Tree Lighting ‘Perfect,’ Reports ‘Daddy Al’ Dick BY LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – “Daddy Al” Dick had complete confidence that when everyone saw his family’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, they would see just how gorgeous it could be. “It was perfect,” he said. “Just like we knew it would be.” With performances by Kelly Clarkson, the Goo Goo Dolls, Dolly Parton and Earth Wind & Fire, the 75-foot Norway Spruce – the second from Oneonta – was…
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Rocky Takes Flight Ravensbeard Wildlife Center released this footage of Rocky, the Saw-whet owl who was found huddled inside “Daddy Al” Dick’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, taking flight back into nature less than one week after she was brought to the animal sanctuary to recover from her three-day journey. Though her location was closely guarded, it is believed she was released near the Saugerties-based sanctuary, in order to keep with her migration pattern.…
Bye, Bye! Big Tree Off To Rockefeller Center By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – It was a reveal four years in the making. “When I was here in 2016, I came around the corner and there was this beautiful tree,” said Erik Pauze, Rockefeller Center’s head gardener. “But it wasn’t quite ready yet. So for four years, I’ve been coming up twice a year to water and feed it.” And finally, the 75-foot Norway Spruce, on…
STATE POLICE CAUTION: Expect ‘Traffic Delays’ Near Enormous Pine Rockefeller Center Awaits Local Fir By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – As crews finish wrapping the 75-foot tall pine tree on “Daddy Al” Dick’s property here, state police have issued an alert of traffic delays and lane closures over the next tomorrow through Thursday on Route 23 here as the tree is cut down and prepared for the journey to Rockefeller Center, where it will become the…
REVISIT 2016 TREE IN ALL ITS GLORY Rockefeller Center Returns To Oneonta For Christmas Tree By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – It could be the biggest secret in Greater Oneonta – perhaps 100 feet tall. Crews from Lynn Warren Lawn Maintenance & Landscaping in Newburgh have been at the 3851 State Highway 23 property since Monday, prepping the tree owned by “Daddy Al” Dick. In much the same way, crews prepped Angie and Graig Eichler’s 94-foot tall…