THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 4 – 5, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Food Pantry Co-Director Held In $18K Theft Delgado’s New Approach To Healthcare Hailed Ames, Mandigo New Oneonta Trailblazers Father Rosson Looks Forward To Retirement Business Patron, Now New Chamber Director 2,000 Children In Poverty, ‘And That’s High’ EDITORIAL ABOLISH OTSEGO 2000! COLUMNS KUZMINSKI: ABOLISH OTSEGO NOW! SEWARD: We’re Losing Generation MASKIN: 16.1% Of Us Live In Poverty CEACAREANU: Have Naloxone…
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Art & Caring Kelly Ames, Carol Mandigo Honored As Oneonta’s ’19 Woman Trailblazers By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Early on in Carol Mandigo’s career, she decided to combine art with social services “to give a better quality of life in a fun way.” “I wasn’t drawn to putting art in a gallery in a city with only a limited amount of people looking at it,” Mandigo said. “I brought art and theater to inner…
COLUMN 16.1% Of Us In Poverty. In Oneonta, That’s 25.6% By DAN MASKIN, President, OFO As it does annually, the New York State Community Action Association has just published “Poverty in NY,” which has a poverty report for each county and city in New York State. Otsego County has a poverty rate of 16.1 percent, meaning roughly one out of six people are living in poverty. Forty-eight percent of school children are enrolled in either the free or reduced school…
IN MEMORIAM: Florence Smith White, 97; Taught Textiles, Design At SUNY Oneonta MORRISVILLE – Florence Smith White, 97, who taught interior design and clothing/textiles at SUNY Oneonta until retiring in 1983.passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Crouse Community Center, Morrisville. During the week before her passing, family and friends surrounded her with love, singing, prayer, Bible reading, video chats, phone calls and wonderful memories were shared and made. She leaves behind her three children, Patricia, Winky and Karen;…
‘A HAPPY ENDING’ Missing Oneonta Man Found Safe By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Chester S. Kucharski Jr., reported missing after leaving Bassett Hospital in January, has been found safe and in good health, according to Oneonta Police Chief Doug Brenner. “He checked into the Super 8 Motel on Southside and used his own name,” said Brenner. “The clerk recognized him and called us.” Kucharski, 67, was last seen on camera leaving Bassett around 3:50 p.m. on…
Delgado: Medicare-X Is ‘What It Means To Deliver’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com During his recent campaign, U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado heard the same question, he told members of the 19th District press corps this morning, “No matter the county, no matter the party, individuals have asked me about rising health care costs and what we can do about the lack of affordable care,” he said during a 9 a.m. conference call, where he detailed Medicare-X, a middle-way…
Ames, Mandigo Honored As City’s 2019 Trailblazers…
Bill Davis Will Receive Doctor Of Laws Degree At Hartwick Graduation Revered Local Businessman Joined By Sally G. Herbert, Entrepreneur ONEONTA – Bill Davis, ’49, retired president of the Country Club Auto group and a former Hartwick College trustee, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the college’s 2019 commencement at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, on Elmore Field, it was announced today. Another former trustee, Sally Griffiths Herbert, ’88, a successful entrepreneur in New Hampshire with her…
Council Asked To Spend $44.5K To Fill Meg Hungerford’s Shoes ONEONTA – In a late resolution released a few minutes ago, Common Council will be asked this evening to authorize up to $44,500 to fulfill city Finance Director Meg L. Hungerford’s duties until her successor can be recruited. Of that, $10,000, at an hourly rate of $150, would be for Hungerford to be available on a consulting basis when she assumes her new responsibilities as Walton Central School finance director. …
IN MEMORIAM: Esther M. Vogel, 79; Worked At Oneonta Dress, Greenleaf MARYLAND – Esther M. Vogel, 79, of Maryland, who worked at Oneonta Dress Factory, then Schenevus’ Greenleaf Dollhouse Factory, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019, at the Fox Nursing Home, Oneonta. She was born on Sept. 24, 1939, in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Frederick and Mildred (Weaver) Loucks. Esther married Karl E. Vogel November of 1957, in Oneonta. Karl predeceased her on April 22, 2018.…
