IN MEMORIAM: Maude Baldo, 83; Oneonta Native, Lifelong Resident ONEONTA – Maude Baldo, 83, a native of Oneonta who lived there most of her life, passed on May 28, 2019, with her loving family at her side at Bassett Hospital. She was born Feb. 21, 1936, in Oneonta, the daughter of Edgar L. and Rosetta (Utter) Perry. Maude grew up on Liberty Street in Oneonta. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Oneonta. She loved playing bingo,…
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THINGS TO DO What’s Your Choice? From 38 Special To, Yes, Borodin By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to SUMMER DREAMS Summer has arrived in Otsego County and there is so much to do! Whether you’re looking to shop, learn, listen or celebrate, there is something fun every day of the weekend! Start your summer off in a rockin’ mood as “Caught Up In You” and “Hold on Loosely” stars 38 Special perform the Celebrity Concert fundraiser for the Oneonta YMCA.…
HOMETOWN History May 31, 2019 150 Years Ago On Sunday afternoon last, Mark Hemstreet, a small boy, went into the barn of Harvey Baker with matches, and soon after the barn was discovered to be on fire. The flames spread with such rapidity among the hay and other combustible material as soon to place it beyond rescue and it was totally consumed with the corn house adjoining. A barn belonging to D. Rose, another to Abner A. Walling and a…
FINE FOOD • FUN FOOD Try Treats From Clam Strips To Steaks With Blue Cheese Editor’s Note: SUMMER DREAMS writers are reporting weekly on some of their favorite dishes in local restaurants. Remember clam strips from Howard Johnson’s heyday? You don’t find them many places these days, particularly of a quality that bring back long-ago memories, but you’d run across such an offering at The Farmhouse Restaurant in Emmons, just off Interstate 88’s Exit 14. They’re clam strips are sweet,…
from CARL SEELEY Nothing Is Perfect, But Green Movement Is Looking For Answers To the Editor: I don’t always catch Mike Zagata’s column, but every time I do, he’s revisiting the same two themes—one right, one wrong. Theme One is that even “green” technologies have negative environmental impacts. This is true, and it’s important to understand and keep in mind. When we get electricity from photovoltaics rather than coal or gas, we reduce our CO2 emissions, but we increase other…
Funding Denied, But RSS Says It Will Press Ahead On Riverside Apartments Altamont Developer Will Reapply, Despite Neighborhood Opposition By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – RSS didn’t get the state funding for its controversial Riverside Apartments, but that doesn’t mean it’s giving up. The state Office of Homes & Community Renewal didn’t approve the 64-unit complex for low-income housing, but Altamont-based Rehabilitation Support Services still plans to move forward, said Ed Butz, RSS managing director. “There are…
SUNY-O Foundation Among Best, Charity Navigator Says For 4th Time ONEONTA – The SUNY Oneonta Foundation has again received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, making it only one of two foundations for educational/scholarship support in New York State with such a distinction, and the only one in Central New York. It is the College Foundation’s eighth consecutive four-star rating. Only four percent of charities evaluated in the U.S. received a four-star rating eight consecutive times.…
2 Dozen Cows Dead At Maryland Farm By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com TOWN OF MARYLAND – The stench could be smelled for a mile. More than two dozen dead cows in various states of decay were found in a barn on Route 7 in the Town of Maryland last night, after Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies were alerted to the conditions on the farm. “It appears they all starved to death,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. “There was…
IN MEMORIAM: Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Nelson, Oneontan Was East Meredith Postmistress ONEONTA – Veronica A. Nelson, 91, Oneonta native and former East Meredith postmistress, passed away May 26, 2019 at her home. She was born Oct. 21, 1927 in Oneonta, the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Deambrosine) Pizza. Ronnie graduated from Charlotte Valley Central School and also from Albany Business College. She was employed with Earl Roberts Insurance Agency, Pizza Brother’s Mill, and retired from the East Meredith United States Postal…
Speaking Of Sports OHS Tennis Star Catan Heads To State Tourney ONEONTA – Tennis is far from over for sophomore Chris Catan, Oneonta’s ace player. He qualified for the State Tournament, which begins Thursday, May 30 at USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens. He is the STAC and Section IV champion. Golf also has a qualifier for the State Tournament in Oneonta’s Evan Sitts. The senior, who is heading to York College (PA) to play golf…
