THOMAS WOLF IN TOP JOB New CSO Exec Seasoned On Europe’s Opera Stage By JIM KEVLIN • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – A lyric tenor, Thomas Wolf’s operatic career was on the rise. Southwest Germany’s largest daily, Munchner Merkur, celebrated his “particularly beautiful and warm tenor” voice, “wonderfully controlled.” In 1992, when a headliner dropped out of Mozart’s “Magic Flute” at Munich’s opera house, it seemed like his big break had arrived. As the date approached, however, he…
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2 Oneontas Dip Toe Into Geothermal Consultant Explores Applying Method To Main St., Southside By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal WEST ONEONTA – Geothermal energy fever is sweeping Greater Oneonta. First the city and now the town are “seriously considering” going geothermal, using heat from beneath the earth to warm above-earth homes. Jay Egg, a geothermal system consultant, met at length with City Manager George Korthauer and other staffers Tuesday, April 9, and is due back at…
HOMETOWN History • April 19, 2019 150 Years Ago Aurora Borealis – Our citizens on Thursday evening were out en-masse, gazing into the heavens. The aurora borealis presented a wonderful sight. It was of a whitish color, and appeared like clouds rent by the wind. A beautiful bow was formed in the south. At nine o’clock, the sky again lighted, first in the northwest, then verging around to the east, darting out huge sheets of light, which turned red and…
Oneonta Man To Vie On ‘American Ninja Warrior’ By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta native Anthony Eardley will take on the warped wall and the log grip as he competes on NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” later this month. “It’s very exciting. We’re thrilled,” said his mother Angela, co-owner of the former Oneonta Stallions football team, now in Binghamton. Eardley, 28, has not even been a Ninja warrior for two years, but after almost beating a top-rated…
Job Seekers Offered Free Rides To Expo At Otesaga Event, 30 Companies Seeking Full-, Part-Time Workers COOPERSTOWN – A&D Transport Services is offering free rides Wednesday from the CDO Workforce Center, 12 Dietz St., Oneonta, to the Otsego Chamber Job Expo at The Otesaga Cooperstown and back. Call the CDO Workforce today at 607-432-4800 x 100 to reserve a seat. Reservations required. The Job Expo will be underway 10 a.m.-2 p.m., featuring 30 companies, and designed to help job seekers…
IN MEMORIAM: Peter Granger, 83; Proprietor Of Oneonta’s Copper Fox WORCESTER – Peter Granger, known to friends as Scoop, longtime proprietor of Oneonta’s Copper Fox Tavern, peacefully passed away at the age of 83 on April 14, 2019. He was born on Dec. 25, 1935, in Glens Falls to Earle and Lutheria Granger. He graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Glens Falls and attended Cobleskill Agriculture & Technology College, graduating with an associate’s degree in Animal Husbandry. Following his graduation,…
IN MEMORIAM: Donald R. Hill, 79; Professor Expert In Southern Music ONEONTA – A celebration of his life is being planned Wednesday, April 24, for Dr. Donald R. Hill, 79, who died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, at Albany Medical Center, with his family by his side. The celebration will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Mills Courtyard on the SUNY Oneonta campus, organized by the Africana and Latino studies departments. Donald was son of the late Lowell and Rosemond Hill…
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