After Questioning Alleged Accomplice, D.A. May Lower Renert Charge, OD Says It no longer appears that an employee fired from a sport memorabilia shop in Cooperstown was planning to kill his former boss after all, and District Attorney John Muehl may lower the charge against him, the Utica Observer-Dispatch is reporting today. Although Barry Renert, 62, of Florida, has been charged with attempted murder, prosecutors now say the recent arrest of his accomplice has shed new light on the circumstances surrounding…
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IN MEMORIAM Bob Lettis, Cooperstown; Retired Art Professor Helped Capture Bridge At Remagen During WWII COOPERSTOWN – Donald Robert (Bob) Lettis, one of the last surviving combatants in the Allied capture of the Bridge at Remagen during World War II and a retired art professor, passed away early Monday morning at his home. He was 88. Born July 29, 1925, in Cooperstown, he was a son of Donald F. and Charlotte (Hall) Lettis. Raised in Cooperstown, Bob graduated from Cooperstown…
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IN MEMORIAM: Joan W. White, 82; Cooperstown Businesswoman COOPERSTOWN – Joan Worrall White, a local businesswoman who possessed a flair for gardening, fashion and life, died early Sunday morning, June 29, 2014, surrounded by her family and caregivers, Linda and Patricia, at her home on Lake Street. She was 82. She was born June 1, 1932, in Camden, New Jersey, a daughter of Joseph C. Worrall, a former jockey for F. Ambrose Clark, and Gertrude Brisack Worrall, a well-known and…
Harvesters Turn County Into Hops Farming Hub By JIM KEVLIN Two flatbeds from Harbor Freight Transport, Port Newark, N.J., arrived at the Cooperstown Brewing Co. here shortly before noon Monday, June 23, with the final pieces of the foundation needed to revive the crop that created Otsego County’s greatest period of prosperity. Hops, that is. The final pieces are two refurbished Wolf Harvesters, purchased in April and imported from Poland for Hager’s Hops, owned by Anheuser-Busch heir Lou Hager Jr.…
Ommegang ‘Pop Up Shop,’ Plus Restaurant, Corn Dogs Pending By LIBBY CUDMORE For Alex Webster, owner of Alex & Ika here and Cantina de Salsa in Cherry Valley, the taste of a corndog was the taste of vacation. “I grew up in England, where they didn’t have corndogs,” he said. “I would go visit my grandma in California, and I have very strong, happy memories of getting a corndog.” Beginning in July, Webster will share those happy memories with other…
IN MEMORIAM: Joan White, 82; Cooperstown Grand Dame COOPERSTOWN – Joan Worrall White, a local businesswoman who possessed a flair for gardening, fashion and life, died early Sunday morning surrounded by her family and caregivers, Linda and Patricia, at her home on Lake Street. She was 82. Arrangements are pending with Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.…
Cooperstown Village Board, IDA Plan Citizen-Based Vision For Community Editor’s Note: This article is republished from this week’s Freeman’s Journal, now on newsstands. By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The future of Cooperstown may include offices, restaurants and hotels around Railroad Avenue, a green swath leading through what is now a parking lot to historic Doubleday Field, and a vibrant waterfront, part of seven redevelopment nodes being considered by the village’s Economic Sustainability Committee and the county Industrial Development…
What Should We Do About ‘Doubleday Myth’? COOPERSTOWN – Review three opinions on “The Doubleday Myth,” the story about baseball’s Cooperstown origins: • “The Man Who Didn’t Invest Baseball,” by Victor Salvatore, American Heritage, June-July 1983 • “The Creation Myths of Cooperstown,” by Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History, November 1989 • “Abner Doubleday Story True, And It’s Ours,” Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta, June, 2014 What’s your opinion about the Abner Doubleday story? E-mail info@allotsego.com …
CMA Winner Hunter Hayes Joins Hall of Fame 75th Concert Lineup COOPERSTOWN Country superstar Hunter Hayes joins Paul Simon, Yolanda Adams and Juan Luis Guerra, and former New York Yankee Bernie Williams on stage with the Boston Pops at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Clark Sports Center Field. Hayes, 22, released his self-titled debut album in 2011, reaching number seven on the Billboard chart and selling 1.1 million copies and featured the…
