Martini, Oberacker Run For County Board Again ONEONTA – Two additional members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives have confirmed they are running for another term: Freshman county Rep. Adrienne Martini, elected in November 2017, announced a few moments ago. Late last week, county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, who chairs the county board’s Public Works Committee, also confirmed his intention. Martini, the mother of two, is a writer and editor for SUNY Oneonta’s alumni magazine, Reflections. Oberacker, father of…
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March 2019 - Page 23
ARTICLE UPDATED HAWKEYES HEAD TO FINAL FOUR BINGHAMTON – Next, the Final Four – for the first time since 2012. A few moments ago, the Cooperstown Hawkeyes Boys Varsity Basketball Team defeated Unadilla Valley, 61-46, at the state semi-finals this afternoon at the Broome County Veterans Memorial. The boys will be playing Greensport at 10:45 a.m. in the semi-finals Saturday at the Broome County Memorial Arena. If they will, CCS will play in the finals there on Sunday for the…
IN MEMORIAM: Donald A. Pidgeon, 35; OHS Grad, Hampshire House Employee DAVENPORT CENTER – Donald A. Pidgeon, 35, passed suddenly onto Heaven March 8, 2019. Don was born Nov. 14, 1983, in Oneonta, the son of Paul and Emily (Risley) Pidgeon. He grew up in Oneonta and graduated from Oneonta High School. Don married Angela Marie Clapper on February 4, 2006.…
IN MEMORIAM: Marty Patton Sr., 89; NYSEG Retiree Operated Restaurant ONEONTA – Martin R. Patton Sr., 89, passed away peacefully, at home surrounded by his family, on March 9, 2019. An NYSEG retiree who operated a restaurant on River Street where Bella Michaels is today, he is the father of Marty Patton, owner of Cooperstown All Star Village in Wests Oneonta. A full obituary will follow.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MARCH 11 Learn To Care For Bulbs With Oneonta Garden Club GARDENING CLUB – 1 p.m. Meg Kennedy presents “The Care and Treatment of Bulbs” to the Oneonta Garden Club. All welcome. St. James Episcopal Church at Main St. and Elm, Oneonta. Info, millerwillis3@gmail.com…
Thrilling Season Comes To An End Lady Hawkeyes Bow, 60-49, In Semis Cooperstown’s Lady Hawkeyes console each other after bowing to Watkins Glen, 60-49, in the state semifinals this afternoon at the Broome County Veterans Memorial in Binghamton. The girls had their best season since winning the state championship in 2015. At right, CCS’ Meagan Schuermann battles under the basket during this afternoon’s game. Check back: The Hawkeyes’ boys basketball team, are leading 23-12 at halftime, also in Binghamton. (Ian…
NEW ‘TRADITIONAL PLAN’ DISCUSSED TODAY AMONG OTSEGO METHODISTS Oneonta Pastor Vowing To Continue Gay Nuptials The Rev. Marti Swords-Horrell, pastor Oneonta’s First United Methodist Church, this morning told her congregation she will continue to perform gay marriages, despite a church conference’s decision in February adopting a “Traditional Plan” that affirmed a ban against gay marriage and the ordination of gay clergy. Pastors, locally and throughout the Syracuse-based Upper New York Conference, were asked to brief their congregations this morning on…
Warning Lifted, Crowds Flow To Syruping Sunday With the Winter Warning lifted at 10 a.m. and the ice melting from roadways, pancake fans were flowing into The Farmers’ Museum’s Syruping Sundays, a March tradition for decades now. They included, top, Steve Hofelich of Cooperstown, cutting up pancakes for son Fox Murphy, 2, accompanied by Cait Murphy and other son Rowan, 5. Inset, volunteer Jessica Zinger, Leonardsville, serves a group hungry breakfasters who had just arrived from Oneonta, including Diane Williams,…
Roads Icy For Now, But Winter Warning Ending CHECK ALLOTSEGO.COM’S EXCLUSIVE FORECAST…
AL RUBIN WINS COMPETITION CSO Conductor Contest Raises Record $46,321 Al Rubin, president, A&D Transport Services, which provides taxi and medical transport services in Central New York and the Southern Tier, took the honor of leading the The Catskill Symphony Orchestra in ‘Stars And Stripes Forever’ during this year’s Guest Conductor Competition at the SUNY Alumni Field House this evening. At right, Libby Cudmore, Managing Editor of The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta and AllOTSEGO.com, challenged the audience to help her…
