Editorial for September 21, 2018 MISTAKES WERE MADE. WHO MADE THEM? Who Lost Otsego Manor? It’s pretty clear to everyone by now that the sale of Otsego Manor in Jan. 27, 2014, was a mistake. That was punctuated with numerous exclamation marks Wednesday, Sept. 12, when Focus CEO Joseph Zupnik and his chief financial executive, Daniel Herman, pleaded guilty before Otsego Town Justice Gary Kuch in the Fly Creek courtroom. Under a plea agreement, Zupnik and Herman admitted to only…
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IN MEMORIAM Robert H. Wood, 85, City Teacher Active In Oneonta Community Life ONEONTA – Robert H. Wood, 86, a career teacher in Oneonta schools, community leader and father of Town Supervisor Bob Wood, passed away Sept. 21, 2018, at Fox Hospital. Bob was born Nov. 8, 1931 in Buffalo, the fifth child of Grace and Harold Wood. He married Constance Kavanaugh Aug. 21, 1953 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Buffalo and they shared 65 happy years.…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert W. Huddleston, 87; Career Diplomat To Be Buried In Roseboom ROSEBOOM – Robert Webb Huddleston, 87, a career diplomat who summered here when a teenager with his maternal grandmother, Inez E. Webb, passed away Sept. 11, 2018, in Santa Fe, N.M. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in Roseboom Cemetery, with the Rev. Elsie A. Rhodes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown, officiating. Military honors will be accorded by members…
IN MEMORIAM Anita Marie McChesney, 56; Devoted Nature Photographer Helped Run Family’s Business PORTLANDVILLE – Anita Marie McChesney, 56, Portlandville, devoted to operating her family’s business, Mount Vision Garden Center, while becoming dedicated nature photographer, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, at Albany Medical Center following her struggle with breast cancer. Anita was born May 14, 1962, in Oneonta. Shortly thereafter, her parents moved to New Jersey where she spent the first 15 years of her life. The family…
WOOD VOWS TO SUE FIRE BOARD EXTINGUISHES FIRE BOARD For Now, Negotiations With City For OFD Protection In Town Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Town of Oneonta Fire District is no more, (at least for now.) As expected, Chairman Johna Peachin and her allies, Fire Commissioners Fred Volpe and Ron Peters, this evening voted for the dissolution, while the two new commissioners, Al Rubin and Michelle Catan, voted against. Though no public comment was…
IN MEMORIAM Maj. Norma Jean Hager, 77; Retired From Salvation Army Since, She Knitted 453 Afghans For Bassett Newborns MILFORD – Maj. Norma Jean Hager, who retired from the Salvation Army after a four-decade career, was promoted to glory on Sept. 18, 2018, in Milford, where she had retired. She was the daughter of Charles & Charlotte (Stilson) Cargill born on Dec. 31, 1940, in Oneonta. Norma attended school in Oneonta and graduated from OHS in June of 1959. In…
Man Honored For Aiding Police Chief In Fight On 4th By CATHY NARDI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An ordinary citizen risked injury to help the city’s police chief in a dangerous situation, and tonight Common Council said thanks. Franklin Weideck, Wells Bridge, was attending the Hometown Fourth of July celebration in Neahwa Park when he saw Police Chief Douglas Brenner on the ground struggling to control a violent suspect. “I was aware of an individual who seemed to have…
Bassett Makes Forbes’ List Of Best Mid-Size Employers COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network has been recognized as one of America’s Best Mid-Size Employers by Forbes Magazine for 2018, the hospital announced today. Bassett was one of only 25 hospitals and health systems in the country to make the list and one of only five in New York State; we are in the company of Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York–Presbyterian Hospital, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and University of Rochester Medical Center.…
IN MEMORIAM Mary (Hebbard) Monroe, 84, Oneonta; Co-Owner Of Bookhout Funeral Home ONEONTA – A graveside service for Mary (Hebbard) Monroe is 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Glenwood Cemetery in Oneonta. Mrs. Monroe died Friday, Sept. 7, at Fox Nursing Home, nine days short of her 85th birthday, from complications of COPD. She was predeceased on Oct. 7, 2016, by her husband David Monroe; the couple co-owned Bookhout Funeral Home.…
IN MEMORIAM: Steven Mednansky, 89; Korean Era Veteran, Amphenol Retiree LAURENS – Steven Mednansky, 89, of Laurens, a Korean Era veteran and Amphenol retiree, passed away on September 13, 2018 at his home. He was born on Aug. 18, 1929, in Burlington, Conn., a son of the late Paul and Eva (Kovacovic) Mednansky. He was a graduate of Laurens Central School.…
