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Cherry Valley Board OKs Girl Scouts’ Inclusive Vision By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – Girl Scouts, Bailey Thayer and Zola Palmer are making a difference in their community. When brainstorming service project ideas, the fourth and fifth-grade juniors suggested improving the village playground behind the Cherry Valley Community Center – formerly the Cherry Valley School – by adding more equipment. Specifically, Zola is excited to add spinners to the current equipment. “I like to spin,” she…
Death Toll Climbs, Active Cases Decline By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – No deaths new COVID-19 fatalities were confirmed today after one on each of the previous two days were reported. Both reported fatalities were women over 55, bringing the total deaths related to the virus up to eight since the start of the new year alone. Over the same three day period, active cases have dropped by more than thirty despite just shy of 20 new…
IN MEMORIAM Margaret E. Ann O’Hara May 24, 1920-Nov. 28, 2020 OTEGO – Margaret E. Ann O’Hara passed away peacefully Nov. 28, 2020, after living a long, healthy and wonderful life. She was born in New Haven, Conn., on May 24, 1920, on the heels of the Spanish Flu pandemic. Her family moved to Oneonta when she was young. Her parents supported and encouraged her love of dance and music and at the age of 14 she became a very…
IN MEMORIAM Frank Siwiec, 89 Sept. 2, 1931-Jan. 24, 2o21 ONEONTA – Frank Siwiec passed away peacefully on Jan. 24, 2021, at The Plains, Oneonta. He was born Sept. 2, 1931, in Glen Cove, Long Island, the son of Frank and Viola Siwiec. He is survived by seven children and their spouses, Steven Siwiec (Elizabeth) of Denmark, Susan Biederman (David) of Florida, Stacie Ambrose (John) of Virginia, Lesley Bidwell (Philip) of Laurens, Michael Stich of Florida, Kevin Stich (Christy) of…
Perhaps No Inductees Will Make It Into Hall Still, There’s Class Of 2020, Katz Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s a novelty to have the Baseball Hall of Fame announce its Class of 2021 in the Hall of Plaques, as it plans to do at 6 p.m. today – but there may be no one to announce, according to Jeff Katz, former mayor, baseball writer and Friends of Doubleday Field president. He noted that, generally,…
Massive In Midwest, Storm Heads Our Way A winter storm that unleashed more than a foot of snow across parts of the Midwest on Monday is headed into the Northeast later today. “Travel in areas from New York City to Philadelphia could be delayed as Tuesday progresses,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Rob Richards said. The storm that brought accumulating snow to the major cities of Omaha, Nebraska; Des Moines, Iowa; Chicago; and Detroit is expected to do the same in Hartford, Connecticut,…
Winsor Retires As Deputy Clerk; Village Trustees Hire Successor COOPERSTOWN – With thanks, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh this evening announced the resignation of Deputy Village Clerk Pat Winsor, former longtime Milford village clerk, at the Village Board meeting. “She came out of retirement to help us out and we were really glad that she did,” Tillapaugh said. Tillapaugh continued that Winsor would receive a gift from the Village of Cooperstown “in recognition of her dedicated service.”…
IN MEMORIAM Robert D. Waghorn, 86, Oneonta; Awarded 4 Patents At Amphenol ONEONTA – Robert Douglas Waghorn, 86, an Amphenol retiree who was awarded four patents in 30 years with the company, passed away on Jan. 20, 2021. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Paula Morey Waghorn. The son of Camilla Mae Taylor Waghorn Palmer, Robert G. Waghorn, and stepfather Lee M. Palmer, Bob was born on Nov. 19, 1934, at Chenango Memorial in Norwich. He graduated from SUNY Morrisville…
Need Help With Your Animals? Call This # Pittsfield Pony, Rabbit Deaths Spur Move HARTWICK SEMINARY – Following last Friday’s rescue of a horse and two cats from a Pittsfield property where a pony, three rabbits and a chicken had died, the Susquehanna SPCA today announced a hotline for people who need help caring for their animals. The hotline is (607) 547-8111, extension 108. “Over and over again, we are witness to horrific scenes of animals that have suffered unnecessarily…
