IN MEMORIAM: Jane Potrikus, 89; Owned Cooperstown Dry Cleaners COOPERSTOWN – Jane Spraker Potrikus, 89, of Harwich, Mass., mother of 11 and past owner of Cooperstown Dry Cleaners, died Jan. 6, 2017, in Harwich, Mass., after a brief battle with cancer. Her life centered on devotion to her family and to her Catholic faith. She was a communicant of and proud alto for the choir at Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich where, until November 2016, she volunteered weekly for the Perpetual…
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IN MEMORIAM: Patricia Silvernail, 49, Unadilla UNADILLA – Patricia Dianne Silvernail, 49, of Unadilla, unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. She was born on June 6, 1967, daughter of George and Carol (Eckler) Thayer in Oneonta.…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Butler, 87; Entrepreneur, Community Leader ONEONTA – Mary Elizabeth (nee Doty) Butler, 87, who assisted her husband in a number of businesses, including bringing the first Burger King to Oneonta, passed away, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Born July 27, 1929, in Freeport, L.I., she graduated from Freeport High School and attended SUNY Oneonta, where she met the love of her life, William (Bill) B. Butler.…
Springbrook Hikes Pay To Cuomo’s 2019 Level Goal: Attract Employees, Lower Turnover ONEONTA – Springbrook is getting ahead of Governor Cuomo’s minimum-wage increases, raising its “direct support professionals” to the 2019 level, effective New Year’s Day. Otsego County’s third largest employer, Springbrook provides residential living for disabled children and adults on its Milford Center campus and group homes around the region. The wage increase for its DSPs is a $1.2 million investment, Springbrook said in announcing the wage hikes today.…
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Rep. Powers Denies ‘Queenmaker’ Role By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, denies he was the kingmaker – or queenmaker – in Wednesday’s split vote that allowed county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otsego, to remain chair of the county Board of Representatives for another year. “This business of me being the kingmaker is baloney,” he declared when reached yesterday afternoon at his farm near South New Berlin. Supporters of county Rep. Len Carson,…
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Women’s Rally To Echo D.C. Event COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County Women’s Rally and Candlelight Vigil is being organized at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Otsego County Office Building on upper Main Street in sympathy with the Women’s March on Washington, the day after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Lynne Mebust of Cooperstown is leading the effort.…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Details All News Fit To Print This Week In today’s weekly report, “Morning Edition,” on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), ticks off all the news that packs two newspapers’ first editions of 2017, and remarks how, despite the New Year’s Day murder, how rare untimely deaths happen locally, except for heroin overdoses. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
IN MEMORIAM: Elaine M. Emrich, 75; Survivors Include 11 Great-Grandchildren RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Elaine M. Emrich, 75, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, Jan. 3, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. She had the comfort of her loving family at side. She was born on Sept. 6, 1941 in Leonardsville, daughter of the late Mark and Bertha Innes Mahardy. She graduated from Richfield Springs High School, Class of 1960.…