Vincenzo Avanzato Delivers Pasta Fundraiser Proceeds $3,000 Delivered To Mayor of Amatrice By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Stella Luna’s Bucatini all’Amatriciana may be the ultimate in comfort food. Tony and Vinne Avanzato began serving the pasta dish, famous in Amatrice, Italy, as a fundraiser after the Aug. 24 earthquake that devastated the town. “Our friends over there told us there were foundations we could donate to, but they would take 20-30 percent,” said Tony. “I said, ‘Not gonna happen!’ People…
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SUSPECT IN SLAYING RETURNED TO NYC Bronx Gang Member Arrested In Oneonta ONEONTA – A man wanted for a murder connected to the Sex Money Murda gang in the Bronx was arrested Thursday at a house on Division Street in Oneonta, city police said today. Police reported receiving a tip Tuesday, Sept. 20, from the New York/New Jersey Fugitive Task Force that Christopher Canada, aka “Brabs,” was hiding out at a relative’s home in the city. He was arrested without incident and taken…
Police Nab Center City Thief ONEONTA – A fingerprint found at the scene of one of the eight Center City burglaries lead police to arrest an Oneonta man and charge him with eight felonies and three misdemeanors. Nicholas M. McDonald, 26, was arrested after police identified him using fingerprints lifted from the scene. His fingerprints were on file from a previous arrest, according to Lt. Douglas Brenner. He was charged with three counts of burglary in the second degree, a…
Police: Suspect Snatches 66-Year-Old Woman’s Purse ONEONTA – Police are seeking the identity of a white man accused of pushing a 66-year-old woman onto the ground and stealing her purse on River Street yesterday afternoon. Police responded to the attack at 3:15 p.m. and learned that a male pushed a female victim to the ground, grabbed her purse, and fled in a southbound direction on Gilbert Street. Responding officers and detectives canvassed the area for the subject, and the victim was treated for…
Two Charged With Selling Coke In Oneonta ONEONTA – A man and a woman were each charged with selling cocaine in Oneonta in what Lt. Douglas Brenner describes as “an upswing” in the drug’s sale. “For the past two years, we’ve seen cocaine creeping back into Oneonta,” he said. “We try to keep an eye on trends.” Freddie L. Sampson, 44, Brooklyn, was arrested Sept 8. and charged with five counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a class…
IN MEMORIAM: Charlotte Georgeson; Former 1st Lady Active In Civic Life ONEONTA – Charlotte Lunn Georgeson, 89, named “Mrs. Oneonta” for her contributions to the community, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at Focus Otsego in Cooperstown. She was born July 13, 1927, the daughter of Dorothy Hanks and William H. Lunn, Sr. A 1944 graduate of OHS, Charlotte attended Connecticut College for Women in New London, and in 1949 earned a bachelor’s from Cornell. After a brief career in hotel…
