City Hall Releases Statement On Mayor ONEONTA – This is the statement released by City Hall at 2:32 this afternoon: “The City of Oneonta and its common Council are deeply saddened to report that at approximately 10:25 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2014 Mayor Richard P. Miller, Jr. died unexpectedly. On behalf of the Miller family, it is requested that during this difficult time the privacy of the family be respected.”…
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Former Mayor Jim Georgeson, 95, Dies ONEONTA – Former Oneonta mayor James N. Georgeson, 95, passed away Wednesday at the Focus Otsego Manor. He served in 1960-62, before the mayoral term was extended to four years. Arrangements are pending with the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.…
IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy Lewis, 92, First Oneontan To Enlist In WAVES ONEONTA – Funeral services are Saturday for Dorothy Moore Lewis, 92, who during World War II became the first woman from Oneonta to enlist in the WAVES (the Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), who passed away Sunday at the Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 24, 1922, in Oneonta, the daughter of George F. and Nellie (Thomas) Moore. She graduated from Oneonta High School in 1940…
City Council Seeks Guidance On Fire Readiness ONEONTA – Common Council will consider authorizing City Manager Marty Murphy to sign a contract with the Center for Public Safety Management when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. In discussion of acquiring two new fire trucks at the last council meeting, Murphy suggested seeking the center’s guidance in assessing the fire equipment needs so investments in the fleet can be planned.…
Chris Chase Captures Fall In Neahwa Park…
Common Council Finds Little Of Merit In Charter Review By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com ONEONTA – For a rancorous 90 minutes this evening, Common Council debated the 20-page Charter Review Commission report and decided to do little about its recommendations. “The council feels, virtually unanimously, that the charter was implemented,” Mayor Dick Miller said when it was over, summing up the sense of the board. Miller had appointed the commission to review the charter, approved by a wide margin in…
1,875 Runners In 21st PIT Run; Gleason, Alterio Leading Locals Celia Alterio…
Mayor To Discuss Housing At League’s Annual Dinner ONEONTA – Mayor Dick Miller will discuss the city’s housing initiatives at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday at the League of Women Voters’ annual membership meeting at Elm Park United Methodist Church. The league’s dish-to-pass supper will follow.…
IN MEMORIAM: Tina M. Tisenchek, 89; Worked At Bresee’s ONEONTA – Tina M. Tisenchek, 89, who worked at the former Bresee’s Department Store, among other local businesses, passed away on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center.…
IN MEMORIAM: Judy Williams, 87; Reporter, Photographer Follower Of Elizabeth Ann Seton ONEONTA – Juvenile (Judy) Williams, 87, a devout follower of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and former newspaper photographer and reporter, died on Sept. 20, 2014. Judy was orphaned at an early age along with her seven brothers and sisters in rural Philippines. World War II came to her homeland, but with it came American Army soldier Neal Williams Sr. The couple married and moved to New Lisbon, where…
