Hometown History – Feb 14-15 2019 150 Years Ago News Items from Elsewhere – The employment of a young colored mechanic in the clock factory at New Haven so hurt the dignity of a dozen Irishmen that they demanded his discharge. They obtained, instead, their own discharges and their places were supplied by more sensible men. Larry Larkin, an Irish boy who worked in the print works at Manchester enlisted in the 10th New Hampshire Regiment, fought bravely, was promoted…
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REPAIR IT, ARDENT FAN SAYS 100 Years Later, Monument To Dedicated Lady Declines By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA – On Memorial Day 1922, Mayor C.C. Miller accepted the memorial to Ethel Scatchard, calling upon “all citizens to revere the name of Miss Scatchard and to take a lesson from her spirit of usefulness and service.” Now 100 years after her death in Paris, historian Robert Calendresa wants the city to honor that promise. “The monument, frankly, is deteriorating,” he said during…
Obama Stirred Excitement On Visiting Hall Of Fame In ’14 By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN – The Friday before Thursday, May 22, 2014, then-mayor Jeff Katz was hanging out in the kitchen of his Chestnut Street home with son Robbie, who had just gotten home from SUNY Oswego, when the phone rang. It was Police Chief Mike Covert. With his son just having arrived, the mayor ignored it. The chief called “twice, three times… It had to be important for him…
Polar Bear Plunge, Heart Health, Brunch, Plenty of Tunes Come cheer the bravest divers around as they take the icy plunge into Goodyear Lake to raise money for sick kids and their families at the annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump. 9:30 a.m. registration, 12:30 p.m. jump. Saturday, Feb. 16, Goodyear Lake. Info, www.pbjump.com • The annual outdoor games come inside as Lumberjacks show off their stuff. Demonstrations and music by Nick LeDuc. All proceeds benefit the Daily Bread…
Haven’t Tried X-Country Skiing? There Are Trails Aplenty Locally By JENNIFER HILL ONEONTA – Just because it’s snowy out doesn’t mean you have an excuse to sit inside. “You often don’t have the ability to go running in the winter,” said Will Weinert, Clark Sports Center’s director of Adventure Programs. “Cross-country skiing gets you out and enjoying the winter months, keeps you from being sedentary.” But unlike downhill skiing, where you need to travel to faraway mountains, you can ski…
Winter Carnival Brings Comedy, Dancing,Treats Beat the winter blues with the annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival! Get the blood pumping at the Bob Smullins 5K/10K race, show off your trivia skills, dance the night away with Flux Capacitor and front your own imaginary band in the lip-synch contest. Friday-Sunday Feb.8-10, Main Street, Cooperstown. Info www.CooperstownWinterCarnival.com • On Friday, get some Brooks Chicken to help the Susquehanna SPCA. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, Parish Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.…
Medallion Found In Trash Cans In Badger Park, Claiming $500 By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – If Frankie Panzarella, 13, hadn’t bumped his head, he and his dad Frank might never have come across the 2019 Winter Carnival Medallion. “I was looking behind the trash cans in Badger Park and I hit my head on the corner,” he said. “I saw something taped to the side with black tape, but I didn’t know what it was at first.” It wasn’t until…
Community Bank Promotes Wood To Vice President At Oneonta Office ONEONTA – Community Bank has promoted Paul F. Wood to vice president, senior trust officer, in Oneonta. Wood brings to the position seven years of experience in the banking industry. In his new role, Wood will assume responsibility for the bank’s Oneonta trust group, which has provided investment management as well as trust and estate planning services since 1922. Wood has been with Community Bank since August 2016, when he…
Jim Anderson, 81; OHS Grad Played On SU’s 1959 Championship Team ONEONTA – James Frazier Anderson, 81, of San Tan Valley, Ariz., the OHS graduate who went on to play on Syracuse University’s 1959 national championship football team, passed away from colon cancer on Jan. 4, 2019. Born at home in a farmhouse in Treadwell, he was the son of the late Elmer and Margaret Anderson. Jim led an amazing life! He attended Oneonta High School, Class of…
Tenants Ordered To Leave Judge’s Order Ending 2 Years Of Argument By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA – Two years after City Hall first declared the former Oneonta Hotel unsafe for occupancy, Judge John F. Lambert ordered the remaining tenants vacate the building by Thursday, Feb. 7. “Ultimately, the judge recognized the imminent danger that exists in the building and took action,” said Mayor Gary Herzig after the Tuesday, Feb. 5, hearing before Judge Lambert in Cooperstown. “Our priority now is making…
