IN MEMORIAM: Marjorie L. Ofer, 85; Teacher COOPERSTOWN – Marjorie L. Ofer (née Betulius) passed away on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at Focus Otsego. She was 85. Her trajectory from a small farm in southern Indiana to retirement on the Upper West Side of Manhattan attests to her inviolable strength and belief in the possible. After graduating from Evansville College with a degree in education, she taught elementary school in Evansville, Ind.. Later in her career she obtained her librarian’s…
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Seward Announces $70,000 Grant For Remodeled Airport Terminal By IAN AUSTIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At the ribbon cutting at the Oneonta Municipal Airport this afternoon, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, hailed the work with an announcement that he has secured a $70,000 grant to help complete the job. “First impressions mean a lot,” said Seward. “This terminal tells those who arrive in our community ‘this is a great place to live, to visit and to work.'” In remarks beforehand, Oneonta Job…
Property-Rights Activist Plans Rally At Courthouse COOPERSTOWN – Judy Pepenella, a founding board member of the Conservative Society for Action and the Long Island Coordinator for New Yorkers for Property Rights, will hold a property-rights rally and press conference at noon this coming Friday on the steps of the County Office Building on upper Main Street. “Otsego County has been using aggressive foreclosure methods to steal properties from residents with the excuse they owe back taxes,” a press released from…
IN MEMORIAM: Doris H. Fahy, 95; Rang Handbells At National Level SIDNEY – Doris H. Fahy, 95, of Sidney, a teacher in Norwich City Schools and avid bellringer, including 10 years with the Buckingham Ringers at Oneonta’s First United Methodist Church, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 10, 2015, at Tri-Town Regional Hospital. Doris was born on March 9, 1920, daughter of the late Frank Waldo and Georgia Effie (Smith) Howe in Sidney. She graduated from Sidney High School in 1938…
IN MEMORIAM: Lois Itzen, 88; Raised Sheep In Milford Center COOPERSTOWN – Lois L. Itzen, 88, who raised sheep, spun yarn and knitted at her Milford Center farm, passed away Friday morning, Dec. 11, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. She had been living at Woodside Hall. She was born Lois Laura Nelson on April 26, 1927, in Montpelier, Vt., a daughter of Richard and Mable (Potter) Nelson. On Nov. 17, 1946, Lois married Victor Itzen in Wyckoff, N.J. The family moved…
IN MEMORIAM: Rodney Jones, 59; NYSEG Veteran ONEONTA – Rodney Stephen Jones, 59, a 40-year NYSEG electrical field planner, passed away on Dec. 9, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was born April 17, 1956, in Walton, the son of Richard and Catherine (Stanton) Jones. Rodney graduated from Walton Central School, Class of 1974. He went on to SUNY Morrisville and attained an associate degree in electrical engineering in May 1976. He joined NYSEG in September 1976 and was working there…
Oneonta’s Erik Miller Named To National Board ONEONTA – Erik Miller of Oneonta, director of the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board in Binghamton, has been elected to the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) for 2015-16. The action came at NADO’s Annual Business Meeting at the association’s 48th Annual Training Conference in New Orleans this fall.…
Cooperstown Chamber Applauds Executive’s ‘Ugly Sweater’ Success…
DAVID BLISS, R-DISTRICT 7 Middlefield Supervisor Brings Lifetime Of Service To County Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of seven profiles, one each on the seven new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will be posted each Wednesday afternoon up until they take office Jan. 1. Next week, Andrew Marietta, District 8 (Town of Otsego, including Cooperstown west of the Susquehanna). By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Dave Morris, one of David Bliss’…
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