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‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Competitor Wows City Troupe

allotsego.com SPECIAL REPORT ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Finalist Wows Oneonta Troupe By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to allotsego.com ONEONTA – It was more than just the usual leaps and twirls at Jillian’s Dance Arts Thursday, Aug. 27. “Stanley Glover e-mailed Jill and asked if he could come in to teach a workshop,” said Linda Skidmore, owner of Jillian’s Dance Arts on Chestnut Street and mother of the titular head teacher. Glover, a Top 20 contestant on the 11th…
September 3, 2015

THE GARY HERZIG STORY

THE GARY HERZIG STORY ‘I’ve always been drawn to trying to make things better’ Editor’s Note: This profile of Gary Herzig’s life and career, published in Hometown Oneonta Feb. 6 of this year, has new currency after Oneonta Common Council named him mayor on Tuesday. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to allotsego.com ONEONTA – To help pay his way through Queens College, Gary Herzig drove cab nights and weekends. “In New York City,” he said of the experience, “you…
September 3, 2015

Thursday Vigil For Dante Crump

Thursday Night Vigil For Dante Crump, Hartwick Senior Who Died In Car Crash ONEONTA – A candlelight vigil for Dante Crump, the Hartwick College football player who died in a car crash just days before the semester started, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 on the college’s Frisbee Field. His favorite music will be played, and college President Margaret Drugovich, as well as friends, coaches and teachers, will say a few words in his memory.  People will then have…
September 2, 2015

Bill Stanley, 83; ‘Artist’ Of An Active, Varied Life

IN MEMORIAM: Bill Stanley, 83; ‘Artist’ Of An Active, Varied Life ONEONTA – A funeral mass is Friday, Sept. 4, for William D. Stanley, 83, formerly a barber in downtown Oneonta and owner of the East End Tavern, who passed away Aug. 19, 2015, at Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, with his family by his side. Bill was born Nov. 6, 1931, in Oneonta, the son of Joseph and Helen (Dawes) Stanley. He married Ruth Graves on Aug.…
August 31, 2015

Three Arrested in Chestnut Street Stabbing

3 Arrested In Stabbing In Oneonta On Saturday ONEONTA – An early morning confrontation on Chestnut Street Saturday resulted in a stabbing and the arrests of Avi Ray Fiqueroa, 25, Oneonta, Nancy E Callahan, 37, Richfield Springs, and Future S. Clovis, 16, Oneonta. Police were called to Fox Hospital at 6:45 a.m. Saturday with reports of a victim with a non-fatal stab wound to the upper buttocks. The investigation revealed that the victim, who police did not identify,  had been walking on Chestnut…
August 31, 2015

SHARING FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH NORWICH WAS AIRED

SHARING FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH NORWICH WAS AIRED $15,000-20,000 Extra Pay Discussed, Former City Manager Says By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com ONEONTA – While Dick Miller was mayor, discussions were initiated with the City of Norwich about the possibility of sharing the services of Oneonta Finance Director Meg Hungerford, three days here, two days in the Chenango County seat, according to former city manager Martin Murphy. Murphy said today, recapping a conversation in July, that he was surprised to learn of…
August 30, 2015

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