E-PETITION SPURS DEBATE Senior To CCS Board: We Won’t Be Bullied By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bobby Walker, a CCS senior and leader of the Otsego County Young Republicans, said he was called into the principal’s office and told to “remove” e-petitions he was circulating on behalf of Laurie Pestar, the elementary school secretary who was seeking an unpaid leave while she fights cancer. Walker refused to do so, and asked Middle/High School Principal Donna Lucy who…
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IN MEMORIAM: Marion Lawhead, 96; NYSEG Bookkeeper Led Vibrant Life ONEONTA – Marion Lawhead, a NYSEG retiree who lived a vibrant life in Bainbridge, Cooperstown and Oneonta, died on Dec. 12, 2016, at Chestnut Park Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was 96. Marion Jean Hill was born to Henry and Edith Hill on March 12, 1920, in Bainbridge, and grew up on Pearl Street there with an older brother Bruce and a younger sister Joan. She graduated from Bainbridge High School…
CHARRETTE ON DOWNTOWN ONEONTA Grocery Store, High Line Ideas At Public-Engagement Meeting By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A grocery store. A high line, an elevated walking trail overlooking murals and mosaics. More sports in Neahwa Park. These were some of the ideas presented in the Foothills atrium at tonight’s Public Engagement Meeting, sponsored by the Downtown Revitalization Initiative Local Planning Committee. “We’d love to see more artistic spaces with murals,” said Carol Mandigo, the local muralist. “We’re…
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IN MEMORIAM: Muriel Holstead Dix, 96; Episcopalian, Office Manager At Bresee’s SIDNEY – Muriel Mary (Wilson) Holstead Dix, 96, a former office manager at Bresee’s Department Store and devout member of St. James Episcopal Church in Oneonta, died Dec. 8, 2016, in Sidney, where she had lived the past 21 years. Born in 1920 in The Bronx and raised in Valley Stream, L.I., Muriel had resided in the Greater Oneonta area for 54 years. She was an active church woman…
IN MEMORIAM: Diana L. Roseboom, Oneonta ONEONTA – Diana L. Roseboom, 71, who raised four children locally, passed away on December 9, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. Diana was born in Meridale on Aug. 7, 1945, to Homer and Blanch (Payne) Loucks. She married Morgan Roseboom in Oneonta in 1963.…
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Patron Struck Bouncer With Chain, Police Say ONEONTA – An Oneonta man was arrested at the Sip and Sail Tavern after he allegedly struck a bouncer with a chain wrapped around his hand. James J. Williams, 34, was arrested after police responded to a call from the bar and reportedly found Williams holding a chain in a threatening manner. The investigation revealed that Williams had been involved in a fight inside the bar, and when the bouncer intervened, Williams…
IN MEMORIAM: Shawn Hoag, 35; Chef In Cooperstown Restaurants ROSEBOOM – Shawn “Duke” D. Hoag, 35, a chef in Cooperstown restaurants, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 9, 2016, in his home. Shawn was born Feb. 12, 1981, son of Lorraine Nelson and the late James Hoag. He graduated from Cherry Valley-Springfield Central, Class of 2000, and attended BOCES for culinary Arts. He then went on working at various restaurants in Cooperstown, most recently at Alex’s Bistro as a cook. He…
