ALBERT ‘SAM’ NADER • 1919-2021 Baseball, Politics, Community Defined His Contribution Editor’s Note: Here is the obituary prepared by Sam Nader’s family. Albert S. “Sam” Nader passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at his home as he wished, surrounded by members of his family. He was born on July 8, 1919, in Oneonta, the son of Elias Andrew Nader and Rose Rajah Nader (Nassar). He was one of six Nader children. Sam Nader spent nearly his entire life in…
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The Wisdom Of Sam Nader Emerging From Depression, World War II, Ex-Mayor’s Generation Focused On Family, Hard Work, Community By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com At the time Sam Nader’s Oneonta Athletic Association was affiliated with the Detroit Tigers, the MLB team allocated a certain number of baseballs per season to its Minor League teams. Anything over was a local team’s responsibility. At the end of the Oneonta Tigers first season, Sam Nader tallied baseballs used, and mailed a…
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BULLETIN Seward To Join Bassett Network In Liaison Role COOPERSTOWN – Retired state senator Jim Seward, R-Milford, has agreed to join Bassett Healthcare Network in an advisory capacity as a strategic affairs liaison, Network President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim announced this morning. “The former senator has been a public servant of our area for decades and has an intimate knowledge of the communities served by Bassett,” Ibrahim said in an email to the Network community.…
Can You Help? To Complete 29-Year Renovation, Rigbys Need Help On Final Piece By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In 1992, Bill and Janet Rigby were walking through 73 Elm St., deciding whether to buy that imposing Victorian home that, broken up into eight apartments, had fallen on hard times. Hard times, yes. But there were hints of its former glory as home to Judge Walter H. Bunn’s clan, none moreso than the 30-step staircase that wound up from…
COVID RIPS FOX 97 Ill, 12 Dead At Nursing Home By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A coronavirus outbreak swept through Fox Nursing Home mid-January, sickening 97 staff and residents, and ultimately killing 12 of the residents. “After more than 10 months with no resident cases, the outbreak occurred suddenly with half of the total cases occurring within a week of onset,” Fox Hospital spokesperson Gabrielle Argo confirmed. The first COVID cases among residents were confirmed on Jan.…
Amy Schumer Flies With Local Wings By Chrystal Savage • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cecily Rush watched the Super Bowl along with 96.4 million Americans, and there they were: Her handmade angel-wing creations in Hellman’s “Fairy Godmayo” commercial, starring Amy Schumer. “I was given no details beyond the fact that it was a Super Bowl commercial and that the wings were going to be worn by a blonde celebrity who recently had a baby,” said a thrilled Cecily Monday, Feb. 8,…
REPRINTED FROM JULY 2019 Sam Nader’s Century: ‘Mr. Oneonta’ Turns 100 Remember Mayor Who Brought Yankees Here Editor’s Note: In remembrance of “Mr. Oneonta,” who passed away yesterday, here is “Sam Nader’s Century,” a profile of the beloved former mayor and baseball entrepreneur that appeared on his 100th birthday in July 2019. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Sam Nader’s life is one great story after another. Here’s a favorite one, about playing golf at the Oneonta…
HIS FAMILY FOUGHT D&H BLAST PAT PIDGEON RETIRING AS CHIEF OF OFD ONEONTA – Oneonta Fire Chief Patrick W. Pidgeon, the ninth member of his family to served in the OFD is retiring, effective March 25. Chief Pidgeon joined the City of Oneonta Fire Department in 1985 as a call firefighter. In his 36 years with the city, he served as a firefighter, crew leader, fire captain and eventually was promoted to fire chief, a position he has held since…
