IN MEMORIAM: Albina Konchar, 92; She, Husband Farmed On Christian Hill COOPERSTOWN – Albina C. Konchar, 92, who with her husband operated a dairy farm on Christian Hill for many years, died peacefully this morning, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. She had resided in Hyde Park and, lately, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. Born March 1, 1923, in Croatia, she and her family emigrated to France one year later. In 1930, the family came to the United…
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Seward To Bring More Funding To Craft Beer Center’s Opening ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a few minutes ago he will bring word of “special legislative funding” to Friday’s ribbon-cutting at Hartwick College’s new Center for Craft Food & Beverage. The event will be at 1:30 p.m. at the college’s Johnstone Science Center. Seward’s Democratic counterpart in the Assembly, Bill Magee, D-Nelson, who is running for a 13th term this year, also plans to attend.…
Lowe’s Holds Balance On Town Water Plans Word Awaited From Toronto Firm By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Town of Oneonta’s proposed water district to serve the Big Box stores in Southside Oneonta and homes along parallel Southside Drive is hinging on Toronto-based realty firm that owns the Lowe’s property. “If Lowe’s does not sign, the project is dead,” Town Supervisor Bob Wood said yesterday. According to Wood, the service area, which would be served from a…
IN MEMORIAM: Bill Ronovech, 72; Co-Captained OHS Unbeaten Team ONEONTA – Word has been received that William A. Ronovech, 72, co-captain of Oneonta High School’s undefeated 1959-60 basketball team, lost a 10-year battle with illness on Dec. 9, 2015, passing away in his sleep at home in Nevada, where he had lived the past 30 years. He was born Jan. 4, 1943, in Oneonta, to Eleanor and William Ronovech. He was active in OHS sports, not only on Coach Drago’s…
IN MEMORIAM: Joan Lenore Kingsley, 81, Head of SUNY Women’s Athletics ONEONTA – Joan Lenore Kingsley, a nationally ranked tennis player and the former chair of SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Health and Physical Education, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas, where she resided. Joan was born on Jan. 31, 1934, in New York. She was raised in Bronxville, and attended Bronxville High School. She obtained a B.S. degree in physical education and health, along with a M.S. and Ph.D.…
Chilly Weather Meets Chili Bowls At The Carriage House Art Studio At the Carriage House Art Studio in Oneonta, the face of the Chili Bowl is beginning to take shape. Here, Claire Smith, Oneonta, decorates earthen ware for the upcoming Chili Bowl alongside her grandmother Linda Smith, West Oneonta as part of a pot-throwing day where people could learn how to throw a pot, as well as decorate pre-made ones and socialize with music and food. (Ian Austin/ AllOTSEGO.com)…
Farmers, Maltsters At Hartwick For Sold-Out Brewing Symposium Aaron MacLeod, the new director of Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food & Beverage, speaks today on Barley and Malt Analysis in the Shineman Chapel House. The talk was one of many making up the sold-out Farmer Brewer Winter Weekend, an immersive experience where farmers and brewers could meet and listen to industry experts. Talks continue through Sunday evening.…
IN MEMORIAM: John Rifenburgh, 84; World War II Vet Co-Owned Tally-Ho WEST DAVENPORT – John William Rifenburgh, 94, a World War II veteran and former co-owner of the Tally-Ho Restaurant in West Davenport, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2016., at Fox Nursing Home. He was born June 12, 1921, in Worcester, the eldest of six children and the only son of the late Walter and Mabel Estella (Phelps) Rifenburgh. On April 9, 1964, he married Barbara Cook in Bloomville. During…
IN MEMORIAM: Eleanor Scorzafava VanCuren, 92 ONEONTA – Eleanor Scorzafava VanCuren passed away Jan. 13, 2016. She was 92. She was born Jan. 11, 1924. Her husband, George VanCuren, a pilot and POW during World War II who worked for the D&H and the U.S. Postal Service, passed away in 2010.…
Walton Man Charged With Burglary At Vacant House ONEONTA – Oneonta Police arrested a Walton man for allegedly removing items from an abandoned and condemned house. Lawrence E. Kern, 28, was arrested and charged with burglary in the third degree, class D felony, and petit larceny, a class A misdemeanor, after a call came in on Sunday, Jan. 10, that a person was loading a washer and dryer that had been removed from the inside of an abandoned house. Police said the subsequent…
