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Hall Leadership Remembers Yogi As Icon, Legend, Great American

Hall Leadership Remembers Yogi As Icon, Legend, Great American “Yogi Berra was an American icon, whose impact on baseball and everyday American culture was enormous. Yogi connected with every baseball fan, as a 10-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees, as one of the world’s most notable personalities, and as one of baseball’s most beloved Hall of Fame members. His contributions to our game and to our country will never be forgotten. The National Baseball Hall of Fame…
September 23, 2015

GOP Nod Goes To Bob O’Brien For Hartwick Town Supervisor

GOP Nod Goes To Bob O’Brien For Hartwick Town Supervisor HARTWICK – The GOP Town Committee voted this evening to give the endorsement for town supervisor to Hartwick hamlet Fire Chief Bob O’Brien, not the Republican two-term incumbent, David Butler. O’Brien, the county’s recently named 911 Center coordinator, and Butler had been tied when absentee ballots in the Sept. 10 primary were counted Sept. 17, bouncing the choice to the town committee. The nominee said “I’m relieved and I am very pleased…
September 22, 2015

Democratic County Committee Gives Supervisor Nomination To Sharratt

Democratic County Committee Gives Supervisor Nomination To Sharratt HARTWICK – The Otsego County Democratic Committee a few minutes ago gave its party’s nomination for Hartwick town supervisor to Juli Sharratt, a town board member. When absentee ballots in the Sept. 10 primary were counted Sept. 17, it was discovered that Sharratt had tied with Bob O’Brien for the Democratic nomination. Ties were also recorded in the Republican primary – O’Brien vs. incumbent Supervisor David Butler – and in the Conservative…
September 22, 2015

Ruthann P. Johnson, 60; Retired As Postmaster In Fly Creek, Morris

IN MEMORIAM:  Ruthann P. Johnson, 60; Retired Postmaster In Fly Creek, Morris MORRIS – Ruthann P. Johnson, 60, former Fly Creek and Morris postmaster, passed away on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, at her home with her loving family by her side. Ruthann was born in Bay Shore, L.I., the daughter of Vittorio and Ruth (Kypta) Perri. She grew up in Brentwood and attended SUNY Oneonta, later moving Upstate. She worked for the Postal Service for 25 years until retiring from…
September 22, 2015

John H. Edwards, 82; Born In Oneonta, Raised In Cooperstown

IN MEMORIAM:  John H. Edwards, 82; Born In Oneonta, Raised In Cooperstown John H. “Jack” Edwards, Jr., 82, of Creekview Drive, McConnellsville, Oneida County, who spent his career helping develop the electronic defense of the U.S. at Griffis Air Force Base, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in the comfort of his home. He was born on Feb. 28, 1933, in Oneonta, the son of John H. Edwards Sr. and Marguerite Cline.  Jack was raised in Cooperstown by his…
September 21, 2015

TOWN BOARD WON’T BID ON BROOKWOOD

TOWN BOARD WON’T BID ON BROOKWOOD By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – The Otsego Town Board this evening agreed to back away from the idea of creating a town park at the Otsego Land Trust’s 22-acre Brookwood Gardens. Town Board members took the lead from Councilman Bennett Sandler, who read a detailed statement into the record moments after the 5 p.m. meeting began, where he concluded, “I am disinclined to submit a proposal on behalf of the…
September 21, 2015

Levine: Meetings With Otsego Town Board Informational, Not To Guide Any Outcome

Levine:  Meetings With Otsego Town Board Informational, Not Aimed To Guide Outcome COOPERSTOWN – Harry Levine, the Otsego Land Trust board chairman, met with Otsego Town Board members “to answer their questions,” but not to influence them one way or another on whether to pursue a town park at Brookwood Gardens, he said today. “We told them facts,” said Levine.  “We repeated what’s in the RFP (request for proposals).  Why we‘re doing it.  Why we submitted the RFP.  What our…
September 21, 2015

Edward C. Palmer, 70; Bassett Retired Dies In Motorcycle Crash

IN MEMORIAM:  Edward C. Palmer, 70; Bassett Retiree Dies In Motorcycle Crash COOPERSTOWN – Word has been received that Edward C. Palmer, 70, an anesthesiologist who retired in 2005 from Bassett Hospital, died Sept. 8, 2015, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near his home in Marble Falls, Texas. Dr. Palmer grew up in Fall River, Mass., attended Dartmouth College (Class of 1967) and Cornell Medical School (Class of 1971). After residency at the University of Vermont Medical School,…
September 21, 2015

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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