Otsego County Exhibitors Shine In Livestock Show Dairy Category COOPERSTOWN – Young exhibitors from Otsego County took Grand Champion honors in three dairy cattle divisions at The Farmers’ Museum’s 66th annual Junior Livestock Show held Sunday through Tuesday at Iroquois Farm, Route 33. They are: • Jack Vunk, Edmeston, in the Ayrshire Division, showing Dutch-Ayr Burdette’s Misery and in the Milking Shorthorn Division with Hickory Hills Crystals Ruby. • Sharla Woodrow, Milford, in the Brown Swiss division, showing Sunny Acres…
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Petition: Move Trucks, Buses Off Residential Streets COOPERSTOWN — An e-petition is circulating encouraging the Village of Cooperstown to prohibit trucks and buses on residential streets. “Heavy vehicles can use state and county roads by right,” the petition reads. “They use Village streets at the discretion of the Village. The Village can and should re-route most heavy vehicle traffic off residential streets.” REVIEW AND, IF YOU WISH, SIGN THE PETITION HERE…
Illinois Columnist Visits Cooperstown With Dad Here’s what Bill Roseberry of the Edwardsville (Ill.) Intelligencer published on his blog about a visiting Cooperstown with his dad, 37 and 67 respectively, fulfilling a lifelong dream for both: “It was such a long day, but honestly dad and I became lost in the beauty of the game we love, a beauty which has been tainted by cheating, high-dollar contracts and corporate involvement over its recent history. The wonderful thing about the…
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…
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.…
