IN MEMORIAM Duncan Powell Nesbitt, Sr., 76; A Last Manager Of Family’s Mill ONEONTA – Duncan Powell Nesbitt Sr., 76, one of the last family members involved in operating the West-Nesbitt Feed Mill, where Foothills is today, died unexpectedly on April 16, 2019, in Wilmington, N.C., where he lived since 2010. He leaves his wife of 54 years, Rebecca “Becky” Rogers Nesbitt; and son Duncan Powell Nesbitt Jr. He is also survived by his sister, Betty Robinson; and brother, Ben…
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SALKA PUSHED FOR BILL Cuomo Bypasses Dems To Provide Tuition Aid To Gold Star Families Bypassing his fellow Democrats in the Assembly, Governor Cuomo today ordered the state to begin providing tuition assistance to Gold Star Families, the spouses and children of soldiers killed in the line of duty. Otsego County Assembly John Salka, R-Brookfield, who has been pushing the legislation, said the governor’s action “is simply amazing.” He said, “From me and my peers in the Assembly Republican Conference,…
Classical Music Back, WSKG President Tells Fans In Cooperstown As Of Noon Thursday, 105.9 Will Be All Music, 91.7 Will Remain All-Talk By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At 5:05 this evening, an e-mail went forth from WSKG, the Binghamton-based PBS station, to Cooperstown members with the message: As of noon tomorrow (Thursday), Classical music is back. At that moment, WSKG President/CEO Greg Catlin was at the Village Library of Cooperstown, briefing a dozen fans of Classical…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 18-19, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK OTSEGO CHAMBER’S BEST of the BEST LES GRUMMONS, Distinguished Citizen PATHFINDER VILLAGE, Distinguished Business FRONT PAGE 2 Oneontas Dip Toe Into Geothermal Bassett Doctor Leads Top MD Association Russell, Dewey In Top 30% In Boston Marathon B&B Owner Drowns As Car Runs Into Lake New CSO Executive Seasoned On Opera Stage Main Street Finale Adds Futuristic Trash Cans Doubleday Redo Scales Back 3rd-Base Pavilion…
B&B Owner Drowns As Car Runs Into Lake 2 Officers Injured In Rescue Attempt By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – It’s rare, but not unheard of, for a car to end up in a body of water, said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. after last week’s fatal submersion off the boat ramp into Otsego Lake at the end of Fair Street. “Before I was sheriff, someone drove into the Susquehanna River,” he said. “They were…
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.…
THOMAS WOLF IN TOP JOB New CSO Exec Seasoned On Europe’s Opera Stage By JIM KEVLIN • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – A lyric tenor, Thomas Wolf’s operatic career was on the rise. Southwest Germany’s largest daily, Munchner Merkur, celebrated his “particularly beautiful and warm tenor” voice, “wonderfully controlled.” In 1992, when a headliner dropped out of Mozart’s “Magic Flute” at Munich’s opera house, it seemed like his big break had arrived. As the date approached, however, he…
2 Oneontas Dip Toe Into Geothermal Consultant Explores Applying Method To Main St., Southside By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal WEST ONEONTA – Geothermal energy fever is sweeping Greater Oneonta. First the city and now the town are “seriously considering” going geothermal, using heat from beneath the earth to warm above-earth homes. Jay Egg, a geothermal system consultant, met at length with City Manager George Korthauer and other staffers Tuesday, April 9, and is due back at…
BOUND VOLUMES • April 18, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement – Notice: The Trustees of School District No. 1, will open a school, in the public school house in this village, on Wednesday, the 21st inst. under the direction of Mr. L. Squires. Terms of Tuition $2 to be applied on the first quarter. N.B. Any one sending in after the school commences, will not have any more to pay than their proportion of time from the time of commencing.…
IN MEMORIAM: Ralph G. Bennett, Jr., 79; Firefighter, EMT In Milford, Middlefield MILFORD – Ralph G. Bennett, Jr., 79, a volunteer fireman and EMT in Milford and Middlefield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday April 10, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Born Sept. 17, 1939, in Brooklyn, Ralph was the son of Grace E. Broughton and Ralph G. Bennett, Sr.…