IN MEMORIAM: Mark Zimmerman, 43; Sales Manager At Royal Chrysler ONEONTA – Mark Stephens Zimmerman, a native of Buffalo and formerly of Hartwick, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The general and sales manager at Royal Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Oneonta, he was 43. Friends may call at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown 2-5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, when Mark’s family will be in attendance.…
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Tourist Arrested For Assault, Charged With A Bias Crime COOPERSTOWN – A South Carolina man was charged with assaulting a woman after allegedly yelling racial slurs at her during a confrontation in a Cooperstown restaurant, Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert reports. Lawrence Andrew Mileo, 50, was arrested the Monday after Induction Weekend after a complaint of a physical dispute was made at a local restaurant. According to police, Mileo allegedly called a 33-year-old African American woman, also from out of state, numerous derogatory names…
MEMO TO INNKEEPERS Here’s What To Look For In ID-ing Terror Suspects COOPERSTOWN – If guests deny housekeeping staff access to their rooms for several days, let us know, the state Homeland Security & Emergency Services Division advised Cooperstown area innkeepers in the days prior to this year’s Hall of Fame Induction. The detailed memo, in many cases delivered personally to hoteliers, contains 13 potential tips that something may not be right with hotel guests. READ HOMELAND SECURITY MEMO TO HOTELIERS…
IN MEMORIAM: Julia Georgia, 98; Oneonta Native Raised 11 Children ONEONTA – Oneonta native Julia Agnes Georgia, 98, who raised nine daughters and two sons in Unadilla, passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 20, surrounded by her daughters. Julia was born in Oneonta on May 29, 1918. She married Harold Georgia in Inglewood, Calif., in 1943. While he served in World War II, in part as a prisoner of war, she lived at her parents’ home in Oneonta. When he was…
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Tourism Benefit To County Keeps Growing, Study Says COOPERSTOWN – With the county Board of Representatives due to vote Wednesday, Aug. 3, on extending a tourism-promotion contract, the state Division of tourism & Tourism Economics has released a survey showing the sector continues to grow in Otsego County. The percentage of state and local taxes generated from the Otsego County tourism industry nearly doubled in 2015, according to Destination Marketing of Otsego County, the privatized tourism-promotion effort.…
IN MEMORIAM: Doris Tiffany, 77; Operated Coachlines With Husband ONEONTA – Doris Marie Tiffany, 77, a partner with her husband in Pathfinder Coachlines, peacefully passed away in her sleep early Sunday morning, July 24, 2016 at the Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin. She was born on May 8, 1939, in Oneonta, a daughter of the late Ken and Marie (Leonard) Harvey. Doris grew up in Oneonta and attended Oneonta schools. On Dec. 29, 1956, Doris married Jack M.…