IN MEMORIAM: Vera Ainslie, 89; Former Mrs. Claus, CYB Mainstay Calling Hours Tomorrow At Cooperstown Funeral Home FLY CREEK – Vera R. Ainslie, Cooperstown’s former “Mrs. Claus” whose family name also is memorialized in Cooperstown Youth Baseball’s home field, passed away Thursday afternoon, May 12, 2016, surrounded by her family at Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Otsego. She was 89. Calling hours are 4-6 Monday at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, Cooperstown, with a graveside service on…
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PEACE, LOVE ISLAMBERG! 1960s Mantra Is Updated Today By Outpouring At Sufi Enclave By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ISLAMBERG – In the end, love won. Five-hundred supporters from Oneonta, Cooperstown, Hancock and as far as South Carolina and Georgia stood united with the residents of Islamberg this afternoon against about a dozen “American Bikers United Against Jihad.” The motorcyclists had threatened to harass the Muslim community en masse. But today, only five bikers and five vehicles drove past the Sufi community…
BULLETIN Brief Confrontation, Then 500 Celebrate ISLAMBERG – About a dozen “American Bikers United Against Jihad” from Tennessee – not the 70-some feared – showed up at this Sunni enclave in Delaware County early this afternoon in a display that last a few seconds. After the five motorcycles and seven accompanying car passed along a dirt road between Route 11 and 17 near Hancock, the community invited in 500 supporters – many from Oneonta and Cooperstown – for a celebration, lunch…
SUNY Oneonta Grads Go Forth! ONEONTA – 1,000 students turned their tassels from left to right today the Dewar Arena, announcing themselves as the newest graduates of SUNY Oneonta. Broadway producer Hal Luftig, ’79 and set designer Neil Mazzella, ’73, both Tony Award winners, gave the graduating addresses and received honorary degrees. Luftig, who’s produced 27 Broadway shows, shared a quote from a talk actress and activist Jane Fonda gave during his time at SUNY. “She told me, ‘Don’t let the…
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IN MEMORIAM: Ruth Anne Pushkar, 84; Worked For Oneonta School District ONEONTA – Ruth Anne Pushkar, 84, who, along with her husband, was active with the Oneonta School District, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at AO Fox Hospital Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was born on Nov. 16, 1931 in Larksville, Pa. the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Borkowski) Gieda. She married Edward S. Pushkar on August 29, 1953 in Plymouth, Pa. He predeceased her on March 3, 1987. Growing…
Fly Creek Man Is Accused Of Selling Heroin To Cops FLY CREEK – A Fly Creek man was arrested for selling heroin to two undercover investigators as part of a six-month joint investigation by the Otsego County District Attorney’s office, Cooperstown Police Department and the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department. In an announcement, authorities alleged Daniel West Cleaveland Jr., 25, sold heroin to investigators from the D.A.’s office on Jan. 14 and March 11. He was arrested this morning, charged with two counts of…
Springbrook Cuts Ribbon On New Medical Housing ONEONTA – With an open layout, single bedrooms, climate control and a therapy bathtub, Springbrook is making sure that their students with the highest medical needs receive the highest quality of care. “It is a larger, more accommodating space with very thought-out design features,” said Seth Haight, COO. “The completion of this home is an important part of a broad action plan made up of many exciting projects.”…
2 Arrested In Oneonta For Possessing Pot, Pills ONEONTA – Nearly $3,000 worth of marijuana and Xanax were seized and two Oneonta residents arrested yesterday afternoon in an apartment on Cliff Street. Cody D. Schlafer, 25 and Bryan J. VanDuesen, 33, were arrested after Oneonta Police served a search warrant at their apartments on Cliff Street. Police allegedly discovered 2.5 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of $2,500, 185 prescription Xanax pills valued at $1,000, 120 packages of marijuana edibles…
Land Trust Plants 440 Trees To Stabilize Herkimer Creek SCHUYLER LAKE – Approximately 440 trees and shrubs were planted by 10 volunteers along the edge of Herkimer Creek as it runs past Kathy & Tim Peters’ Schuyler Lake farmstead this morning. “We need to build up over 10,000 acres of riparian forest buffer across New York to help solve the problem of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay,” said Lydia Brinkley, Riparian Buffer Forest Coordinator for the Upper Susquehanna Coalition. “Having trees and…
