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ERA ENDING Senator Seward, County Mainstay, Planning To Retire Will Serve Through End Of 17th Term ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a few moments ago he will not seek reelection this year to the seat he has held since 1986. “I have decided not to seek reelection in 2020 and will retire from the Senate when my current term, my 17th, expires at the end of the year,” Seward said in a statement released at 11:54 a.m…
IN MEMORIAM Bud Pirone Funeral Is Saturday; Principal On OHS Wall Of Fame ONEONTA – William (Bud) Pirone, revered retired Oneonta High School principal and one of the founders of the active alumni association, died on Jan. 13, 2020, one day shy of his 81st birthday. He passed in peace at the Fox Nursing Home, where he had been a resident for a year following a series of strokes starting in September 2018. Calling hours will be this Saturday, Jan.…
CONGRESSMAN AT MLK GATHERING Delgado Honors Youth Who Lives By Micah 6:8 HUDSON – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, Sunday present the Micah 6:8 Award to Hudson High School senior Pierre S. Jeune, as an examplar of living by that Biblical tract: “act justly, love mercey and walk humbly with your God.” Delgado, who represents Otsego County, made the presentation at the Hudson Interfaith Council’s Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Service at Shiloh Baptist Church.…
Reprinted From This Week’s Freeman’s, Hometown Oneonta Austin Sears, 72, Dies; Founded Cooperstown Summer Theatre Fest Austin and Margarita Sears in 2013, after they decided to close the Cooperstown Summer Theatre Festival after almost three decades. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com) By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Austin Sears, 72, creator, manager and actor at the Cooperstown Summer Theatre Festival for three decades, exited life’s stage on Dec. 17, 2019, in New York City. “We met in 1979,” his wife…
Grants Up To $4,000 Available To Promote Events In County COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Representatives is now receiving applications for its 2020 Community Grant program, designed to support local events that attract visitors here. The grants, up to $4,000, one event per year for one organization, may be used toward artistic, professional, and advertising costs.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Sonya Skoglund, 34; Home Health Aide; Daughter Survives SOUTH NEW BERLIN – Sonya Ann Skoglund, 34, a certified nursing assistant, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Sonya was born on Aug. 14, 1985, in Oneonta and was a daughter of Peter Skoglund and Ann Marie Wright. She graduated from Sidney High School, Class of 2003, and went on to take a CNA course for certification. Sonya worked tirelessly as a CNA and Certified…
IN MEMORIAM: Merle A. Keller, 60; Worked At Denny’s, Brooks Bar-B-Q ONEONTA – Funeral services are tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 16, Merle A. Keller, 60, of Oneonta, who worked at Denny’s and Brook’s House of Bar-B-Q. He passed away Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 in the Cooperstown Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born Jan. 22, 1959, in Albany, the son of Raymond J. and Virginia M. (Prey) Keller. A lifelong Upstate resident, Merle lived in the Albany area, Otego, Morris…
