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Vera Ainslie, 89; Former Mrs. Claus, CYB Mainstay

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!

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…

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Brief Confrontation, Then 500 Celebrate

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…

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2 Democrats May Challenge Seward

BULLETIN 2 Democrats May Challenge Seward COOPERSTOWN – It appears state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will be facing a Democratic challenge this fall when he runs for his 21st term. Two candidates have surfaced, according to Otsego County Democratic chair Richard Abbate of Cooperstown. One is a woman attorney from Ilion, Herkimer County, Audrey Dunning, who appears to have the financing, he said.  A press release is reportedly circulating, embargoed until 9:01 this evening. The second is Jermaine Bagnall-Graham, Sherburne,…

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