IN MEMORIAM On your feet, Magyar, the homeland calls! The time is here, now or never! Shall we be slaves or free? This is the question, choose your answer! From the National Poem of Hungary, by Sándor Petöfi Freedom Fighter József Kiss Achieved American Dream ONEONTA – Born at the start of World War II in a small rural settlement in eastern Hungary, József Kiss survived the front lines of German and Russian armies sleeping in an underground bunker at…
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IN MEMORIAM Entrepreneur Kathleen Kiss Survived Husband By 5 Days Couple Operated 2 Mobile Home Parks DAVENPORT – Kathleen Márton Kiss (née Lídia) passed away in her home on Feb. 3, 2021. Her husband of 64 years, József Kiss, survived her by only five days. Growing up in Socialist Hungary behind the Iron Curtain, Kathleen and her fiancé fled the country as refugees of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. After marrying in Austria, they flew to the United States with…
New CCS Superintendent Arrives TV Spot Piqued Educator’s Interest By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Kismet? Focused on finishing her doctorate, Sarah Spross, an assistant commissioner in Maryland’s Department of Education, drove up last summer and closeted herself at Cooperstown’s Landmark Inn. On Aug. 28, she turned on the TV and saw the news: Bill Crankshaw, Cooperstown Central School superintendent since 2016, had resigned to return to his hometown and the Greater Johnstown School District. It clicked, and Monday,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Mar. 4, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Baseball Camps Wait For Albany Guidance Glimmerglass Plans 4 Shows On Lawn Life’s Goal Accomplished Pidgeon Retires Campaigns Off To Fast Start In ’21 New CCS Superintendent Arrives AllOTSEGO.life From Oneonta To Fame At Woodside Hall, Not One COVID Case In Year THE DOG CHARMER EDITORIAL Vaccines Are Here. Keep Trying. You’ll Get Your Shots For The Love Of Boating FOOD FOR…
READ FULL REPORT TO COUNTY BOARD Citizen Review Board Among Ideas Suggested By Policing Task Force COOPERSTOWN – Recommendations ranged from “an outside entity to review complaints against officers” to “implicit bias awareness training,” as the county’s Law Enforcement Review Task Force reported this morning to the county Board of Representatives. The public has until 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, to read the report and email comments to comments@otsegocounty.com. The county reps will meet at 9 p.m. Thursday, March…
SQSPCA SWITCHES ROLES As Max Luxuriates, Stacie In Doghouse Max, top photo, awaits a snack from Susquehanna Animal Shelter staffer Allison Hungerford this afternoon as, duded up with a tie, he relaxed in SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes’ office at the Hartwick Seminar facility. Meanwhile, to dramatize Max’s plight, Haynes, inset right, spent the day in Max’s cage. He’s been in the shelter 444 days, the longest of any of the residents there. Today, the 5-year-old pit bull spent 444…
Bassett Announces 2-Day Vaccine Clinic On Weekend At Clark COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital has just announced a two-day clinic this weekend to administer 1,200 doses of anti-COVID vaccines the county Health Department received for people over 65. Vaccination clinics will be on Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at the Clark Sports Center. To make an appointment, click here soon as possible, as slots fill up quickly. Or call 1-833-697-4829…
IN MEMORIAM: Nancy Garufi, 83; With Husband, Founded Tino’s Pizza ONEONTA – Nancy Garufi, 83, who founded Tino’s Pizza with her husband, passed away Monday, March 1, 2021, at Fox Nursing Home. She was born on July 12, 1937, in Frazzano, Sicily, the daughter of Lorenzo and Rosalia Frisenda. At 18 years old, Nancy came to the United States and settled in Cold Spring, Putnam County. Her first job was at the dress factory there. She married Agatino “Tino” Garufi…
Democrat Varney Plans Challenge To Dave Bliss By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Democrat Charles Varney, who lives in Cherry Valley and operates the Cooperstown Underground Barbershop on Main Street, plans to challenge county board Chairman David Bliss in the Nov. 2 elections, he announced today. Bliss, a Republican, represents District 7, which includes the Village of Cooperstown east of the Susquehanna River, plus the towns of Middlefield, Roseboom and Cherry Valley. “My announcement was the long…
IN MEMORIAM: P. Elliott DuBois, 87; Taught Music For 27 Years At Worcester WORCESTER – P. Elliott DuBois, 87, whose 27-year career teaching music at Worcester Central School, starting in 1961, would touch hundreds of lives, passed away at 10:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. Thankfully, the family was able to be at his side at various times during his final days before “going home,” for which he was prepared and eagerly awaiting. Paul…
