HOMETOWN History Oct. 25, 2019 150 Years Ago The cost of a corrupt Congress: A session of Congress costs the country $4,000,000. Each day entails upon us an expense of $33,000. The fortieth Congress used up nearly eleven hundred penknives, costing about three dollars each, and of course, the members did not pay for them. Besides penknives, such necessary articles as snuff, tobacco, pocket scissors, hair brushes and “extra Morocco desks” have been furnished by a grateful nation to its…
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IN MEMORIAM: Brett Ann Whitney, 71; Hartwick Graduate, Fox Hospital Nurse ONEONTA – Brett Ann Whitney, 71, of Oneonta, a nurse at Fox Hospital for many years, passed away early Monday morning, Oct. 21, 2019, following a short battle with cancer. She was born on Feb. 11, 1948, in Manhattan, the daughter of Robert and Leila Odum. Brett received her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Hartwick College before joining Fox.…
West Oneonta Fire Chief: Smoke Alarms Saved Couple ONEONTA – By the time West Oneonta Assistant Fire Chief John Quick got to the scene of last night’s fire at 687 State Highway 205, the house was fully engulfed, but the residents were safe in the neighbor’s driveway across the street. “They were alerted by the smoke detectors,” he said. “The wife tried to put it out, but it was just too much.”…
2 Transported To Fox Hospital 10 Fire Companies Battling Blaze In West Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At this hour, 10 fire companies are on the scene of a house fire just past the intersection of Routes 205 and 23 in Oneonta. According to senior dispatcher Laurie Devlin, Otsego County 911, the call came in at 7:14 p.m. for a fully involved structure fire at 687 State Highway 205. Oneonta, West Oneonta, Unadilla, Otego, Wells…
IN MEMORIAM: Maria K. Devlin, 82; Co-Owned Golden Rooster, Oneonta ONEONTA – Maria Barbara (Krause) Devlin, 82, who co-owned the Golden Rooster gift shop on Main Street while her husband taught at SUNY Oneonta, passed away Oct. 19, 2019, at Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital from complication of lymphoma. She recently resided in North Andover, Mass., and Venice, Fla. She was born to Otto and Martha Krause in 1937 in Breslau, a German city lost to Poland after World War II.…
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Supporters, Detractors Debate Dietz Street Lofts By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Before there was parking on Dietz Street, there used to be homes. “I spent a lot of time looking at maps of old Oneonta,” said Bob Brzozowski, executive director, Greater Oneonta Historical Society. “I think we forget that space used to be houses and buildings.” The City of Oneonta Planning Commission held a public hearing this evening on the proposed Lofts on Dietz, which will…
