FINAL 4 AWAITS Big Man John Kennedy Fuels Hawkeyes Run To State Finals By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – It took some time to get there, but there was no denying that basketball was in John Kennedy’s blood. “My brother Owen, who graduated last year, played basketball for CCS,” said the sophomore center after the CCS Hawkeyes, beat the Unadilla Valley Storm 61-46 Sunday, March 10, to reach the state semi finals. “My mom played in high school and college and…
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Reducing Fires, Department Makes Village Better Place To Do Business By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN According to Jim Tallman, Cooperstown Fire Chief, if you really want to know what’s good in a new town, go ask at the fire hall on Chestnut Street. “Whenever I go someplace, I always stop in at their fire department,” he said. “I like to see what they’re doing, but I also ask for recommendations of where to eat and what to see. And people do…
Plan ‘Transformative,’ But Details Still Fuzzy Nothing On File, And Officials Unclear On How $225K Will Be Used By LIBBY CUDMORE & JENNIFER HILL ONEONTA – The DRI Project Selection Committee called the project “transformative” and awarded it $225,000. But it turns out few details are available on what WHH Realty Corp., owned by city Planning Commission chair Anna Tomaino and her husband, Jimmy T’s proprietor Jim Tomaino, plan for 218-224 Main St. Asked for details, Project Selection Committee chair…
COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND: Mar. 14 – 15, 2019 No Contest Tuesday For Village Board COOPERSTOWN – Two incumbents and a newcomer are running unopposed for Village Board Tuesday, March 19. Incumbents Jeanne Dewey and Richard Sternberg seeking three-year terms; newcomer MacGuire Benton is seeking a one-year term. All are Democrats.…
Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Lord, 77; Ceramist With Milford, Oneonta Studios MILFORD – Gertrude “Trudy” Lord, 77, an accomplished ceramist who operated studios here and in Oneonta, passed away peacefully at The Centers Nursing Home on Sunday March 3, 2019, after a four-year courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Trudy was born on Sept. 20, 1942, in Patterson, N.J., the daughter of the late Samuel L. and Gertrude Margroff Mott. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a sister Geraldine, and…
SUNDAY. BINGHAMTON. BE THERE! CCS Boys, Girls Going To States By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – With their victory over Utica Academy of Science Atoms on Sunday, March 3, Hawkeyes’ basketball team Captain Jack Lambert has his dad beat. “My team won sectional championship in 1985 and ’86,” the elder Lambert said. “But now Jack has one more on me!” The boys will play Section IV champions Unadilla Valley in the state Class C quarterfinals on Sunday, March 10, at the…
Big Grants Go To Upgrading Upper Floors Getman Receives Top Award By JENNIFER HILL & LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA Two developers with plans for upper floor housing took home $392,000 as the Downtown Improvement Grants were revealed on Tuesday, March 5, promising to transform Downtown Oneonta. Plans to announce $2 million in grants were derailed by lengthy hearing, full of criticism of the city’s D&H yards proposal, but a list of the grants was distributed in the foyer outside the Foothills…
STATE OF CITY: ‘We’re Onta Something,’ Mayor Declares Editor’s Note: This is the text of Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s 2019 State of the City address, delivered Tuesday, March 5, at the Foothills Performing Arts Center. He also announced $2.3 million in grants through the city/state Downtown Revitalization Initiative. During the past year, some have questioned whether we have lost some of our momentum in revitalizing and reinventing the City of Oneonta. I want you to know that the answer to…
In City Of The Hills, Candidate Avalanche In Oneonta, go figure.Five Common Council members retiring – not a record, Council member Dana Levinson reminded us: there were six retirements in 2016, but an exodus nonetheless.And the resulting ferment: Len Carson confirmed Thursday, Feb. 21, he was running in Ward 5, and within days, 11 more candidates emerged. Most were Democrats in that Democratic enclave, but three were Republicans, signaling party politics – missing since 2011 – may be coming back…
Barbara Atwell Roberts, 87; Retired OR Nurse At Bassett Hospital RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Barbara Atwell Roberts, 87, formerly of Richfield Springs and a retired operating room nurse at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, died Feb. 21, 2019, of heart failure at Concord Hospital in Concord, N.H. She lived at Havenwood Heritage Heights in Concord for the past nine years. Born May 9, 1931, in Syracuse, Barbara Joan Atwell was the younger daughter of Harold Leon Atwell and Grace Jones Atwell. Raised…
