester; WWII Veteran Ran Supply Firm WORCESTER – Charles Karl Herzog, 90, at World War II veteran and proprietor of C. Herzog Supply Co., the plumbing supply wholesaler, passed away peacefully on April 7, 2017. Charlie, the son of the late Andrew and Emma (Rust) Herzog, was born April 12, 1926, in Nuremburg, Germany. The Herzog family emigrated to the United States when Charlie was an infant and settled in Upstate New York. When…
BULLETIN Dream Ends For Hawkeyes COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Central Hawkeyes lost to Moravia, 66-59, a few moments ago in the Regional Finals at the Broome County Veterans Memorial, ending their quest for a state championships a week before the title round.…
HAWKEYES CLAIM SECTIONAL CROWN Tyler Bertram Tournament MVP SYRACUSE – The CCS Hawkeyes Boys’ Basketball Team defeated the Tully Black Knights, 73-62, to claim the Class C, Section III title and compete for the regional title next weekend at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghmton. The action was this afternoon at Onondaga Community College. The first quarter CCS was up 19-11; halftime brought at 27-27 tie. The last quarter, Coop maintained a 10-point lead that Tully was unable to overcome. Tyler…
IN MEMORIAM: Douglas S. Rhyde, 84; ‘Mayor Of The Fly Creek Valley,’ Mason FLY CREEK VALLEY – Douglas Schuyler Rhyde, known as “The Mayor of Fly Creek Valley,” passed away Sunday evening, Feb. 19, 2017, at Syracuse VA Medical Center. He was 84. Born July 21, 1932, in Walton, Doug was a son of Rufus J. and Esther E. (Pope) Rhyde. He first attended a one-room schoolhouse and then school in Richfield Springs. Doug joined the Army on Nov. 5,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEB. 19 Snow Date For ‘Love Letters’ THEATER – 2 p.m. Performance of ‘Love Letters,’ by A.R. Gurney, which tells the story of Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner via the letters they exchanged over their lifetime. The Production Center of the Foothills Performing Arts Center, 124 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-5407 or GEStevens17@gmail.com HYDE HALL HISTORY – 3 p.m. John Bower, Marketing Director of Hyde Hall, presents a brief history from 1817 to 1835. Event…
IN MEMORIAM Ted Sumner, Novelist’s Son; Wife, 3 Daughters Survive COOPERSTOWN – Frederick “Ted” Sumner sailed away on Jan. 15, 2017, with family by his side, at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown. He is survived by his “favorite and only wife,” Sarah Cunningham Sumner, daughters Tara, Nicole and Sasha Sumner, grandchildren Alexander and Chloe Ford, nieces Meg Cutler Chandler, Gail Cutler, and Nancy Caroline Gamard, nephews George and Bill “Ibrahim” Gamard, and many great nieces and nephews. Ted grew up in Ithaca…
50th ANNIVERSARY WINTER CARNIVAL Revelers Await Tonight’s ‘Party Of The Decades’ In top photo, Jeanette Weldon, left, and Jennifer O’Leary paused from their labors setting up the Brookwood School’s Hot Chocolate Bar at Winter Carnival Headquarters, 134 Main St., a few minutes ago to examine the large “50th” painted on the window. Brookwood students will be offering hot chocolate 10 a.m.-noon Saturday as participants register for the Bob Smullen5K/10K, which will start at 11:30. At right, Winter Carnival veterans Polly and…
