HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 Cooperstown Concert Series Presents Caitlin Canty CONCERT SERIES – 7:30 p.m. Cooperstown Concert series features Caitlin Canty performing folk, blues, country music. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 607-547-1812 or visit cooperstownconcertseries.org/caitlin-canty-saturday-january-5-2019/…
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IN MEMORIAM: Henry Quackenbush, 82; After Retiring, Enjoyed Camp On Afton Lake ONEONTA – Henry L. Quackenbush, Jr., a New York Telephone employee who enjoyed retirement at his Afton Lake camp, passed away at home on Dec. 30, 2018. He was born Oct. 5, 1936, in Oneonta, the son of Henry and Eloise (Congdon) Quackenbush. Hank was a graduate of Oneonta High School, Class of 1955. He married Carolyn Bossio on Aug. 16, 1959, at St. Mary’s Church in Oneonta.…
IN MEMORIAM Earl N. Buffett, 94; Trooper Headed Clark Family Security COOPERSTOWN – Earl Nathaniel Buffett, Jr., 93, a retired state trooper and former head of security for the Clark family interests, passed away in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2019, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. He was a member of two founding families of Long Island, the Buffetts and Conklins. A native of Long Island himself, he was born May…
WALLING AVENUE FATALITY Oneonta Fireman Died Saving Kids, Sister-in-Law Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – John Heller, the former Oneonta firefighter who died when his home at 5 Walling Ave. caught fire Saturday morning, was trapped while helping his fiancee and his nephews escape the blaze, his sister-in-law reported. “What began as a fun sleepover with their uncle John and soon-to-be aunt Amber turned into a nightmare,” Erika Heller, his sister-in-law, wrote in a Facebook post…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29 Early New Year Celebration CELEBRATION – 11 a.m. – Noon. Celebrate a New Year with games, themed crafts, a ‘toast’ at Noon. Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main St., Richfield Springs. 315-858-0230 or visit www.facebook.com/Richfield-Springs-Public-Library-1068210423236404/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 Inaugural Otego Tree Lighting TREE LIGHTING – 4:30 – 6 p.m. Inaugural ceremony with Otego Mayor Ernie Kroll followed by Christmas tree lighting at the library, then caroling. Bring non-perishable food for Otego Food Bank. Begins at Otego Firehouse, 5 River St., Otego. 607-988-6661 or visit www.facebook.com/harrislibrary/…
IN MEMORIAM James E. Jackson, 93, WWII Vet, Retired Trooper, VFW Commander COOPERSTOWN – James Elwood Jackson, a retired state trooper and World War II veteran, passed away Saturday night, Dec. 8, 2018, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. He was 93. Born Feb. 15, 1925, in Endicott, he was the only child of Raymon James Jackson and Elizabeth J. Cass Jackson. Immediately after graduating from Owego Free Academy, James enlisted in the Navy and proudly served his country…
IN MEMORIAM: Terance Pugliese, 73; Lifelong Cooperstownian; Vietnam Vet COOPERSTOWN – Lifelong Cooperstownian Terance James Roy Pugliese passed away suddenly Monday0 evening, Dec. 3, 2018. To newcomers, he was known as Terry, to friends he was The ACE, T.P., The Mayor, or Ambrose, and to his daughters, he was their Popsicle but whatever you knew him as, chances are, if you spent any time in Cooperstown, you knew him. With a booming voice, joyous laughter and mischievous grin, Terry had…
Editorial for December 6, 2018. George H.W. Bush Life Is An Example Of Simple Courtesy To Us All When he was first running for U.S. senator from Vermont in 1974, Patrick Leahy, now eminent ranking Democrat and erstwhile chairman of the Judiciary Committee, used to joke, “Washington D.C. you can’t get there from here.” Whatever way you look at it, it’s a long way from here to the corridors of power and vice versa. But it’s boys from cities and…
Famed Hartwick Coach Wins Top Soccer Honor ONEONTA – Al Miller, head coach of the Hartwick College men’s soccer in 1967-72 seasons who went on to coach at professional and Olympic levels, will receive the 2019 Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award at the U.S. Coaches Convention in January in Chicago, the college announced today. Miller’s record of 64-12-3 still stands as the highest all-time winning percentage (.829) for any Hartwick soccer coach. He guided the squad to a 1970 NCAA…