IN MEMORIAM: Wendy (Morris) Mills, 54; Raised In Oneonta, Felled By Brain Cancer ONEONTA – Wendy (Morris) Mills, 54, who grew up in Oneonta and graduated from Franklin Central School in 1982, succumbed to brain cancer on Jan. 29, 2019, at her home in Morrisville, N.C., with her loving husband, Blake, by her side. Wendy was born in Endicott, to Frederick and Diane Morris. After graduation, she went on to graduate from SUNY Plattsburgh in 1988, with her BA in…
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IN MEMORIAM Lyall H. Sage, 86; State Trooper Guarded Rockefeller At Otesaga FRANKLIN – Lyall H. Sage, 86, a state trooper who served on Nelson Rockefeller’s detail when the governor visited The Otesaga, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, at the Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born on March 21, 1932, in Sayre, Pa., the son of Edna Sage. He graduated from Towanda High School in June 1950. He married Roberta Moody Sage in Dushore, Pa., on May…
IN MEMORIAM Harold Ray, 75; Honored For Overcoming Life’s Obstacles ONEONTA – Harold Ray, formerly of Oneonta, the inaugural recipient of The Arc Otsego’s Reach for the Stars Award in 2016, formerly of Oneonta, passed away on Jan. 26, 2019, at his nephew’s home in Oxford. The award honored Harold – known to many as a dapper gentleman, always dressed in his suit and tie – for overcoming obstacles in his life and continuing to strive to help others.…
Study D&H Yards More, Citizens Ask ONEONTA – Environmental advocates criticized the Generic Environmental Statement (GEIS) for the D&H yards detailed by Delaware Engineering at Oneonta Common Council on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Complaints were the GEIS failed to sufficiently consider renewable-energy options and failed to show how a gas decompressor proposed for the Town of Oneonta might fit into the city project. Full story appears on www.AllOTSEGO.com.…
Environmentalist Paula DiPerna Invited To Speak Before Congress COOPERSTOWN – Paula DiPerna, global environmental policy strategist and former Congressional candidate from Otsego County, was invited to testify before the Committee on Natural Resources at a hearing entitled “Climate Changer: The Impacts and the Need To Act” on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, DC. A special advisor at CDP North America, DiPerna will have five minutes to present oral testimony to the congressional committee, with…
Medallion Found In Trash Cans In Badger Park, Claiming $500 By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – If Frankie Panzarella, 13, hadn’t bumped his head, he and his dad Frank might never have come across the 2019 Winter Carnival Medallion. “I was looking behind the trash cans in Badger Park and I hit my head on the corner,” he said. “I saw something taped to the side with black tape, but I didn’t know what it was at first.” It wasn’t until…
Leland C. Smith, 96; Retired Bassett Employee COOPERSTOWN – Leland C. Smith, 96, a World War II veteran who spent his career in Bassett Hospital’s business office, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at Promenade Assisted Living in Chestnut Ridge, Rockland County. Leland was born on Feb. 5, 1922, in Cooperstown, to Ethel and Charles Smith. He died less than a week before his 97th birthday. A Marine, he was a member of the “Greatest…
JEFF IDELSON RETIRING HoF Chief ‘Good For Hall, Village’ By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN – He was there in 2014 when the first sitting president, Barack Obama, visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame, pitching his tourism strategy. He was there that fall when Little League World Champion pitcher Mo’Ne Davis, a national phenomenon, took a break from Cooperstown All Star Village in Oneonta to donate her jersey to the Hall. He was there in 2017 on the steps of the…
EDITORIAL LESSONS FROM OTSEGO CHAMBER EARTH SUMMIT No, We Can’t Save World Alone; Yes, We Can Embrace Opportunity The debate around here has appeared to be all about energy. Listening to 19 content-rich, tightly packed presentations – 15 minutes, 15 minutes, 15 minutes – at the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s “Energy Summit: Infrastructure & Economy,” Thursday, Jan. 31, at The Otesaga, you’d have come to a different conclusion. The discussion’s all about jobs. Energy is the means. Which can…
WHEN WINTER WAS WOW! Icy Lake Was Village’s Playground In Winter Carnivals Of Yesteryear By LIBBY CUDMORE By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – If you looked out and saw cars out on Otsego Lake today, you would probably call a tow truck. But in 1974, when Bill Waller was Cooperstown Winter Carnival chairman, it was all part of the fun. “We had all sorts of events on the lake – Just as long as the ice was 18-inches thick,” he said.…
