COOPERSTOWN SHOWS TRUE LOVE TO SARAH Sarah True’s Olympics Cut Short, But Cooperstown Still Proud By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A leg cramp in the middle of the bike portion of the Triathlon ended Sarah True’s last Olympics, but the crowd gathered at the Hard Ball Cafe to cheer her on is still showing their love to Otsego’s Olympian. “We’re proud of her no matter what,” said Matt Hazzard, executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce,…
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78 Bags of Heroin Seized In Orchard Street Bust ONEONTA – Two people were arrested and 78 bags of heroin seized during an investigation into narcotic trafficking in the West End. Laura Pepper, 54, and Mathew Hill, 45, were arrested after the OPD’s Patrol Division and Special Response Team, along with the State Police K9 unit, served a search warrant at their 1-A Orchard St. address. Confiscated at the scene were 78 bags of heroin with a street value of…
IN MEMORIAM Richard A. Murphy, Civic Leader…
State Police Seeking Tips In Unadilla Cemetery Vandalism UNADILLA – State Police are seeking the identity of the person responsible for carving out the name on a gravestone in the Evergreen Hill Cemetery here. One name and part of the date on the Goodrich tombstone appear to have been scratched out with a chisel or a power tool. A member of the family alerted police to the vandalism last week.…
Hazzard’s Can-Do Attitude Wins U of R Hospital Honors COOPERSTOWN – Matt Hazzard’s can-do attitude while fighting cancer has resulted in his selection as one of 29 “Wilmot Warrior Walk” honorees to be recognized Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Highland Park Bowl in Rochester. Being suddenly and unexpectedly diagnosed with a severe type of lymphoma meant Hazzard, now 34 and executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, didn’t have time to plan, said Ruth Harper-Rhode, University of Rochester Medical…
New CCS Principal, STEM Expert, To Guide Science Wing Upgrade By JIM KEVLIN • from this week’s Freeman’s Journal COOPERSTOWN – So far, Donna Lucy is particularly impressed by the emotional “toolkit” Cooperstown Central School students bring with them from elementary school. Pupils moving into CCS’ middle and high school – she became principal of both on Aug. 1 – have self-confidence, a sense of trust that they will be supported, and the ability to process the setbacks, challenges and personality clashes…
IN MEMORIAM: Donald Gaughan; Helped Liberate Dachau In WWII MORRIS – Donald Gaughan, 91, a World War II combat veteran who helped free the prisoners at Dachau and later worked as a union carpenter in Oneonta before his retirement, passed away peacefully on Aug. 14, 2016, at Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin. The son of William and Delilah (Joy) Gaughan, he was born on Dec. 31, 1924, in Oneonta.…
