HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Trunk Show & Quilt Raffle TRUNK SHOW – 1 p.m. Trunk Show and Quilt Raffle drawing on last day of Susquehanna Valley Quilters annual quilt show. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-2070 or visit www.canoneonta.org/event/susquehanna-valley-quilters-exhibit/?instance_id=1168…
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IN MEMORIAM: Erich M. Wilkens, 76; Decorated Marine Served In Vietnam War ONEONTA – Erich M. Wilkens, 76, of St. James Place, a Marine and decorated Vietnam War veteran, died Wednesday July 10, 2019, at his residence with his family at his side. Survivors include a daughter in West Oneonta. He was born Oct. 17, 1942 in Oceanside, Long Island, son of the late John and Ilse Sperling Wilkens. Erich was a veteran of the Marine Corps, having been awarded…
Former RSCS Superintendent Bob Barracco Awarded Purple Heart 45 Years After Injury RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, this week presented Bob Barracco, a Vietnam veteran and retired Richfield Springs superintendent of schools, with a Purple Heart. “Having served in combat myself, I am deeply honored to assist veterans who made extraordinary sacrifices in defense of our freedoms,” said Gibson while visiting Barracco at his home here. Barracco joined the Army in 1968 and was deployed to Vietnam in January 1969.…