From left: Steve Ickler, Franklin, Mark Andrews, Middlefield, Simon Mortimer, Australia, and Julie and Nate Gunlock, Mount Upton, take off with 120 other runners at the second annual Tailgate 5K run this morning at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club. Runners were encouraged to wear a jersey of their favorite football team. Thomas Slicer, Oneonta, came in first place with a time of 19:06, followed by Simon Mortimer, Australia, and Frank Willsey, Cooperstown. All proceeds from the race go towards funding youth sports and athletics through the Sixth Ward Athletic Club. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Eugene “John” Chicorelli, 92, died at home surrounded by his family on February 11, 2025. He was born June 9, 1932 in Oneonta, the son of Eugenio and Alessandra (Pallotiolo) Chicorelli.…
Signs Say Loud: RSS Not Welcome Mayor Herzig Would Be ‘Surprised’ If State Funds River Street Project By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Bill Shue doesn’t see the Sixth Ward’s fight against housing developer RSS as a strictly Sixth Ward issue. “If this can happen here, it can happen anywhere,” he said. “It can happen in Center City or on the East End.” The Sixth Ward Neighbors United, which has vocally opposed Rehabilitation Support Services’ proposed 64-unit housing project at River and Duane streets, met tonight at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club, the first meeting since speaking…
Dr. Sheena Michele Mason is assistant professor of English at SUNY Oneonta. She holds a PhD with distinction in English from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and specializes in Africana and American literary studies and philosophy of race. She is published with Oxford University Press, Palgrave MacMillan, Cambridge University Press, and the University of Warsaw, among other presses.…