Daddy Al’s Christmas Adventure By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Sue Dick moved into the home here where she and “Daddy Al” raised their family, she often wondered about the Norway Spruce in the front yard. “I always wanted to decorate that tree,” she said. “But it was always too big and I didn’t have the stuff to do it. But now I’ve finally seen it decorated, and it was beautiful.” With performances by Kelly Clarkson, the Goo…
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Tree Lighting ‘Perfect,’ Reports ‘Daddy Al’ Dick BY LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – “Daddy Al” Dick had complete confidence that when everyone saw his family’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, they would see just how gorgeous it could be. “It was perfect,” he said. “Just like we knew it would be.” With performances by Kelly Clarkson, the Goo Goo Dolls, Dolly Parton and Earth Wind & Fire, the 75-foot Norway Spruce – the second from Oneonta – was…
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Rocky Takes Flight Ravensbeard Wildlife Center released this footage of Rocky, the Saw-whet owl who was found huddled inside “Daddy Al” Dick’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, taking flight back into nature less than one week after she was brought to the animal sanctuary to recover from her three-day journey. Though her location was closely guarded, it is believed she was released near the Saugerties-based sanctuary, in order to keep with her migration pattern.…
Rockefeller Owl Inspires Commemorative Bobblehead ONEONTA – Rockefeller, the diminutive Saw-whet owl found inside “Daddy Al” Dick’s Rockefeller-bound Norway Spruce, has been immortalized as a limited-edition bobblehead figure from the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame. The figure, available for pre-order, will ship in Feb. 2021, and $5 will be donated to the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center. Though earlier reports stated that Rockefeller would be released in Oneonta over the weekend, a statement from the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center says that they are…
Bye, Bye! Big Tree Off To Rockefeller Center By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – It was a reveal four years in the making. “When I was here in 2016, I came around the corner and there was this beautiful tree,” said Erik Pauze, Rockefeller Center’s head gardener. “But it wasn’t quite ready yet. So for four years, I’ve been coming up twice a year to water and feed it.” And finally, the 75-foot Norway Spruce, on…
Oneonta Owl Hitches Ride On Rockefeller-Bound Tree By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A Saw-whet owl who nested in “Daddy Al” Dick’s 75-foot Norway Spruce was rescued when workers tasked with transporting the tree to Rockefeller Center found the hitchhiker while putting up the tree in New York City. According to a Facebook post, the Ravensbeard Wildlife Center in Saugerties received a phone call that the owl had been rescued from the tree after it arrived in…
STATE POLICE CAUTION: Expect ‘Traffic Delays’ Near Enormous Pine Rockefeller Center Awaits Local Fir By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – As crews finish wrapping the 75-foot tall pine tree on “Daddy Al” Dick’s property here, state police have issued an alert of traffic delays and lane closures over the next tomorrow through Thursday on Route 23 here as the tree is cut down and prepared for the journey to Rockefeller Center, where it will become the…
NEXT STOP, ROCKEFELLER CENTER HUNDREDS WATCH AS SPRUCE FELLED By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Graig and Angie Eichler’s 94-foot-tall Norway spruce is down and Rockefeller-bound. “It’s such a great day,” said Angie Eichler. “A lot of people came out, and we’re having a lot of fun.” Nearly 200 people gathered this morning on the lawn of VF Supply Co., Browne Street and Country Club Road, to watch the tree come down. At 8 a.m., the chainsaw revved…