HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Railway History in Otsego County HISTORY MEETING—6:30 p.m. “The Leatherstocking Route.” Otsego County Historical Association presents this documentary written and narrated by Jim Loudon on the Otsego Trolley Line. Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Road 11, Hartwick. (607) 547-8070 or visit https://www.facebook.com/OtsegoCountyHistorical/ BLOOD DRIVE—1-6 p.m. Community Bible Chapel, 577 Greenough Road, Cooperstown. RedCrossBlood.org…
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Through the gift, the program’s capacity to offer spay and neuter services to the community is expected to increase by more than 200 percent, with up to 400 spay and neuter procedures performed per year.…
News Editor Wriley Nelson recaps the first games of the season for local high school and college athletic teams, including wins for the Yellowjackets, Hawkeyes, Mustangs, and Wildcats.…
COOPERSTOWN – Joan R. Butler, 90, who for many years resided in Pierstown, passed away peacefully August 8, 2023, at Woodside Hall in Cooperstown.
She was born March 8, 1933 in Oneonta, the first daughter of Jesse E. and Elsie (Weldon) Robinson of New Lisbon.
In her teen years, her family moved to Cooperstown, where they resided in her grandparents’, Frank and Gracie Robinson’s, riverside home, the “Elmhurst” in Phoenix Mills, where they ran a lumber mill. Joan attended Cooperstown High School,…
FLY CREEK—Howard Charles Michaels, known affectionately as Charlie, died August 26, 2023, following a brief illness. He was 89.
A fifth-generation Cooperstownian, Charlie was born and raised in Cooperstown. He graduated from Cooperstown High School then enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the signal corps during the post-war occupation of Germany.…
COOPERSTOWN—Betty A. Bell, age 92, of Cooperstown, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
She was born September 20, 1930 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Harness E. Alt and Mary Gorence.…
Thanks for the information you published about our Early Bird Swim last week. This really helps us to gain community support for our efforts and those that are involved. Funny fact: We had more than 70 people who came to the swim, causing a small break in the dock, but it’s already fixed! Oops!…
COOPERSTOWN—Catherine Wilmot Walker, a life-long resident of the Cooperstown area, entered into eternal rest late Wednesday afternoon, July 19, 2023, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was 92.
Born May 6, 1931 at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, she was the daughter of Geary A. Wilmot Sr. and Catherine Crain Wilmot.…
I live on the lake and rent boats. My neighbor’s renter called me Saturday, August 5th and asked if I would help them retrieve the kayaks they left across the lake on Friday because of the thunderstorms. I said yes and later met them, and we proceeded across the lake. The mother and her two young children made it across the lake when the storms hit.…
As you love your own pets and children, please exercise care when driving in our villages. Watch out for children and pets as you would your own. Recently I witnessed a very sad and tragic incident where a car driving on Chestnut Street in Cooperstown hit a small dog that had run out into the street. The pitiful and anguished cries of the injured pet and the distraught owner rushing to try to save her beloved pet is something you…