IN MEMORIAM: John D. O’Connor, 82; Teacher, Richfield Springs Village Trustee RICHFIELD SPRINGS – John D. O’Connor, a retired teacher who served on the Village Board here for many years, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021. He was born in 1938, the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Weiler O’Connor and was raised in Richfield Springs. For 30 years he taught at Ilion Central School, retiring in 1998.…
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Public Hearing Planned April 1 Seeking Inputs On City’s Police Review County To Act Tomorrow On Its Findings By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With City Hall expecting to miss its deadline on submitting its review of the OPD to Albany, Common Council is planning a public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 1, to allow input into the recommendations. In the meantime, the city’s Community Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, March 30, in an attempt to finalize…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 25 ‘Ashokan Farewell’ Composers Featured At Hanford Mills Talk CONSERVATION – 7 p.m. Join the museum for discussion with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, traditional musicians and co-founders of the Ashokan Center whose composition “Ashokan Farewell,” became the musical hallmark of Ken Burn’s “The Civil War” on PBS. Presented by the Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith. 607-278-5744 or visit www.hanfordmills.org/interactions/…
Getting A Vaccination? OPT Will Take You There For Free ONEONTA – Oneonta Public Transit is offering free rides on all its buses to the SUNY Oneonta mass-vaccination site to the Dewar Arena. Simply show your vaccination appointment card to the bus driver for access; if you need to transfer, simply show your card again. The mass-vaccination site has been operating since last Thursday, 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and had administered the anti-COVID virus to 7,000…
CLICK FOR ‘BRADLEY ON SCOUTING’ 1st Black Eagle Scout From Local Council, Newsletter Now Says Last month, Bryan on Scouting, a newsletter for the BSA’s adult leaders, declared Harry Cooper of Missouri was the first black Eagle Scout. This month, however, Bryan Wendell, who writes the newsletter, amended his conclusion and declared Hamilton Bradley of Rome, N.Y., from the Utica-based Leatherstocking Council, which now includes Otsego County, has that honor. Bradley’s Eagle Scout court of honor was held on Dec.…
Email Photos, Videos To info@allotsego.com Video Captures Bear Near Bed Bug Road Vince Casale happened upon this black bear last evening on Bed Bug Road, Town of Otsego. After a winter of hibernation, this is the time of year – about mid-March – that bear-spotting peaks. If you’ve spotted a bear lately, and have a photo or video, please send to info@allotsego.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 Fighting Fire In Early Oneonta ONEONTA HISTORY – 6:30 p.m. Online program from exhibit ‘Up from the Ashes: Oneonta Shaped by Fire’ featuring exhibit planners Carlene Bermann, Bob Brzozowski, others will discuss highlights. Presented by Greater Oneonta Historical Society. 607-432-0960 or visit www.oneontahistory.org/upcomingevents.htm…
ONEONTA TOWN CANDIDATES SURFACE Pereira Runs For Clerk; Gibson For Town Justice ONEONTA – Oneonta businessman, Ryan Pereira, has announced he’s running for Oneonta town clerk in this fall’s elections. Another Democrat, Tim Gibson, has announced he’s running for town justice. Proprietor of My Father’s Place, the bar and restaurant in Emmons, Pereira, who will be running on the Democratic line, has over 20 years in the local hospitality industry.…
IN MEMORIAM: Dean Clarke, 37; Valued Fly Creek Cider Mill Cook FLY CREEK – Dean Clarke, 37, a two-year employee at the Fly Creek Cider Mill, was welcomed into the heavenly kingdom on Friday, March 19 at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York after a valiant battle with HTLV-1 Lymphoma. Dean was born Aug. 19, 1984, at Sixth Street in Kingston, Jamaica, to Marcia Henry and Devon Clarke. Together with his brother Jermaine they he grew…
25 LOCAL OFFICIALS AT GATHERING Delgado Briefs County On $1.9 Trillion Payout…
