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DA: Mother Fell Asleep, Smothered Twins

DA: Mom Fell Asleep, Smothered Twin Babies By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Kimberly Steeley, the woman accused of smothering her twins Bonde and Liam in 2018, did so by falling asleep while in bed with the children, District Attorney John Muehl told Judge John Lambert during a suppression hearing in Otsego County Court on Monday. “She told police she nodded off in bed with them,” he said. “She was reckless, and there is evidence that she…
December 10, 2019

Marvin Miller, Union Leader, To Enter HoF

1ST ENTRIES IN CLASS OF 2020 Marvin Miller, Union Leader, To Enter HoF COOPERSTOWN – Marvin Miller, who as leader of the MLB Players Association established free agency, turning players into tycoons, will enter the Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020.  He will be inducted posthumously Sunday, July 26. He was elected yesterday by the Modern Era Committee, along with Ted Simmons, 70, an eight-time All-Star catcher who played 13 seasons with St. Louis. The Baseball Writers of…
December 10, 2019

5 Trucks Deemed Unfit For Roads During Sheriff’s Safety Inspection

5 Trucks Unfit For Roads, Sheriff’s Inspection Finds EXETER – Five of 12 trucks inspected during a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement safety check inspection were deemed unfit for the road and taken out of service, the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department reported on their Facebook page. On Thursday, Dec. 5, Deputy Sheriff Grimes along with Deputy Sheriff Thornhill partnered with the NYS Department of Transportation in the Town of Exeter to conduct a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement safety check inspection.…
December 9, 2019

Snowmobiler Falls Through Ice, Dies

Snowmobiler Falls Through Ice, Dies WALTON – A snowmobiler died, possibly from a heart attack, when his sled went through the ice Friday on a pond along Chipmunk Hollow Road in the Town of Walton, state police at Sidney reported today. It is believed that Jeffrey M. Benson, 46, succumbed to “hypothermia/cardiac arrest.”…
December 9, 2019

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10 Cherry Valley Christmas Party CHRISTMAS PARTY – 6 p.m. Celebrate the season with Cherry Valley Artworks featuring live music, hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar. Free, all welcome. The Rose & Kettle Restaurant, 4 Lancaster St., Cherry Valley. 607-264-3080 or visit www.facebook.com/cherryvalleyartworks/ CLICK FOR MORE HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO…
December 9, 2019

Nan Pedersen Williams, 95; Served As Marines Truck Driver During WWII

IN MEMORIAM: Nan Pedersen Williams, 95; Served As Marines Truck Driver During WWII MILFORD – Nan G. Pedersen Williams, 95, who served in the Marines as a truck driver during World War II, passed away Sunday morning, Dec. 8, 2019, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was born Nan Jeanette Gerling on June 7, 1924, at Community Hospital in Montclair, N.J., the daughter of John and Edith (Saxton) Gerling. For the first six years of her life she…
December 9, 2019

3 Hospitalized During SantaCon

3 Hospitalized During SantaCon ONEONTA – Three students were hospitalized for over-consumption of alcohol during the annual SantaCon on Saturday, Dec. 7. “Two of them were sent to the ICU to be intubated, both with a blood alcohol content level over .5 percent,” said Police Chief Doug Brenner. “.4 is usually fatal.” The first, a 21-year-old male SUNY student, was transported to Bassett Hospital by police after he was found unconscious on the lawn of a house on Grove Street…
December 9, 2019

Dulce G. Jester, 70; Past President Of Otego F.D. Auxiliary

IN MEMORIAM: Dulce G. Jester, 70; Past President Of Otego F.D. Auxiliary OTEGO – Dulce Guadaloupe Jester, 70, who was active in the Otego Fire Department Auxiliary, rising to president, as a young woman in Otego, passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, after a long battle with lung cancer and COPD.  Had She lived in Winston-Salem, N.C., since 1996. She was born Oct. 11, 1949, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Frances Christina Sleam and Antonio Rivis Piedra.…
December 9, 2019

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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