OPD & OFD Help Students Celebrate Seuss’s Birthday

Oneonta fireman Josh Rumenapp and his wife, Officer Lindsay Rumenapp, read to fourth graders at Riverside Elementary today, Dr. Seuss’ birthday. The students were allowed to ask them questions about their line of work before enjoying some birthday sweets. This is the second year the departments have had them come in and read to the children. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

Good Books Will Lure Kids Away from Those Pesky iPads

I believe a child will read of their own volition when they are given a book they truly enjoy reading, and these are several authors which I have learned can make readers of even the most ardent iPad kids.…

February 12, 2026

Time Out Otsego: 09-18-25

SELF PUBLISHING—7:30 p.m. “Self-Publishing Primer + Reading.” Featuring local writers Shannon Delany, Jim Loudon and Jennifer Donohue sharing their journeys to print. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Avenue, Oneonta. https://www.canoneonta.org/writers-salon…

September 17, 2025

In Memoriam Marie O’Malley, 94 December 16, 1927 – February 15, 2022

In Memoriam Marie O’Malley, 94 Dec. 16, 1927 – Feb. 15, 2022 ONEONTA – She was born December 16, 1927 in Salem, N.Y., the daughter of Harry and Anna Currey. She graduated from Washington Academy in Salem, N.Y., in 1945, from Oneonta Normal School (SUCO) in 1949 and St. Rose’s College, Albany, N.Y., in 1964. She taught intermediate Special Education for 32 years for the Oneonta School District and Catskills Area BOCES in the Watkins House, the old Oneonta Jr. High School, Riverside School and Greater Plains School. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church since 1945. She…

March 3, 2022

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