Tribute To Sarah Groff True Appears At Village Entrances Celebration For Local Hero Planned Day Of Event COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce will host an Olympic Watch Party at Chamber member, Hardball Café, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, August 20 beginning at 9:30 a.m. to root on local hero, Sarah True during the Olympic Triathlon in Rio de Janeiro. Hardball Café on Cooperstown’s Main Street will offer appetizers, drink specials from local producers, face painting, door prizes provided by Sarah’s…
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Allen Ruffles Appointed Deputy County Treasurer COOPERSTOWN – Allen Ruffles of Edmeston, Key Bank manager in Cooperstown, is joining the county Treasurer’s Office as deputy treasurer, Treasurer Dan Crowell announced this morning. The position has been vacant for six years, since Carol McGovern was recruited as clerk of the county Board of Representatives. Crowell, whose second four-year term expires at the end of next year, said “there’s a huge scope of activity” within the office, and his plan is to train…
IN MEMORIAM: Marian Rathbun, 91; CCS Board Clerk, Secretary To Principal COOPERSTOWN –Marian Ruth Rathbun, 91, a long-time secretary to the principal at Cooperstown Central School and clerk of the CCS board, passed away Tuesday morning, Aug. 9, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. She lived in Pierstown. Born April 18, 1925, on Irish Hill in Cooperstown, Marian was one of seven children of Joel L. and Anna (Lee) Rathbun.…
IN MEMORIAM Bill Smith, 88, Civic, Business Leader In Cooperstown, Norwich Ran Dealerships, Raced Cars, On Boards Of Colleges, Banks COOPERSTOWN – Harry William (Bill) Smith Jr., civic leader, racing enthusiast, and an owner or partner in Ford dealerships in Cooperstown, Norwich and Burlington, Vt., died on Aug. 10, 2016, at his home in Cooperstown. He was 88. He was born Oct. 22, 1927, in Utica, and raised in Richfield Springs and Cooperstown. He was the son of Evelyn Watley Wheeler of Cooperstown…
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Rev. Dane E. Boston Joining Christ Church As New Rector COOPERSTOWN – The Rev. Canon Dane E. Boston will join Christ Episcopal Church as its 23rd rector, the church’s vestry and wardens announced today. He succeeds the Rev. Mark Michael, who last year accepted a rector position at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Herndon, Va. His arrival will leave one pastor vacancy among the village’s five churches, at First Baptist Church, where the Rev. Douglas Deer retired to Cortland in 2014.…
IN MEMORIAM: Marge Gregory, 82; Leaves Survivors Throughout County EDMESTON – Marjory Jean “Marge” Gregory, 82, who leaves survivors throughout Otsego County, passed away Aug. 8, 2016, in Cooperstown. Marge was born Oct. 4, 1923, in Oneida, the daughter of the late Walter and Edith (Krebser) Haggerty. She attended Clayville and Schuyler Lake schools through sixth grade, then moved to Wiley Town, where she attended a one-room schoolhouse (District 13) for two years. She graduated from Cooperstown Central School in…
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