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Community leader Albert L. Colone dies

Community Leader, Newspaper Columnist, Albert L. Colone Dies JULY 8, 1944 – APRIL 13, 2021 ONEONTA – Albert L. Colone was born on July 8, 1944, and passed away on April 13, 2021, and is under the care of Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home. The founding president of the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, Colone was in the middle of a two-part column for the Iron String Press media outlets about the immigrant experience as seen through the story of…

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Audience Gets To Sing Along At Annual Catskill Choral Concert

Audience Sings With Catskill Choral Society Music Director G. Roberts Kolb encourages the audience to sing along to “Deck the Halls” at a performance of the “Songs of Christmas” by the Catskill Choral Society at the United Methodist Church in Oneonta Friday evening. Kolb, a professor at Hamilton College, has worked with the Catskill Choral Society since 1997 and this is the 12th performance he has directed. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the society, which brings in approximately…

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Exeter Man Arrested In Dog Cruelty Case

Zoe Allegedly Chained Outside With No Food, Frozen Water Exeter Man Charged In Neglect, Abuse Of Dog EXETER – Four days after the Susquehanna SPCA rescued Zoe, a dog in such distress that she is believed to have chewed off her own leg, her owner was arrested and charged with abuse and failure to provide shelter. Carl K. Pritchard, Exeter, was charged with a misdemeanor of over-driving, torturing and injuring animals; failure to provide proper sustenance and a violation for…

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Frances B. Green, 94; Taught School In Milford, Liverpool

IN MEMORIAM: Frances B. Green, 94; Milford Teacher, Huntington Librarian ONEONTA – Calling hours are tomorrow for Frances B. Green, 94, of West Oneonta, a former teacher in Milford and past librarian at Huntington Memorial Library who passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019, at Fox Nursing Home. She was born May 7, 1924 in Coventry, the daughter of the late Frank and Eva (Howland) Blakeslee. SEE TRIBUTE VIDEO TO FRANCES GREEN…

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Oneonta Residents Weigh In On Environmental Impact of Rail Yard Development

Environmentalists Express Concerns On Railyards Plan ‘Eco Park’ Urged In Scene Setter For March 5 Public Hearing On Site By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Though the formal public hearing on the Railyards Generic Environmental Statement isn’t until Tuesday, March 5, citizens told Common Council tonight that it doesn’t focus enough on used of renewables. “I would like to see us explore this idea of an ‘eco park,’ a net-zero eco park with wind and solar and geothermal…

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Quorum Lost As 2 More Resign Fire Commission

TOWN, CITY IN KEY NEGOTIATIONS Quorum Lost As 2 More Resign Fire Commission By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Two more members of the five-person Town of Oneonta Board of Fire Commissioners have resigned, leaving it without a quorum as it enters a critical stage in negotiations to have professional firefighters continue to serve the town. Gino Molinari and Don Lamanna tendered their resignations in recent days, according to an Oneonta Town Board member.  Lamanna’s resignation is…