OH-Fest Concert Out, But Street Fair Enjoyed Tonight’s Rapper Sean Kingston concert in Neahwa Park was cancelled over gang-rape allegations from nine years ago, but despite warnings of rain, the 13th annual OH-Fest Street Carnival went off without a hitch today as Main Street was filled with throngs of locals and students alike gathered to enjoy music, food and festivities. Above, Oneonta’s Yussef Romeo and Fay Pikul, played one of the carnival games, while Paige Stewart, right, hugs Tiny Tim,…
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SUNY-O Cancels Rapper Kingston’s OH-Fest Concert Too Little Time To Reschedule It On Campus, College Declares ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta this afternoon cancelled tomorrow’s OH-Fest concert after students learned the featured artist, rapper Sean Kingston, had faced allegations of involvement in a gang rape in 2010, and they gathered last evening in a “community dialogue,” trying to decide what to do. Mayor Gary Herzig, concerned about protests, this morning withdrew the city permit for OH-Fest to stage the concert in…
Funeral Planned For William ‘Billy’ Hymers ONEONTA – A celebration of life for William K. “Billy” Hymers, 68, who passed away on Nov. 24, 2018, at his winter home in Florida, will be Saturday, April 27, at Main Street Baptist Church. Calling hours will begin at 3 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 4 p.m.…
Chief: OPD Will Call In U.S. Marshals In Search For Arson Suspect Truitt ONEONTA – Police Chief Douglas Brenner said a few minutes ago his department is gathering information that will allow it to bring the U.S. Marshals Office into the search for Gabriel Truitt, the former proprietor of the Tru Cut barber shop being sought in the Dec. 29 fatal fire on Walling Avenue. The step taken by an Otsego County Grand Jury, which issued an indictment against Truitt…
SUNY Students Debate Tainted OH-Fest Rapper Given 2010 Gang-Rape Allegations, Ought Sean Kingston Be Disinvited? By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After learning last week that the OH-Fest headliner, rapper Sean Kingston, and his bodyguard were accused of gang rape in 2010, SUNY Oneonta students and staff – some said they were sexual assault survivors – met this evening in the college’s Center for Multicultural Experiences to discuss whether to push for canceling Kingston’s performance. Leaders of the college’s…
Zakrevsky, 6 College Profs Agree: Clean Up Railyards SUNY’s Vogler’s Students Will Help Define Wetlands By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Otsego Now CEO Jody Zakrevsky met with six Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta college professors in his boardroom last night to talk about the development of an “eco-commercial park” in Oneonta’s D&H Railyards, he told a gathering of businesspeople here this morning. “We all want to see something happen there. We want to do it right,”…
IN MEMORIAM Duncan Powell Nesbitt, Sr., 76; A Last Manager Of Family’s Mill ONEONTA – Duncan Powell Nesbitt Sr., 76, one of the last family members involved in operating the West-Nesbitt Feed Mill, where Foothills is today, died unexpectedly on April 16, 2019, in Wilmington, N.C., where he lived since 2010. He leaves his wife of 54 years, Rebecca “Becky” Rogers Nesbitt; and son Duncan Powell Nesbitt Jr. He is also survived by his sister, Betty Robinson; and brother, Ben…
GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN IN FATAL FIRE Gabriel Truitt, First Suspect’s Brother, Faces Murder Arson Counts, Still At Large By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Gabriel Truitt, the brother of the man originally arrested in the Dec. 29 fatal fire at 5 Walling Ave., has been indicted for first-degree murder and other counts, District Attorney John Muehl said a few minutes ago. Truitt’s brother, Terrence, spent five weeks in Otsego County Jail, but was freed Feb. 11…
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EDITORIAL With Brainy, Creative Execs, Otsego County’s Future Secure A couple of months ago, Gerry Benjamin, director of SUNY New Paltz’s Benjamin Center and an expert on Upstate New York, saw the region’s economic future in nurturing and growing what we have. Craft brewing and yogurt production, in particular, are developing nicely, he said, although neither is generating sufficient jobs at sufficient salaries to begin replacing the manufacturing behemoth that was the Mohawk Valley. The advantage to incremental growth, of…
