Celebration of Tim West’s Life Is At 5 p.m. Today HARTWICK – At 5 p.m. today, friends of Tim West are invited to a Celebration of Life at the Hartwick Fire Company #1. Tim’s burial will be at 1:30 p.m. at Hartwick Cemetery.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Gould W. Liddle, 76; Milford Center Farmer Hard Worker MILFORD CENTER – Gould Warren Liddle, 76, a farmer who later worked in many jobs around the county, took his last breath Monday, July 2, at his home in Milford Center. Gould was born at home in Index on Sept. 21, 1941, to Gladys and Frank Liddle. He went to Cooperstown Elementary School until the eighth grade, when he left to go work on the family farm.…
IN MEMORIAM: Timothy West St.; State Police Mechanic, Fire Official HARTWICK – Timothy M. West, Sr., State Police Troop C auto mechanic and an assistant fire chief in Hartwick, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at home Monday afternoon, July 2, 2018, following a courageous battle with glioblastoma. He was 61. A native of Long Island, Tim was born on Oct. 29, 1956, in Bethpage, a son of Hartland St. Claire West and Corinne Griffin Hanley West.…
104TH SPRINGFIELD CENTER PARADE 70-Plus Units Defy 94 Degrees Of Heat Girl Scout Hannah Sheldon of Springfield Center captures the spirit of the holiday at today’s 104th Springfield Center Fourth of July Parade, which marched down Main Street in 94-degree heat. Hannah is with Troop 967, Springfield Center. At right, Springfield Center’s Loretta Fish attended her hometown’s Fourth of July Parade for the 30th time today; she posed with son Alex Dowd, 8. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
Delgado In Oneonta For July 4th Festivities By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There are 163 towns in the 19th Congressional District, many of them with fireworks, parades and other events celebrating Independence Day. And Antonio Delgado, the Democratic candidate for Congress, chose to spend his Fourth of July in Oneonta. “Oneonta is a wonderful place,” he said. “I have a responsibility to touch every part of the district, to meet with people and listen to them.”…
IN MEMORIAM Homer M. Osterhoudt Dies At 100; Attended All But 3 Inductions COOPERSTOWN – Homer M. Osterhoudt, 100, who mixed concrete to build the Baseball Hall of Fame and attended all Inductions since 1939 except three, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Woodside Hall. He was born on Jan. 17, 1918, in Oneonta, the son of Maurice C. and Catherine Hopkins Osterhoudt. Later that year, the family moved to 98 Lake St., Cooperstown, where his father worked…
Faso Visits Oneonta Tuesday, To Tour Custom Electronics ONEONTA – U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, will be visiting Custom Electronics at 1:30 tomorrow to tour the facility and discuss expansion plans with President/CEO Michael Pentaris, Otsego Now CEO Jody Zackrevsky, and Otsego County Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Ann Heegan. With the Democratic primary June 26, Faso will be facing Rhinebeck lawyer Antonio Delgado in the Nov. 6 general election.…
IN MEMORIAM: Loretta E. Herr, 81; Had Two-Decade Career With County CHERRY VALLEY – Loretta E. (Pabst) Herr, 81, who retired from the couty’s Office for the Aging, passed away Friday, June 29, 2018 at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. Loretta was born on Feb 9, 1937 in Brooklyn, daughter of Joseph & Margaret (Murdock) Pabst. Loretta met Fredy E. Herr at their church Sunday School. They were married on Sept. 10, 1955 in Brooklyn, and had eight children. …
IN MEMORIAM: Jerry O’Driscoll, Bricklayer OTEGO – Jerry W. O’Driscoll, 80, a union bricklayer for a half-century, passed away on Feb. 16, 2018. He was born Jan. 28, 1938 in New Bedford, Mass., to Alice and John O’Driscoll of Otego. He grew up in Otego. He was an avid skeet shooter and enjoyed hunting and classic cars.…
BARBARA JEAN MORRIS ON CAMPUS TODAY SUNY President’s 1st Duty: 4th Parade Grand Marshal ONEONTA – As she begins her new job today, SUNY Oneonta’s news president, Dr. Barbara Jean Morris, has already assumed her first civic assignment: She will be Grand Marshal of the city’s Hometown Fourth of July parade this Wednesday. The parade marks the first public event for the new president, who arrived on campus last week to begin her tenure as SUNY Oneonta’s eighth president. Morris,…