Local Spruce For Rockefeller Center Will Be Cut Down At 8 a.m. Thursday WEST ONEONTA – The 75-foot tall, 45-foot in diameter, 11-ton Norway Spruce that will be the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree for the 2020-2021 season will be cut down at 8 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday) and hoisted by a crane onto a 115-foot long trailer. The 2020 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree at 3851 Route 23 is donated by Daddy Al’s General Store in Oneonta. The donor of the tree,…
WHEN You’re 105… …Maybe You Can Have Free Pizza Party! By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – Ritchie Egan and his wife Penny Trimble believe that the secret to a long life might just be pepperoni pizza – perhaps from their Pizza 23 West shop. “When we opened in December 2013, Harry and Barb Martin were our first customers,” said Egan. “Harry’s mom, Rhoda Martin, was turning 99 that year, and he ordered some pepperoni pizza for her.”…
IN MEMORIAM: Michael McCafferty, 73, West Oneonta; Marine, Psychotherapist WEST ONEONTA- Michael Patrick McCafferty, 73, a Marine and psychotherapist, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at home with his family by his side. He was born Feb. 22, 1945, in Staten Island, the son of the late Thomas and Esther (Lynn) McCafferty.…