MLB Stars Remember Former Oneonta Mayor Sam Nader On His 100th By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – What do you get Oneonta’s most beloved citizen, Sam Nader, for his 100th birthday? How about a birthday message from his favorite football team? “My father has held season tickets to the Giants since 1952,” said his son, John. “So my cousin’s husband got Eli Manning to record a video sending him a birthday message, thanking him for being such…
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THE GILLIAN GIBBONS CASE 30 Years Later, A Sister Spurns Killer’s Apology By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Thirty years after the murder of her 18-year-old Gillian Gibbons, her sister was not expecting the call she got from the state Office of Victim’s Services on Tuesday, July 2. “Just out the blue I got a call saying they had a letter from David Dart – and did I want to hear it,” said Jennifer Kirkpatrick. “In 30 years,…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS • THINGS TO DO Rock ‘n’ Roll Summer Peaks At The Fenimore By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Long live rock and roll! Rock & Roll Hall of Fame president Greg Harris leads a panel discussion on “Fenimore Rocks! Herb Ritts and the Image of Rock Music” as part of the Fenimore Art Museum gala weekend. Afterwards, enjoy cocktails and a buffet. 2-4 p.m. Saturday, July 13, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Route 80, Cooperstown. Info, fenimoreart.org…
FROM WAR ON POVERTY’S FRONT LINES Participate In Census – Or Lose Clout By DAN MASKIN • Opportunities For Otsego CEO As mandated by the Constitution, the United States conducts a decennial census. This once-every-10-year count of the population – it is coming up in April 2020 – shapes the future of our communities and helps ensure political power is fairly allocated among the states and at the local level. Some communities, like those with higher rates of low-income households…
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TOWN HALL IN ONEONTA Herzig To Salka: Help Upstate Cities By JENNIFER HILL • Special to ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Ask and you may receive. “Cities like mine have maintained taxes at the state-mandated cap of two percent – even at zero percent, but state aid to municipalities have not increased in 10 years,” said Mayor Gary Herzig during a Town Hall with Oneonta’s Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, in Council chambers this evening. “Why won’t the legislature not step up to…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Ann Benjamin, 90; 22-Year Teacher At Center Street School ONEONTA – Mary Ann (Georgeson) Benjamin’s life ended peacefully, surrounded by family at her residence on June 23, 2019. Mary was born to Nicholas and Christina Georgeson on July 21, 1928, in Oneonta, and spent the first years of her life in Oneonta. At age 5, while her father remained in America, Mary moved with her mother to her parents’ homeland of Zoupana, Greece, for a year. Believing…
Herzig Names Schwartz Judge Of Oneonta Court Succeeding McVinney, He Will Serve With Bernier ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig announced a few minutes ago he has appointed Attorney Donald J. Schwartz as part-time city judge, succeeding City Judge Richard McVinney, who retired. Schwartz, who was sworn in this afternoon in City Hall, will preside at the City Court along with Judge Lucy Bernier, who is in her second term as the city’s elected judge.…
HARTWICK COLLEGE ANNOUNCES: Liberty Mutual CEO David Long Leads Trustees ONEONTA – Liberty Mutual Insurance Group President CEO David H. Long, ’83, who received an honorary doctorate in 2014, is the new chair of the Hartwick College Board of Trustees, effective July 1, the college announced today. He succeeds Francis D. Landrey, father of a 2006 graduate, board chair since 2013. Long was a Hartwick trustee in 2002-11, and rejoined the board in 2016. He was elected vice chair in…
IN MEMORIAM: James M. Kenik, 68; Longtime SUNY Employee Loved Cars ONEONTA – James M. Kenik, Sr., 68, a car buff and longtime SUNY Oneonta employee, passed away July 5, 2019, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Oneonta, after a long illness. He was born Oct. 22, 1950, in Oneonta, the son of Math and Doris (Scanlon) Kenik. James was a life-long Oneonta resident and graduated from Oneonta High School.…
