Locals: People and Businesses in the News, April 19, 2023 EAGER EAGLES: The Leatherstocking Council branch of the Boy Scouts of America awarded 45 of its scouts with the organization’s highest honor, Eagle Scout, for the 2022 calendar year. Members of the Eagle Scout Class logged an average of 190 hours of community service, either individually or as group leaders, to 45 nonprofit organizations across the BSA’s council. The scouts were honored at the Utica Maennerchor Hall in Marcy, New…
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School-Based Health staff and school superintendents pose with the event’s honorary guests, Chris Kjolhede, MD, MPH, and Jane V. Hamilton, RN. Bottom row, from left: Denise Hernandez, Corinne Smith, Jane Hamilton, Dawn Calkins, Paul Arandia, Courtney Graham-Arandia, Emily Wentworth, Kristen Stanford, Denise Dye, Ann Marie Mills, Susan Converse. Middle row: Chris Kjolhede, Janet Erickson, Gloria Robinson, Kerri LeBlanc, Jessica Gaske, Betsy Duerheimer, Michelle Nieves. Top row: Holly Bennett, Ruthanne Van Buren, Brittney Hanford, Tammy Loucks, Janet Erickson, Kristen Wager, Leah…
Mike Lowery has illustrated more than 80 children’s books, including “The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School” by Laura Murray. Above, Lochlan Murray (no relation to Laura of which we are aware) pulls a face for the camera as Lowery autographs a book. (Photos by Emily Gibson) Local Schools Host ‘New York Times’ Best-selling Illustrator Mike Lowery OTSEGO COUNTY Three local schools welcomed acclaimed author and illustrator Mike Lowery last month. Lowery, a “New York Times” best-selling artist, visited Cooperstown…
Go Hawks! ONEONTA—Zia Knapp is showing her Hartwick women’s soccer pride. Zia’s dad, Brian Knapp, is the Hartwick Hawks head coach and mom Liz is her best buddy. A gallery of our readers’ pets is now available for viewing on the AllOtsego.com website at htpps://www.allotsego.com/furever-friends-and-purrfect-pals/. Every week, we’ll select at least one photograph to be highlighted in our newspapers, on Facebook and online. Send your photos to darlay@allotsego.com.…
Say ‘Cheese!‘ UNADILLA—Delilah Ozark’s mom, Sage, says her smile lights up a room, and we agree! Delilah has lived in New York State for two years and loves the snow, Sage says of her canine companion. A gallery of our readers’ pets is now available for viewing on the AllOtsego.com website at htpps://www.allotsego.com/furever-friends-and-purrfect-pals/. Every week, we’ll select at least one photograph to be highlighted in our newspapers, on Facebook and online. Send your photos to darlay@allotsego.com.…
What Time Was Your Appointment? ONEONTA—Meet Taylor Jass, a 5-year-old great Pyrenees/collie mix. Adopted in 2019 by Barb and Daryn, Taylor loves people and goes to work greeting patients in his dad’s chiropractic office. A gallery of our readers’ pets is now available for viewing on the AllOtsego.com website at htpps://www.allotsego.com/furever-friends-and-purrfect-pals/. Every week, we’ll select at least one photograph to be highlighted in our newspapers, on Facebook and online. Send your photos to darlay@allotsego.com.…
May I Please Have the Remote? SPRINGFIELD—Miss Kitty Burnside looks on disdainfully as “brother” Colt hogs the TV remote. They live at Valley Brook Farm, where Colt is known by many for his relentless pursuit of thrown balls. A gallery of our readers’ pets is now available for viewing on the AllOtsego.com website at htpps://www.allotsego.com/furever-friends-and-purrfect-pals/. Every week, we’ll select at least one photograph to be highlighted in our newspapers, on Facebook and online. Send your photos to darlay@allotsego.com.…
Fallen Middlefield Soldier Featured in ‘Faces of Margraten’ Book By WRILEY NELSONMARGRATEN, Netherlands Nineteen-year-old Private First Class Robert J. Hubbard, formerly of Beaver Meadow Road in Middlefield, was killed in action in 1945. Now, almost 80 years after his death, Hubbard is featured in a memorial book, “The Faces of Margraten: They Will Remain Forever Young,” created by a group of volunteers in the Netherlands.…
Locals: People & BusinessesIn the News 03/30/2023 PROMISING POWERS: Maya Powers of Worcester was one of several students recently recognized by the Pi of New York chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Elmira College. The Pi of New York chapter held its annual induction and banquet with nine newly-elected members of high scholarly attainment. Prizes were also awarded to five outstanding juniors and six promising sophomores, including Powers, a member of Elmira College’s Class of 2025. Phi Beta Kappa, the…
Sitting Pretty Kitty ONEONTA—Angela Zustovich shared this photo of her gorgeous feline, Murphy, and we could not resist putting him on page one for all to admire. “As a nurse working at Bassett with COVID-19 patients at the time, I had secluded myself for the safety of my family and friends; it was definitely a hard time and became very lonely,” Zustovich wrote. “That was when I saw a FB post from Susquehanna SPCA of a cat named Murphy. I…
