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Santa Claus Hears Last-Minute Wishes

Santa Claus Hears Last-Minute Wishes Mason Rice, 9 months, and sister Arianna, 3, were relating their last-minute Christmas wishes a few minutes ago to Santa Claus in his cottage at Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.  The children’s parents are Lindsay (Rowley) and Tim Rice, visiting the grandparents in Cooperstown from South Carolina.  With just 32 hours left to Christmas, their was much anticipation in the queue outside, too, as Phoebe Squadrito, 3, and Madison Kane, 4, and her brother Daniel, 8, in…

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Millard B. Hurlburt, 86; Engineer Also Ran Pop’s Produce Stand

IN MEMORIAM: Millard B. Hurlburt, 86; Engineer Also Ran Pop’s Produce Stand ONEONTA – Millard B. Hurlburt, 86, a heavy-equipment operator who also ran Pops Produce Stand, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 19, 1930, in Oneonta the son of the late Stuart J. and Helen (Adams) Hurlburt. Millard served in the Army during the Korean Conflict.  He was a 50+ year member of the Otego American Legion…

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Virginia M. Naples, 91; Raised Amid 6th Ward’s Joys, Hardships

IN MEMORIAM: Virginia M. Naples, 91; Raised Amid 6th Ward’s Joys, Hardships ONEONTA – Virginia Mary Naples,  91, a member of the extended Oneonta family, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Oct. 31, 1925, in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Pasquale and Rose (Perrine) Mongillo.  Virginia graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 1943. She married Albert M. Naples on Nov. 9, 1947, at St. Mary’s Church, Oneonta.  Albert predeceased her on July…

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On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Tells How Family Beat Lightbulb Record

On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Tells How Family Beat Lightbulb Record In today's weekly report, "Morning Edition," on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reported on John and Sue Hayen's 25,3000 lightbulb Christmas display at their Tillie Avenue home in Oneonta, 300 more lightbulbs than Clark Griswold, the Chevy Chase character, lit in the 1989 "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."  It's taken the Hayens 26 years to beat Griswold's record, and there's…

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SALVATION ARMY KETTLES UN-FULL

SALVATION ARMY KETTLES UN-FULL Major: 2 Days Left, $17,000 Needed ONEONTA – With two days to go, Otsego County’s Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign needs to raise $17,000 to its annual goal of $60,000. The red kettles are located at Walmart and Southside Mall, as well as the Price Choppers in Oneonta, Cooperstown and Sidney. “Our goal is $60,000 for this year and so far we have only raised $43,000,” said Maj. Sharon Harford, the corps officer at Oneonta.  “The…

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Political Cross-Dressers May Enjoy What’s In Store More

TOM MORGAN’S MONEY TALK Political Cross-Dressers May Enjoy What's In Store More   Editor’s Note:  The column, Money Talk, by Tom Morgan of Franklin, the retired Oneonta investment counselor, is syndicated nationally.  Here is this week’s column.  The national mood has set me thinking.  About bi-sexuality.  You know, AC/DC.  Also about pouting in the back seat of the car.         First, the sex thing.  I know, you were hoping sex would come first.         Woody Allen reckoned that bi-sexuality doubles your…

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UNATEGO SCHOOLS $1.5 MILLION SHORT

UNATEGO SCHOOLS $1.5 MILLION SHORT AUDIT REVEALS UNEXPECTED GAP OTEGO – As it begins to prepare its 2017-18 budget, the Unatego Central School District has discovered an accounting error has left it almost $1.5 million short of where it thought it was on its finances. Superintendent of School David Richards said today that a review of Unatego finances released last night found that as a result of a non-cash accounting error in 2010, compounded by expenditures made following that error…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

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