DC Marketing Seeks Approval For Digital Billboard Downtown ONEONTA – DC Marketing, which has two digital billboards next to I-88, is seeking permission for a third at 76-78 Main St., according to the city Zoning Board of Appeals agenda released this afternoon. DC Marketing’s proprietor, Len Carson, will appear before the ZBA at 7 p.m. this coming Monday in City Hall, seeking a variance to allow installation of a 200-square-foot digital billboard in place of a 200-square-foot non-conforming vinyl billboard.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Gerald L. Wood, 86; Assistant Wilber Bank Vice President ONEONTA – Gerald L. Wood, 86, who started in the mailroom at Wilber National Bank in 1948 and rose to assistant vice president by the time of his retirement in 1993, passed away peacefully today, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. He was born Feb. 13, 1931, in Oneonta, the son of the late Elmer J. and Laura R. (Wright) Wood, and graduated from…
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IN MEMORIAM: Ruth Swart, 95, Golfer In N.J.; Thanksgiving Home Resident COOPERSTOWN – Ruth Louise Swart, 95, of Tryon, N.C., an avid and talented golfer in her younger years who later resided at the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning Sept. 3, 2017. Born in Orange, N.J., and raised in Hackensack, Ruth was the daughter of Herman Edward Martini and Edith Elizabeth Arliss.…
IN MEMORIAM: Irving ‘Buster’ Jensen, 93; Farmer Active In Gilbertsville Community GILBERTSVILLE – Irving “Buster” Chris Jensen, 93, a farmer who served on the Gilbertsville school board, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City. Irving was born the son of the late Jens Christian and Anna (Truelsen) Jensen in Hartwick.…
IN MEMORIAM: Ethel Joan Vetter, 78; Nurse, Fire Dept. Auxiliary President COOPERSTOWN – Ethel Joan Vetter, 78, a nurse and past president of the Cooperstown Fire Department Auxiliary, died peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at her Pink Street home surrounded by her loving family. Born Sept. 15, 1939, in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of George and Estell (Jochim) Hoffman. She graduated from PS 119, Queens; Richmond Hill High School, Queens; and Lutheran Medical Center School of Nursing, Brooklyn, in 1961,…
IN MEMORIAM ‘Ozzie’ McMorris II, 86, Otego; Village Official, Avid Firefighter OTEGO – Elbert Osborne “Ozzie” McMorris II, 86, longtime fire chief here and an avid firefighter recognized as Otsego County Fireman of the Year in 1999, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at Fox Nursing Home, Oneonta. He was born July 13, 1931, in Oneonta, a son of the late Elbert and Leona B. (Boyes) McMorris. On June 17, 1962, Ozzie married Marjorie Downie in Otego. They celebrated their 55th…
SEWARD BRINGS $250K TO REDO HISTORY CENTER Grant Will Largely Complete 15 Years OF GOHS Strivings ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, this afternoon joined Greater Oneonta Historical Society officers in announcing a $250,000 state grant to largely complete the renovations of the second and third floors of the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St. The history center, Seward said, “is a showcase for the city’s past and a key component of the downtown revitalization taking place in Oneonta.”…
IN MEMORIAM Jane Marie McMahon, 91; Reporter Retired Locally DELMAR – Jane Marie McMahon, 91, who spent 11 years in Westville after retiring there in 1990 from a reporting and writing career downstate, died Sept. 19 at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s in Albany after a yearlong illness. She was born in the Bronx, the daughter of William A. and Fawn Shine, and raised in Hawthorne, White Plains and Briarcliff, Westchester County.…