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10TH DIVISION BAND PLAYS HERE Dean Of Oneonta WWII Vets, Drago Honored At Concert Gene Schmidt, organizer of this afternoon’s 10th Mountain Division Jazz Band concert, shakes hand with World War II veteran Tony Drago, Oneonta, after Drago was honored with a surprise mayoral proclamation preceding this afternoon’s performance in the SUNY Alumni Field House. At 97, Drago is among the city’s oldest surviving veterans. At right, soloist Sgt. Michelle Dykes, stationed Fort Drum near Watertown, sings while accompanied by…
PLEIN AIR WORKS FEATURED Edmeston Carver Shines At Annual Art On The Lake It was colors, colors everywhere as art lovers flocked to the annual Art On The Lake, featuring plein air art (painted out of doors) this afternoon on the lawn behind The Fenimore Art Museum. Above, David “R.C.” Oster, a pen-and-ink artist from Utica, shows a piece he is working on to Tariq and Rafat Hussain, Norwich, and Becky Gretton, Richfield Springs. At right, artist Chris Wakefield, who…
Steam, Gas Engines Shown At Roseboom Power Days…
Goal: Finish $9 Million Sewage-Treatment Plant By Jeter’s 2020 Induction Plaque At Site Will Commemorate Ted Peters, Veteran Committee Chair…
‘OUR TOWN’ STAGED THIS MONTH Lakeside Audience Savors Thornton Wilder Classic…
READ PROFILE OF GENERAL GERMAN Oneonta General Set To Challenge Delgado In 19th Recently Retired, Tony German Commanded All State’s Forces ONEONTA – An Oneontan, Maj. Gen. Anthony German, who retired as New York State’s top military officer Feb. 2, is planning to challenge freshman Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, in next year’s election, county Republican chairman Vince Casale confirmed a few minutes ago. The Times Union is reporting that German planned to file his paperwork this morning with the state…
Mayor Tillapaugh, Husband Welcome First Grandchild…
Goal: Recognize Service To Youth Nominations Sought For Fetterman Award COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center is seeking nominations for the annual Fetterman Award. This award is given in memory of Patrick C. Fetterman, long-time associate director of the ACC Gymnasium/Clark Sports Center. Recipients are honored for their dedication to serving local youth, especially in the area of athletics. Please send nominations to Brenda Wedderspoon-Gray, Clark Sports Center, Box 850, Cooperstown NY 13326. Or drop off letter of nomination at…
JANE CLARK NAMED CITIZEN OF YEAR Mayor Details Advance Of Cooperstown’s Parks The feud between James Fenimore Cooper and Cooperstown over citizens’ unauthorized use of what today is the Three Mile Point village park went on four decades after the writer’s death in 1851, until Samuel Shaw, half-century editor/proprietor of The Freeman’s Journal, bought it from a Cooper heir in the 1890s and turn it over to the village. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch recounted that controversy in discussing the history…
