IN MEMORIAM: Jeffrey McGowan, 55; Eagle Scout Worked In Auto Financing ONEONTA – Jeffrey D. McGowan, 55, an Oneonta Eagle Scout who went on to a career in automotive finance departments, passed unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. Jeffrey was born in October 1960 in Syracuse, the son of Dean and Mary Jane McGowan. Oneonta became Jeffrey’s home town when his family moved here in 1968. Jeff attended Bugbee School then graduated from Oneonta High School in 1978. Jeff was…
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DOT To Upgrade Main, Chestnut, Where Pedestrian Died In October ONEONTA – The state Department of Transportation today announced that sign and traffic signal work, prompted after a car struck and killed a pedestrian in October, will be performed at Main and Chestnut streets 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Mayor Gary Herzig sent a letter to the DOT requesting the work after Daniel Heath, 75, of Oneonta, died on Oct. 28.…
STEELDRIVERS CLAIM TOP HONOR Foothills Bluegrass Headliners Win Grammy For Best Album TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR STEELDRIVERS’ ONEONTA PERFORMANCE…
Hartwick Students Plead: Listen To Our Concerns By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Over 200 students filled the Dewar Union during a Board of Trustees meeting this afternoon to advocate that their voices be heard and show solidarity for senior Noah Jager, who says he was asked to resign from his post as coordinator of student life after he sent out an anonymous e-mail Campus Safety believed to be a threat. “They’re cutting programs, they’re letting faculty go and we’re…
Public To Be Briefed On Revaluation Status ONEONTA – Representatives from the firm that conducted last year’s citywide revaluation, Emminger, Newton, Pigeon & Magyar, will discuss their findings and answer questions at a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Oneonta Middle School.…
Razed Home One Of Only 3 From Middlefield In Hurd’s House Probably Built By Last-Maker’s Father…
Stubborn Fire Razes Home In Middlefield Smoke, Flames Still Visible Today By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD CENTER – A Federal/Greek Revival home – “probably the most historic home in the hamlet,” according to local historian David Petri, Town of Hartwick – caught fire at mid-afternoon yesterday, and a large plume of smoke and flames below the foundation line are still visible this afternoon. “Flames were leaping out of the roof,” said neighbor Mary Quinn, who lives across the…
Otsego, Chenango Institutions See Need For More Natural Gas DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS, AVAILABLE HERE HAVE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL CONVENIENTLY DELIVERED…
Police: Woman Broke Mother’s Cell Phone EXETER – A woman was arrested for smashing her mother’s cell phone during a dispute, according to the State Police at Richfield Springs. Alicia Greene, 33, was arrested after an investigation into a domestic dispute on County Route 19 in the Town of Exeter. Investigators reported that during a verbal dispute with her mother, Greene grabbed the cell phone from her hands and broke it. Police believe this was to keep her mother from calling…
