FUN PLANNED AUG. 3 IN ONEONTA City Of Hills Art Festival Features ‘Special’ Bingo ONEONTA – You might ask, “What the heck is cow plop bingo?” says Geoff Doyle, operations manager at Foothills, which is teaming up this year with CANO’s City of the Hills Art & Music Festival, organizing an Old Fashioned Flea Market next door. To genteel to get into particulars, Doyle suggests people who want to learn more click on the Youtube video above. The Art &…
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Streaker Steals Show At 4th Of July Baseball Game By LIBBY CUDMORE • AllOTSEGO.com Exclusive ONEONTA – Fans of the Oneonta Outlaws got more than extra innings when a streaker ran across the outfield during a break in the game for the 4th of July fireworks. “We got a call on the radio that there was a naked man running across Damaschke Field,” said Police Chief Doug Brenner. “One of our guys asked for a description, and the caller said,…
Lanternfly, Other Invasives, Explored In OCCA Programs Three programs – one specifically on the lanternfly, another specifically on Japanese knotweed – are planned locally in the next few days to mark Invasive Species Awareness Week, the OCCA announced today. They are: Spotting the Lanternfly: Early Detection Training for our Newest Invader, 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at Mohican Farm 7207 Route 80 (West Lake Road) Chop and Cheese, Japanese Knotweed Removal, 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, also at at Mohican…
HAPPY 100TH, SAM! Birthday Party For Former Mayor Recaps Century Of Many Successes Editor’s Note: Today is former mayor Sam Nader’s 100th birthday, and this is reprinted from this week’s edition of Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. Further coverage of the celebration of the revered former mayor’s centennial will appear in the upcoming print editions and AllOTSEGO.com on Wednesday afternoon. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Sam Nader’s life is one great story after another. Here’s a…
Thank You, Swart Wilcox Volunteers Tell Supporters The staff of the Swart Wilcox House hosted an open house this afternoon in appreciation to all supporters who helped preserve Oneonta’s oldest surviving house and continue to prosper. Above, volunteers Norma Slawson, Debby Clough, Loraine Tyler, Pat Follett, Ann Schulz, Helen Rees, Richard Tyler, Ginny Pudelka and Len Pudelka pose for a photo on the lawn with a celebratory cake made by Barbara Clark, Otego. All but two items in the house…
IN MEMORIAM: Jean E. Manley, 92; Artist, Sculptor, Doll Magazine Editor ONEONTA – Jean Marion Eichenberger Manley, 92, of Oneonta, an artist, sculptor, graphic designer and, for a time, editor of Seeley’s Ceramics’ Doll Artisan magazine, died at home in her sleep, on June 29, 2019. The daughter of Carl and Marion (King) Eichenberger of Rexford, Jean was born on March 30, 1927, in Schenectady. She graduated from Burnt Hills High School in Ballston Lake and attended Traphagen School of…
IN MEMORIAM: Kenneth Hungerford, 89; Oneonta Native Worked 39 Years For D&H ONEONTA – Kenneth A. Hungerford, 89, of Olmstead Lane, Averill Park, an Oneonta native who served 39 years with the D&H Railroad, died on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at the Van Rensselaer Manor with family by his side. Ken had recently moved to the Manor from his home after years of decline from dementia. Born in Oneonta, Ken was the son of the late Ernest and Ina Edwards Hungerford…
IN MEMORIAM: Kevin M. Mroczkowski, 69; Vietnam Vet, 911 Responder Lived In Otego OTEGO – Kevin Michael Mroczkowski, a Vietnam veteran and 911 responder, was called home by his Savior on 3 July, 2019, after a three-month fight against cancer. Kevin was in the company of family at the time of death, and he was frequently visited by cousins, nieces and nephews and friends during his illness. Kevin was born in Brooklyn on 2 March, 1950, the son of Stanislaus…
HERZIG PRAISES PREDECESSOR ‘Sam Nader Day’ Declared To Mark His Contributions ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig today issued a proclamation declaring Wednesday, July 8, Sam Nader Day in the City of Oneonta, in recognition of the former mayor’s “too many to count” contributions to the City of the Hills. Here is the text of the proclamation: “In recognition of the “too many to count” contributions, made by citizen and Mayor Albert “Sam” Nader, to the well-being of the people of…
CLICK FOR SLIDES FROM NEAHWA PARK Colors Abound At Oneonta’s 4th…
