The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Otsego and other Central New York counties from 2 a.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday.
Total snow accumulations of 5 to 9 inches are predicted in the lower elevations, with 9 to 15 inches over the higher terrain.
COOPERSTOWN – If Dominicans have bolstered Hall of Fame Induction crowds in recent years, a similar boost may occur in 2025 from the other side of the globe.
After a 5-4 win over the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki today announced he’s retiring, setting off predictions that after Mariano Rivera, a member of the Hall’s Class of 1919, the 45-year-old from Japan will be the Baseball Writers of America’s second unanimous pick for Induction into Cooperstown’s Hall of Plaques.
PITTSFIELD – Pamela Kise, 61, of Pittsfield, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019, at Bassett Hospital.
Pam was born in Somerville, N.J., the daughter of Grace (Mercadante) and Richard Johnson. Pam married Roger Kise Sr. On Dec. 22, 1997, in Long Valley N.J.
In her spare time, Pam enjoyed going to yard sales, where she would often purchase items and resell them on eBay, collecting Wizard of Oz memorabilia, gardening and slow dancing. Above all things, she loved to spend time just being with her family.
COOPERSTOWN – Shirley M. (Busse) Walrath, 76, who cooked for years at the former TJ’s and other local restaurants and was a well-known figure on Main Street, died March 20, 2019.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 24, at Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.
ONEONTA – Next week, when you here “The Academic Minute” on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” you may be hearing some familiar voices: Hartwick College faculty will take to the air before a nationwide audience offering insight into what they do best.
President Margaret L. Drugovich, Chief Marketing Officer Monica Calzolari and Media Relations Manager David Lubdell have been talking about the idea since last year, said Lubdell.
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. The Mask & Hammer Theatre Club presents “The Shadow Box” about three terminally ill patients as they face the end of their lives. $5, $3 students. Hamblin Theater, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, tickets.oneonta.edu.
BURLINGTON FLATS – Wayne R. Bennett, 53, who owned a snack-food distribution business for more than 25 years, passed away unexpectedly on March 18, 2019, in Cooperstown .
Wayne was born on April 11, 1965, in Troy, the son of the late Richard R. and Patricia E. Collins Bennett.
Mike “Moose” Mussina, former Oriole and Yankee pitcher – and, as of the upcoming July 21 Induction, one of the six newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame – signs the spot a few minutes ago where his bronze image will be installed in the Hall of Plaques. Vice President of Exhibitions Eric Strohl, behind Mussina, gave the inductee a pre-Induction tour of the Hall today, the fourth of this year’s class. Inset, Hall Digital Content Specialist Isabel Minasian records Mussina’s tour for 25 Main’s permanent archives. A few moments before, Mussina, passing Frank Thomas’ plaque, recalled how the White Sox first baseman was responsible for his first loss. “How about him?” Strohl asking as they approached Cal Ripken Jr.’s plaque, visible between the two men. “I did OK against Junior,” Mussina said. The inductee, 50, played 18 years for Baltimore and New York before retiring five years ago. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
If you haven’t seen tonight’s full moon, seen here (above) rising over Main Street, Cooperstown, go outside and take a look. According to space.com, this is called a “supermoon,” and coincides with the equinox – that’s today, the first day of spring. The moon was actually “full” at 9:23 p.m., four minutes ago as of this writing. Inset is the moon rising to above Otsego Hills (and Glimmerglass) shortly after 7 this evening. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Gladys E. “Nicky” Smith, 91, died Monday, March 18, 2019 at Cooperstown Center surrounded by her loving family.
Born May 14, 1927, in Bridgewater, she was raised and lived most of her life in the Bridgewater, Sauquoit, Clayville and Van Hornsville area. She married Leland Smith in December 1944.
Nicky was a homemaker, cook, mother, wife, friend and “mom” to many. The Smiths were dairy farmers and their home and farm were the perfect place to raise their eight children.
Otsego County may avoid a “bomb cyclone” of drenching rain, coastal flooding and heavy interior snow that Accuweather is predicting for the Northeast at the end of the week, but local impacts may nonetheless be significant.
AllOTSEGO.com’s service, Weather Underground, is predicting a Winter Storm Watch from Friday morning through Saturday morning, with heavy snow possible.
EDMESTON – Marian G. Mullet, 91, Pathfinder Village’s founding president & CEO, who worked tirelessly since the early 1960s on behalf of people with Down syndrome, died Sunday, March 17, 2019. She would have turned 92 later this week.
A registered nurse by training, a fund-raiser and builder by happenstance, Mrs. Mullet is recognized as the driving force behind the early growth of Pathfinder Village, Edmeston, an internationally renowned residential campus and services provider for people with developmental disabilities.
Mrs. Mullet and the Board of Directors in the late 1970s envisioned a community that would not only provide services and supports for people with Down syndrome, but also would create opportunities for personal growth, skills development, personal relationships and community inclusion. Today, Pathfinder Village is considered a global leader in human services and supports over 200 individuals through person-centered community-based programs; it has a staff of over 200, and an annual budget of $11 million.
“When I first met Marian in 1982, I was unaware, though she may well have already decided, that I would be working on behalf of her beloved Pathfinder Village to this current day,” said William F. Streck of Cooperstown, president of the Pathfinder Village board and Bassett Hospital.
MOUNT VISION – Diana Isabel Marlette, a kind and caring person, passed away peacefully March 19, 2019, just 12 days before her 95th birthday, at her home in Mount Vision.
She was born in New Lisbon, a daughter of John K. Harrington and Agatha Telfer Harrington. She grew up on a farm where her grandparents were all within a two-mile radius. She was active in the 4-H Club which she continued as a leader of in her adult life.
After graduating from Hartwick High School in 1941, Diana studied Home Economics at Morrisville Agricultural & Technical College, graduating in 1943.
CRAFT & CHAT – 3:30 p.m. Bring your current knitting or crochet project and chat with the group. Ages 10+. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar
