No One’s Snapped Up 3-Wheeled Car So Far By LIBBY CUDMORE • www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – When Shirley and Douglas Bennett got back to their car after shopping one afternoon, they saw a little boy and his father waiting for them in the parking lot. “The father told me that his son didn’t want to leave until he saw us wind up the car!” said Shirley. Alas, the wind-up key on top of the Bennett’s three-wheeled Snyder is just for show,…
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Three-Wheeled Car Up For Sale in Milford By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – When Shirley and Douglas Bennett got back to their car after shopping one afternoon, they saw a little boy and his father waiting for them. “The father told me that his son didn’t want to leave until he saw us wind up the car!” said Shirley. Alas, the wind-up key on top of the Bennett’s three-wheeled Snyder is just for show, but now, the…
Joy & Relief 2 Years, 2 Months, 28 Days After Inferno, A New Church By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD Where once stood a towering, Romanesque-in-miniature brick sanctuary, now resides a little white country church, its interior “starkly beautiful,” as John Wesley would want it. “When I met with the committees, they were insistent that they wanted a little country church,” said Jim Hundt, the architect who designed the new Milford United Methodist Building. “They wanted it to…
REJOICE! As Milford United Methodist Opens ‘All The People’ – SRO – ‘Say Amen’ Sounds of song, inspiration and prayer filled the brand new sanctuary to standing-room-only at the rebuilt Milford Methodist Church during this morning’s service, “two years, two months and twenty-eight days” after the March 12, 2017, arson that destroyed the original building. Above, Pastor Sylvia Barrett on guitar, leads the congregation in “And All The People Said Amen,” with help from Music Director Ron Johnson on organ…
Back To Nature Milford 3rd Graders Release Trout They Raised Into Schenevus Creek Students from Mrs. Polomcean’s third grade class at Milford Central School bid farewell to a school of 50 brown trout that they have been raising in their classroom by releasing them into Schenevus Creek earlier this morning. Above, as fellow students sing “Bye Bye Trout,” Topanga Miller releases of of the fish under the watchful eye of Mike Zurn, Franklin, from Trout Unlimited. At right, Katelyn Smith…
It Was Day Of Resolve, Ending With Romance…
Hartwick Class of 2019 Departs Oyaron Hill Nursing major Mataiah Waters, Milford, above, walks with 214 fellow graduates during the recessional at Hartwick College,’s 88th annual Commencement on Oyaran Hill in Oneonta earlier this afternoon. At right, Hartwick President Margaret Drugovich, rear, joins the crowd in recognizing Eric Cooper, associate professor of biology, who was the recipient of this year’s esteemed Margaret B. Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
IN MEMORIAM: Joseph R. Konchar, 91; Retired Farmer Owned Elm Inn In Heyday MILFORD – Joseph R. Konchar, 91, a retired farmer who owned the Elm Inn in its heyday, died Saturday, April 20, 2019, at Cooperstown Center. Born March 19, 1928, Joe was the youngest and last surviving of the 13 children of August and Antoinette (Ocaker) Konchar. At an early age, his family moved from the family’s Christian Hill farm in the Town of Otsego where he was…
IN MEMORIAM: Ralph G. Bennett, Jr., 79; Firefighter, EMT In Milford, Middlefield MILFORD – Ralph G. Bennett, Jr., 79, a volunteer fireman and EMT in Milford and Middlefield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday April 10, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Born Sept. 17, 1939, in Brooklyn, Ralph was the son of Grace E. Broughton and Ralph G. Bennett, Sr.…
Environmental Stewards Enjoy Earth Fest Fun Maureen Murray, Cooperstown, and Barbara Deemer, Oneonta help separate Styrofoam and plastics for Eva Davey, Westford, to put on the truck for recycling during the annual Earth Fest event at Milford Central School this afternoon. At right, Bill Hardy, Oneonta, of the ARC’s Oneonta ReUse Center, holds before photos of their re-purpose contest winner; an industrial fan that was made into an unique coffee table by Joanne Mkytyn of Oneonta. Guests could browse the…