REUNION WEEKEND ’15 Unbeaten ’60 Hoop Team Entered Into Hall Of Fame MORE PHOTOS OF OHS WALL, HALL HONOREES…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
MEM DAY - Page 719
IN MEMORIAM Dan Larkin, Retired Provost, Expert On Canals, NY History Editor’s Note: Dan Larkin, the beloved former long-time provost and perhaps the last active faculty member who taught at Old Main, died Thursday, Oct. 2, at Fox Hospital. He was 76. He retired as provost at the end of June 2011, but continued to teach his popular course on New York State history until earlier this year. Raised in Rome, the Erie Canal was one of his professional…
IN MEMORIAM: Rev. Jim Wheeler, 68; Evangelist For Assembly Of God, Author ONEONTA – Rev. James (Jim) R. Wheeler Sr., 68, of Oneonta, an Assembly of God national evangelist, and author, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Jim was born on April 8, 1947, in Johnson City, to William H. and Myrtle G. (O`Dell) Wheeler. He was spiritually born again in 1969 when he accepted God’s offer of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Jim was married to Sharon J.…
‘Lead,’ Habitudes’ Founder Urges Cheering CCS Students…
Silver Creek Housing OK’d After Last Plea By Citizens By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Despite a final few voices of public outcry, Housing Visions’ proposed 48 unit Silver Creek senior and family housing project got site plan approval from the Oneonta City Planning Board at a special meeting called this evening at City Hall. “This is a good thing for Oneonta,” said Mayor Gary Herzig, who served on the Housing Task Force that brought Housing Visions to the…
2 Men Arrested In Cooperstown Raid On Heroin, Marijuana Related Charges COOPERSTOWN – Two Cooperstown men, Ryan R. West, 22, and Timothy L. Pirone, 20, were arrested this morning after a raid of their apartment at 43 Pioneer St. and charged with “a multitude of drug-related charges,” Village Police Chief Michael K. Covert announced. Village police received information in early September of suspected drug possession and usage in the 43 Pioneer, Covert said in a press released. Officers and the District…
Gibson Bill Will Rename Post Office For WWII Medal Of Honor Winner WASHINGTON D.C. – Otsego County’s congressman, Chris Gibson, R-19th, announced a few minutes ago that the House of Representatives approved legislation he authored to rename the Post Office at 90 Cornell St. in Kingston in honor of Staff Sgt. Robert H. Dietz, a Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II. The bill passed the House today, September 24, with unanimous bipartisan support. “Having served…
Bikers’ Victory Benefits Girls On Run…
SUNY’s ‘Common Read’ Author Urges Students To Help Others By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Before he even knew he wanted to be a writer, Ishmael Baeh was learning the fundamentals of storytelling. “My father and I would play a game where he would put me on his shoulders and he would play he was blind,” he said. “I had to tell him the world. He would pretend to walk into the wall, into the fire, and I would…
IN MEMORIAM Yogi Berra, 1925-2015 NYTimes: Yankees Hall of Fame Catcher With One-of-a-Kind Wit Yogi Berra: Site Dedicated To Greatest Baseball Player…
