RECEPTION FRIDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL Alumni Herring, Bard Join Unatego Hall Of Distinction UNADILLA – Herring Lumber Co. owner Charles W. Herring Jr. and Joseph Bard, retired executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Rural & Small Schools, will be inducted into the Unatego Hall of Distinction Friday, Jan. 25. At reception begins at 5:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria, with the induction planned between the JV and varsity boys’ basketball game between Unatego and Delaware Academy. The public…
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IN MEMORIAM Rob Robinson, 66, Led Chamber For 16 Years ONEONTA – Robert R. Robinson, 66, the voice of Otsego County business for almost two decades as Chamber of Commerce president, died Jan. 18, 2019, after a long illness. Born and raised in Ohio, he graduated from Vinton County High School and later Ohio University, then entering a career in public broadcasting. He and his wife Elizabeth moved east in 1978, where he joined Maine Public Broadcasting as radio general…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Lou Hammond, 64; BOCES Teacher’s Aide Married In Morris MORRIS – Mary Lou Hammond, 64, a teacher’s aide at the Binghamton BOCES for many years, , passed away in UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Mary Lou was born on Nov. 24, 1954 in Norwich, and was a daughter of Lester and Mary Ann (Pooler) Thompson. On June 12, 1976 Mary Lou married John Hammond in the First Baptist Church in Morris.…
IN MEMORIAM: Ron Valentine, 69, Morris; Worked For Banks, NYSEG; Fan Of ’32 Fords MORRIS – Ron Valentine, 69, a NYSEG retiree and fan of 1932 Fords, passed away Jan. 18, 2019, after a brief illness with a rare cancer. In February 1949, Ron Valentine and his twin brother Don Valentine were born to Durward and Leah Valentine at Oneonta’s Fox Hospital. He was a 1967 graduate of Morris Central School and a 1969 graduate of Jefferson Community College in…
Pat’s Storm Scrapbook Storm Harper Snow Over; Watch Wind Chill AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown reporter Pat Wager took a break from snow-shoveling this morning to snap photos in his route 28 neighborhood. Above, Route 28 was pretty clear, but traffic was light as cautious drivers opted to stay home. At right, almost not, but birds in Pat’s vicinity could still make their way to his birdfeeders. A few snow flakes are falling on Cooperstown at this hour, but it looks like the…
IN MEMORIAM: Doris Johnson, 96; Moved Here To Live Near Daughter COOPERSTOWN – Doris Buchanan Johnson, 96, passed away peacefully late Thursday afternoon, Jan. 3, 2019, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. Formerly of Madison, N.J., and later Liverpool, she had moved to Cooperstown last year to be near her daughter, Judy Green and family, and had resided at Woodside Hall. Doris was a school secretary for many years followed by secretarial work for the Board of…
PREPARING FOR STORM HARPER At Bassett Hospital, ‘Virtual Command’ Center Activated Dialysis Patients Brought In Today, MDs, Staff On Alert, Generators Tested COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network has established a “virtual command” that will be on alert throughout Storm Harper to minimize impact on patient care in all five of its hospitals – Cooperstown, Oneonta, O’Connor in Delhi, Cobleskill and Little Falls. “We have been working to assure we are fully staffed throughout the storm’s duration,” said Brinton Muller, Bassett…
Catskill Choral Society Plans First Open Audition In Awhile ONEONTA – For the first time in recent memory, the Catskill Choral Society is opening its rehearsal to the public at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 12 Ford Ave. “This is the perfect opportunity for anybody who loves to sing to try the group on for size. There is no cost and no obligation for the open rehearsal,” said David Hayes, performer and spokesman for the…
IN MEMORIAM: Phyllis J. Edwards, 86; Worked At Cherry Valley Baseball Factory CHERRY VALLEY – Phyllis J. Edwards, 86, who worked in the local J.D. DeBeer baseball factory until it closed in the 1980s, passed away in Bassett Hospital after a brief illness. She was born Oct. 15,1932, to Carrie (Pitt) and Vernon Whiteman, and attended Cherry Valley Central School, graduating in 1952.…
SIGN UP FOR ‘OUTAGE ALERTS’ NYSEG Team On Alert To Tackle Storm Harper ONEONTA – NYSEG’s Oneonta Division, which includes all of Otsego County, is one of five divisions the utility is monitoring closely with Storm Harper’s “significant snowfall and a wintry mix of precipitation” predicted to begin by 1 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday). “Snow accumulation could bring tree limbs into contact with power lines or make for hazardous travel conditions,” NYSEG said in a press release. The other divisions extend…
