IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy J. Martin, 96; Retired Teacher Beloved Fly Creek Resident FLY CREEK – Dorothy J. “Dot” Martin, loving and devoted wife of Peter L. “Pete” Martin and an integral and beloved part of the Fly Creek community, passed away Friday morning, Aug. 18, 2017, at the Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was 96. Born May 5, 1921, in Pittsfield, Dot was one of 10 children of Leslie Calvin Day Sr. and Agnes Alene née Daniels Day. One…
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CLICK HERE TO READ DECISION CONSTITUTION LOSES ROUND Stop Pipeline Hails Decision; Company: We’ll Win In End By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A federal Court of Appeals today denied the Constitution Pipeline’s appeal of the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s 2016 decision blocking the 121-mile project intended to carry fracked gas from Northeast Pennsylvania, through Delaware County, to connect with the Iroquois Pipeline near Cobleskill. The case was argued last Nov. 16 before the Second Circuit in New…
County To ‘Micro-Mill’ Route 22 From Schuyler Lake To Richfield COOPERSTOWN – The county Highway Department, with Contractor Suit-Kote, will be “micro-milling” Route 22 from Schuyler Lake to Richfield Springs, beginning Monday, county Highway Superintendent Bill Mason reports.…
IN MEMORIAM/FULL OBITUARY ‘RJ’ Mulligan, 90; Veteran, Contractor, Village Native Son COOPERSTOWN – Robert Joseph Mulligan, 90, a retired contractor and Cooperstown Native Son, passed away Aug. 12, 2017. RJ was born May 23, 1927, on the family farm in the Town of Warren, the fifth of six children to Hugh “Doad” and Mary Dunne Mulligan. RJ graduated from Richfield Springs Central School. He married Mary Faith St. John on Dec. 11, 1948, and then joined the Army, where he…
Stars & Bars Foe Takes Photos, Banned At Fair Deputies Escort Leslie Kauffman Off Grounds WALTON – A former rabbit barn superintendent of the Delaware County Fair was escorted off premises by deputies and barred from ever returning for taking photographs of merchandise bearing the Confederate flag, according to a press release issued today by Fair for All, the group protesting Stars & Bars at the week-long event. Leslie Kauffman, a co-founder of the group Fair for All, which has…
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IN MEMORIAM: Robert J. Mulligan, Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Robert Joseph Mulligan, 90, the retired contractor, passed way peacefully Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. Arrangements are pending with the Tillapaugh Funeral Service. A full obituary is planned.…
600 Sign Petition For Ban Fair Gates Closed On Stars And Bars Foes WALTON – Fifty participants in the Fair for All movement seeking a ban on the sale of Confederate flags at the Delaware County Fair today were barred at the fair gates from delivering a 600-signature petition, according to spokesperson Laura McClure. When the 50 Fair for All supporters approached the gate, a security guard closed it, said McClure. Then Ed Rossley, president of the fair board, arrived,…
IN MEMORIAM: Andrew H. German, 80; Businessman; Father Of NY’s Top General SCHOHARIE – Funeral services are Tuesday, Aug. 15, for Andrew Harold German, 80, a businessman, Army veteran and father of the adjutant general of the New York State National Guard. He died at his home on Aug. 9, 2017. Andrew was born on May 14, 1937, in Roxbury, the son of Melvin and Angie (Hinkley) German. He served in the Army from 1955 to 1964 as a paratrooper…
IN MEMORIAM: John T. Shufelt, 66; Served 30 Years With SUNY Police ONEONTA – John T. Shufelt, 66, of Oneonta, who retired from the SUNY Oneonta University Police after a 32-year career, lost his courageous battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Saturday, Aug.12, 2017, at home. John was born on Feb. 9, 1951, in Cobleskill, to the late William F. and Mary (Byrne) Shufelt. He grew up in Middleburgh, with his one sister and three brothers and graduated from Middleburgh…
