Orzetti To Join OCCA As Executive Director COOPERSTOWN – Leslie Orzetti, a biologist with 20 years experience in natural resource conservation, will join the Otsego County Conservation Association as its new executive director, the OCCA announced today. She succeeds Darla Youngs, who joined the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board in April.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Oneonta Native Jeff Dixon, 34 UNADILLA – Jeffrey M. Dixon, 34, went to be with the Lord, Aug. 20, 2016, at Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City He was born Sept. 18, 1981, in Oneonta, the son of Robert F. Dixon and Susan M. Comino. He graduated from Unatego High School. He enjoyed welding, building cars, being with his family and friends. He raced in plenty of derbies and won many trophies, recently this year at the Otsego County Fair…
IN MEMORIAM: James Millea, 61; CCS Graduate Contractor In Arizona HARTWICK – Calling hours are Wednesday and a funeral mass the following day for James Robert Millea, 61, of Glendale, Ariz., and formerly of Hartwick, died unexpectedly Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Scottsdale. Jim was born May 31, 1955, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, one of nine children of James Hilary Millea of Rolfe, Iowa, and Kathleen M. née Healy Millea of Bootle, England. …
IN MEMORIAM Richard A. Murphy, 66; Coach, Educator; Town, County Leader ONEONTA – Richard A. Murphy, 66, after 35 years as a speech therapist, 20 years in real estate, 28 years as a Little League coach and 12 years in public office, died at home Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, after a long battle with a brain tumor. He was born on Sept. 19, 1949, in Floral Park, the son of Eugene F. and Frances V. (Leahy) Murphy, and was raised…
IN MEMORIAM Richard A. Murphy, Civic Leader…
Hazzard’s Can-Do Attitude Wins U of R Hospital Honors COOPERSTOWN – Matt Hazzard’s can-do attitude while fighting cancer has resulted in his selection as one of 29 “Wilmot Warrior Walk” honorees to be recognized Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Highland Park Bowl in Rochester. Being suddenly and unexpectedly diagnosed with a severe type of lymphoma meant Hazzard, now 34 and executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, didn’t have time to plan, said Ruth Harper-Rhode, University of Rochester Medical…
IN MEMORIAM: Donald Gaughan; Helped Liberate Dachau In WWII MORRIS – Donald Gaughan, 91, a World War II combat veteran who helped free the prisoners at Dachau and later worked as a union carpenter in Oneonta before his retirement, passed away peacefully on Aug. 14, 2016, at Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin. The son of William and Delilah (Joy) Gaughan, he was born on Dec. 31, 1924, in Oneonta.…
IN MEMORIAM: Donna Lee Bailey, 69; Worked At Supermarket, General Store ONEONTA – Donna Lee Bailey, 69, known to many patrons at the Cooperstown General Store and former Great American, passed away on Aug. 15, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. Donna was born on Sept. 24, 1946, at Bassett Hospital, a daughter of the late Maurice (Mike) and Cora Wikoff. A graduate of Cooperstown High School, she attended SUNY Cobleskill and graduated from the Culinary Arts Program at ONC BOCES.…
New City Manager Must Be ‘Enabler,’ ‘Advocate,’ ‘Mentor’ For Full Story, Read the Hometown Oneonta On Newsstands Wednesday Afternoon…
CAMPER KILLED BY FALLING TREE LIMB SOUTH NEW BERLIN – A 24-year-old Rhode Island man was killed at the Grand Slam Campground during Saturday evening’s violent storm when a tree limb fell onto his tent, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. announced this afternoon. Ryan Sutcliffe, Cumberland, R.I., was pronounced dead after a tree limb approximately 4 feet in diameter broke off during the storm, landing on his tent while he was sleeping.…
