RETHINKING OH-FEST In Rapper Sean’s Wake, SUNY Students Seeking More Vigorous Vetting By JENNIFER HILL Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – While most SUNY Oneonta students were at OH-Fest festivities today, eight students, a faculty member and a staff member met gathered at 5 p.m. to discuss ways to avoid selecting musical performers that did not match “the values of SUNY Oneonta.” SUNY junior Eric Battista scheduled the meeting after he emailed students early about a resolution he drafted, proposing to…
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OH-Fest Concert Out, But Street Fair Enjoyed Tonight’s Rapper Sean Kingston concert in Neahwa Park was cancelled over gang-rape allegations from nine years ago, but despite warnings of rain, the 13th annual OH-Fest Street Carnival went off without a hitch today as Main Street was filled with throngs of locals and students alike gathered to enjoy music, food and festivities. Above, Oneonta’s Yussef Romeo and Fay Pikul, played one of the carnival games, while Paige Stewart, right, hugs Tiny Tim,…
Egg Hunters Undeterred By Rain, Pack Hyde Hall Mira Aramini, 12, above, of Middlefield Center, was fast off the mark at 10 sharp this morning at Hyde Hall’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on the grounds of the National Historic Landmark above Otsego Lake. Undeterred by the rain, the Clements family of Hartwick, inset right, was first in line at 9:30, waiting on get onto the grounds: mom Fanny, dad Jonathan and, from left, Emma, 4, Xavier 10, and Lucas, 11. …
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Herzig Revokes OH-Fest Permit For Park Concert If Protest Breaks Out, OPD Lacks Resources To Control It, He Says By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – City Hall revoked OH-Fest’s Neahwa Park permit this morning after Mayor Gary Herzig learned on www.AllOTSEGO.com overnight that large numbers of students might protest concert headliner Sean Kingston after learning last week he and his bodyguard were accused of a gang rape in 2010. The city’s decision throws into doubt whether the Saturday night…
Sportswriters: Jack Lambert ‘Player Of Year’ Co-Captain, Guard Led Team To CCS’ 1st Class C State Title COOPERSTOWN – The New York State Sportswriters Association today gave its Class C “Player of the Year” designation to Jack Lambert, the co-captain and star guard of the 2018-19 CCS Hawkeyes Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team. A seventh-team selection last year, Lambert led Cooperstown to the school’s first Class C boys basketball championship. The senior scored 24 points per game and set a new…
Oneonta Man To Vie On ‘American Ninja Warrior’ By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta native Anthony Eardley will take on the warped wall and the log grip as he competes on NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” later this month. “It’s very exciting. We’re thrilled,” said his mother Angela, co-owner of the former Oneonta Stallions football team, now in Binghamton. Eardley, 28, has not even been a Ninja warrior for two years, but after almost beating a top-rated…
Bassett’s DeLong Chairs National Doctors’ Group American College of Physicians Elevates Cherry Valley Resident PHILADELPHIA – Bassett Hospital’s Douglas M. DeLong, M.D., was elevated to chairman of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians during Internal Medicine Meeting 2019, ACP’s annual scientific meeting held here Thursday through Saturday. The Board of Regents is the main policy-making body of the ACP, which is the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, and had members in more than…
THEY’RE OFF! Jacob Russell, Patrick Dewey In Boston Marathon Pals since their days at Cooperstown Central, Jacob Russell, left, and Patrick Dewey are on the move at this hour, competing in the 2019 Boston Marathon. Judy Steiner Grin of Fly Creek, inset, took and photo and had her photo taken with a banner she prepared to let Jacob and Patrick that fans from their hometown were on hand. The team have surpassed their fundraising goal of $10,000, which will benefit…
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