HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MARCH 5 Auditions For Templeton Players AUDITIONS – 5:30-9:30 p.m. Audition for the Templeton Players many productions this summer at The Farmers’ Museum. Registration required. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Registration info, gestevens17@gmail.com…
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March 2019 - Page 31
IN MEMORIAM: Virginia M. Gracey, 86; Church & Scott Store Clerk For 29 Years COOPERSTOWN – Virginia M. Gracey, long-time sales clerk at Church & Scott, passed peacefully Saturday afternoon, March 2, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. A native and life-long resident of Cooperstown, she was 86. Born Virginia Mae Potter on Oct. 16, 1932, in Cooperstown, she was one of five children of William Leigh Potter and Florence Elizabeth Smith Potter. Graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1950, she…
Newcomer Seeks County Rep Seat In Clark’s District If Former Chair Doesn’t Retire, She May Face Primary In June By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Ric Brockway of Laurens, former teacher, ferrier and writer of a popular outdoor column, is running for the Republican nomination in District 3 (Laurens and Otego). He would face county Rep. Kathy Clark, the former board chairman, unless she retires. She did not return a call this afternoon as to her intentions.…
Cooperstown FD Douses Blaze On County Route 28…
After Jury Trial, Schenectady Man Guilty Of Intending To Sell Cocaine COOPERSTOWN – A Schenectady man, 25, faces up to 15 years in prison after he was convicted Friday of possession of cocaine last March 18 with intent to sell after a jury trial in the Otsego County Court. The jury, consisting of eight men and four women, deliberated for three hours and 15 minutes before returning a verdict of guilty against Duane D. Oates, on a charge of Criminal Possession…
ARTICLE UPDATED 5 Homes Evacuated After Gas-Bearing Rig Flips On Interstate 88 Tractor-Trailer Not XNG’s, Company Says CENTRAL BRIDGE – A tractor-trailer carrying compressed natural gas overturned Sunday morning on Interstate 88, shutting the highway and resulting in the precautionary evacuation of five homes, the Schenectady Gazette is reporting this morning. The rig was not owned by XNG, that company that had been routing trucks through Otsego County, according to company Vice President Matt Smith. Since last fall, most of…
IN MEMORIAM Leon A. Schworm, 84, Edmeston; Merchant For Half-Century; Justice EDMESTON – Leon A. Schworm, 84, who operated the H.J. Schworm & Son store here for 49 years and the Colonel Edmeston Restaurant, passed away Friday March 1, 2019, in Cooperstown following a brief illness. He served as town justice, and was active in many community organizations. Leon was born in Edmeston, son of the late Harry J. and Stella Beatty Schworm. In addition to his parents, he was…
IN MEMORIAM: David Miller, 74; Army Veteran Retired From NYCM MOUNT VISION – David Miller, 72, who retired as an NYCM insurance investigator, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Mount Vision Thursday morning, Feb. 28, 2019. He was born Oct. 4, 1946, in Albany, a son of Alfred Durwood Miller and Pearl M. Wasson Miller. Raised and educated in Oneonta, Dave attended college and then entered the military. He proudly served in the Army from March 8, 1966, until…
IN MEMORIAM: James A. Weeks Jr. 81; Dairy Farmer, 4th Of July Parade Marshal SPRINGFIELD – James A. Weeks, Jr., grand marshal of the Springfield Center 2017 Fourth of July Parade and a lifelong dairy farmer, died Feb. 25, 2019, at Bassett Hospital, with his loving church family and close friends by his side. He was born on Aug. 3, 1937, to Arnold and Mildred Weeks. James was a graduate of Springfield Central School. He lived his whole life on the…
IN MEMORIAM: Larry T. Beers, Sidney; Army Veteran Retired From Mirabito SIDNEY – Larry T. Beers, 68, of Sidney, an Army veteran who retired from Mirabito Energy Products, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. He was born Aug. 24, 1950, son of the late Victor and Florence (Fletcher) Beers in Sidney. Larry served his country in the Army in 1970-71 and was honorably discharged.…
