HOMETOWN ONEONTA • 12-4-15 (ISSUU EDITION) FRONT PAGE City School Enrollment Will Rise 2 Oneontas’ Firefighter Deal Stalls Jamaican Cuisine Arrives In Oneonta Meet County Board: Peter Overacker City of the Hills Photo: Running and Remembering HOMETOWN PEOPLE From OHS To Italian Football Team Bearded Deputies Clean-Shaven Again PERSPECTIVES Editorial: Sales Tax Unfair, And We Pay It For The Record: Herzig On Fire Contract Other Voices: Cuomo Loses Common Core Fight Here’s How To Pick Christmas Tree Hometown History Eye…
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IN MEMORIAM: Glenn Wilson, 79; P&G Retiree, New Lisbon Fireman NEW LISBON – Glenn Robert Wilson, 79, a Procter & Gamble retiree and charter member of the Garrattsville Fire Department, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, at Fox with his family by his side. Survivors include a son in Oneonta.…
IN MEMORIAM: Julie Hopper Fiora, 67; Daughter Of Minas Oil Field Discoverer COOPERSTOWN – Julie Hopper Fiora, whose father was involved in the discovery of the largest oil field in Southeast Asia, died unexpectedly Monday night, Nov. 30, 2015, at the lakeside summer home of her brother, Dr. William Hopper. She was 67. Born July 26, 1948, Julie Frances Hopper was the daughter of the late Dr. Richard Hutchinson Hopper, a native of California, and Renèe May Rudd, a Swiss-educated…
IN MEMORIAM: Irene W. Judkins, 96; Clerked In City Stores, Including Gallin’s ONEONTA – Irene W. Judkins, 96, a former saleslady at Gallin’s Jewelry Store (now the Oneonta History Center) and an antique-car buff, peacefully passed away on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at the Chestnut Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center . She was born on Feb. 20, 1919, in Cherry Valley, a daughter of the late George and Ina (Morton) Whiteman. On June 29, 1938, Irene married Ralph L. Judkins…
PETER OBERACKER, R-DISTRICT 6 Maryland Supervisor Looks For New Revenue Sources Editor’s Note: This is the third of seven profiles, one each on the seven new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will appear each Wednesday up until they take office Jan. 1. Next week, David Bliss, R-District 5 (Towns of Middlefield, Roseboom, Cherry Valley). By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com MARYLAND – “My wife told me I was looking portly, that I should take up running,”…
IN MEMORIAM: Drum Hadley, 77; Poet Was Friend Of Allen Ginsberg COOPERSTOWN – Drum Hadley, 77, a poet who studied under Charles Olson and befriended Allen Ginsberg, passed away at his mother’s family summer home in Cooperstown on Sunday, Nov. 26, after a long illness. Born in St. Louis County, Mo., on May 27, 1938, Drum attended schools in St. Louis, graduated from Pomfret Academy in Connecticut (1956), and received a B. A. in English Literature (1962) and a Master of Fine…
IN MEMORIAM: Adam Burgess, 27; Mount Vision’s Assistant Fire Chief MOUNT VISION – Adam Cameron Burgess, 27, an active member in the Mount Vision Fire Department since his teens, passed away Nov. 23, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. A member of Otsego town crew, he was struck by a falling tree while clearing trees and brush along Bissell Road, near Oaksville. He is the son of Les and Betty (Timer) Burgess also of Mount Vision. Adam was engaged to be married to Jennifer…
SUNY Honoree Explains Why We Yawn ONEONTA – It’s no snooze as Dr. Andrew Gallup, SUNY Oneonta assistant professor of psychology, will deliver the annual Richard Siegfried Lecture titled “Towards an Understanding of Why We Yawn” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in the Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center at SUNY Oneonta. The lecture is free and open to the public. A dessert reception will follow. Dr. Gallup is the 21st recipient of the Richard Siegfried Junior Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence. The $1,000 award, created to…
MEG KENNEDY, R-DISTRICT 5 Elected For First Time, Kennedy Aim: Bring Bed-Tax Money Home Editor’s Note: This is the second of six profiles, one each on the six new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will appear each Wednesday up until they take office Jan. 1. Next week, Peter Overacker, R-District 6 (Decatur, Maryland, Westford, Worcester) Special to AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Meg Kennedy, the representative-elect for District 5, wants to use her position in Otsego County…
IN MEMORIAM: Eleanore E. MacDougall; Traveled World With Diplomat Husband COOPERSTOWN – Eleanore (Ellsworth) MacDougall, 80, wife of Village Historian Hugh MacDougall, died of a sudden heart attack on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2015, at her home in Cooperstown. The couple were posted to Africa and Southeast Asia during his career with the Foreign Service. She was the daughter of the late Waldo and Dorris (Gouldhart) Ellsworth of Cooperstown, and granddaughter of the late Ralph Waldo Ellsworth, a founder of…
