HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 2 Great Retirement Rumpus COMMUNITY CELEBRATION – 3 – 9 p.m. Great Retirement Rumpus celebrating the career of Martha Van Burek, Executive Director of West Kortright Center. Includes pet parade, Shakespeare retrospective performances, Brooks BBQ dinner, dancing. Admission by donation, RSVP appreciated. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Call 607-278-5454 or visit westkc.org/event/community-celebration-marthas-retirement/ PRIDEFEST – Noon – 8 p.m. Celebrate human diversity, raise awareness in the community. Gather at Noon, rally at…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 19 Ring In The Spring SPRING FLING – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Find crafts, vendors, food trucks, live music, a gift basket auction, more. Doubleday Parking Lot, Cooperstown. Visit www.facebook.com/cooperstownrotaryclub/ DUCK DERBY – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Family festival features games, bounce house, music, food, cake walk, vendors, more. Duck Derby begins 12:30 p.m. Cost, $5/duck or $25/6 ducks. Fortin Park, 167 Youngs Rd., Oneonta. Call 607-432-4592 or visit www.destinationoneonta.com/events/2018/5/19/rubber-duck-derby-and-family-festival…
One Of Coldest Weekends Ideal For Hanford Mills’ Ice Harvest In it’s 29th year, the annual Hanford Mills Museum’s Ice Harvest Festival attracted hundreds of local families to East Meredith Saturday, eager to participate in the old fashioned ice harvest. Pictured above, Josh Coleman, 8, Windsor, helped cut ice blocks from the pond, pushed the blocks up a ramp on the bank, and pulled them on a sled to the ice house. Helping Josh in the photo is Milford resident…
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IN MEMORIAM: Doris W. Oliver, 94; Rites Thursday For City Schools Retiree ONEONTA – The funeral is this Thursday, Nov. 30, for Doris W. Oliver, 94, of Oneonta, who retired from the Oneonta City School District. She passed away Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Born and raised in Milford, Doris was a graduate of Milford High School. She was married for 70 years to Leland Arthur Oliver, who passed away on Nov. 10, 2011. Doris worked for Bendix Corp. for over…
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Police: Oneonta Man Stole $7,000 From Springbrook MILFORD – An Oneonta man was arrested after state police received a tip that a Springbrook employee was stealing from the company. Michael G. Graziano, 34, Oneonta, was arrested after police were advised of theft at Springbrook’s Milford campus. An investigation determined that Graziano had allegedly falsified business records from January to September 2017 to steal over $7,000 in pay.…
IN MEMORIAM: Bernice Strong, 85; Raised 6 Children, Drove School Bus MILFORD – Bernice E. Strong, 85, of Milford, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, May 23, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Oct. 19, 1931, on Crumhorn Mountain in the Town of Maryland, the daughter of Lewis and Lillian (Wright) Virtell.…
Safe & Sound Bell Plucked From Milford Church Tower Onlookers held their breaths as Eastman Associates’ Mike French uses his excavator to delicately lift the bell from the wobbling remains of the Milford United Methodist Church’s bell tower during today’s demolition. French removed two walls of the tower to expose the bell well enough to grab it. As it was lifted out over the rubble, it rang three times, the chimes echoing across the valley. Those in attendance cheered and applauded as the…
