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Barbara J. (Feather) Brown, 81; Teacher Active In SUNY Life; Raised Family Here

IN MEMORIAM:  Barbara J. (Feather) Brown, 81; Teacher Active In SUNY Life; Raised Family Here ONEONTA – Barbara Joan (Feather) Brown, a retired teacher active in community and conservation causes who raised her family in Oneonta, died Aug. 28, 2015, at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, surrounded by family, following a brief illness. She was 81. She was born Jan. 4, 1934, in Uniontown, Pa., the youngest of four children, to Karl Ward Feather and Emma Sybil (Castle) Feather, her parents…

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‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Competitor Wows City Troupe

allotsego.com SPECIAL REPORT ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Finalist Wows Oneonta Troupe   By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to allotsego.com ONEONTA – It was more than just the usual leaps and twirls at Jillian’s Dance Arts Thursday, Aug. 27. “Stanley Glover e-mailed Jill and asked if he could come in to teach a workshop,” said Linda Skidmore, owner of Jillian’s Dance Arts on Chestnut Street and mother of the titular head teacher. Glover, a Top 20 contestant on the 11th…

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THE GARY HERZIG STORY

THE GARY HERZIG STORY ‘I’ve always been drawn to trying to make things better’   Editor’s Note: This profile of Gary Herzig’s life and career, published in Hometown Oneonta Feb. 6 of this year, has new currency after Oneonta Common Council named him mayor on Tuesday. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to allotsego.com ONEONTA – To help pay his way through Queens College, Gary Herzig drove cab nights and weekends. “In New York City,” he said of the experience, “you…

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Bill Stanley, 83; ‘Artist’ Of An Active, Varied Life

IN MEMORIAM: Bill Stanley, 83; ‘Artist’ Of An Active, Varied Life ONEONTA – A funeral mass is Friday, Sept. 4, for William D. Stanley, 83, formerly a barber in downtown Oneonta and owner of the East End Tavern, who passed away Aug. 19, 2015, at Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, with his family by his side. Bill was born Nov. 6, 1931, in Oneonta, the son of Joseph and Helen (Dawes) Stanley. He married Ruth Graves on Aug.…

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SHARING FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH NORWICH WAS AIRED

SHARING FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH NORWICH WAS AIRED $15,000-20,000 Extra Pay Discussed, Former City Manager Says By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com ONEONTA – While Dick Miller was mayor, discussions were initiated with the City of Norwich about the possibility of sharing the services of Oneonta Finance Director Meg Hungerford, three days here, two days in the Chenango County seat, according to former city manager Martin Murphy. Murphy said today, recapping a conversation in July, that he was surprised to learn of…

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Patty S. Ryan, 61; Worked At Butterfly Conservancy

IN MEMORIAM: Patricia S. Ryan, 61; Worked At Popp Butterfly Conservancy LAURENS – Patricia Susan Ryan, 61, Laurens, who worked at Popp Butterfly Conservatory in Oneonta with sister, passed away on Wednesday Aug. 26, 2015. She was born on Aug. 24, 1954, in Forest Hills, Queens, the daughter of William J. Ryan and Gloria T. Ryan.  Patty graduated from Unatego High School and attended college at Hofstra University and the Women’s Technical Institute in Boston. She had a curious nature…

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Hartwick Football Star Killed in Saugerties Crash

HARTWICK FOOTBALL STAR DIES IN SAUGERTIES CRASH SAUGERTIES – Dante Crump, 22, a senior at Hartwick College and a member of the Hartwick Hawks football team, died Wednesday morning after the car he was riding in slid down an embankment at 11:30 a.m.  in the Village of Saugerties. “The Hartwick College community, and the football family especially, is devastated by the loss of Dante Crump. He was a valued member of our squad the past three seasons, and beloved by his teammates and…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.