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Skaters dance to life in Oneonta

Skaters dance to life in Oneonta By Ted Potrikus • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Decades ago, the holiday season wasn’t complete without a trip to Oneonta’s Main Street for a look at the festive decorations in the windows of Bresee’s Department Store. Two pairs of mechanical skaters and mechanical elves took center stage, all of which came to Oneonta after being on display throughout the 1940s in the windows of Macy’s Manhattan flagship. When Bresee’s decided to update its display in…

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Phil Bresee Dies; Executive In Oneonta Department Store

Phil Bresee Dies; Executive At Oneonta Department Store ONEONTA – Word has been received that Phil Bresee, one of three brothers who operated Oneonta’s landmark Bresee Department Store in its final decades, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at the Thanksgiving Home in Cooperstown, where he had resided in recent years. A full obituary will be forthcoming later today from the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements.…