County Strategic-Planning Process Begins Tomorrow…
County Strategic-Planning Process Begins Tomorrow…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert W. Smith, 77; Oldest Transplant Survivor In Nation COOPERSTOWN – Robert Whitehill Smith, this country’s oldest living heart transplant patient, passed away Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, 2015, at Whitehill Cottage, his home in the Town of Middlefield, after a valiant struggle against cancer. He was 77. Born Feb. 2, 1938, in Flushing, Queens, Bob was a son of Charles and Theodora (Miller) Smith. After graduating from Bay Side High School, he enlisted in the Air Force on…
IN MEMORIAM: Niles Eggleston, 99; Milford Benefactor, Historian, Author MILFORD CENTER – Niles Ward Eggleston 99, a community benefactor, local history enthusiast and author of “Eva Coo Murderess,” passed away Tuesday Nov. 3, 2015, at his residence in Milford Center. He was born at home on Eggleston Hill in the Town of Middlefield on May 27, 1916, the first of eight children born to J. Ward and Maria (Osborn) Eggleston. He graduated from Milford High School in 1935. On June 9,…
Worcester I-88 Rest Stop To Reopen WORCESTER – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will hold a press conference at noon Thursday to announce the long-closed rest stop on I-88 near here will reopen. The senator will be joined by state Department of Transportation officials and local leaders to officially reopen the fully rehabilitated rest stop closed in 2010.…
Don Lindberg Returns Home To Lead Town Of Worcester WORCESTER – Don Lindberg got what he wanted on Election Day. After years playing key roles on the Otsego County Board of Representatives, including that of controversial chairman, Lindberg, a Republican, won 362 votes to defeated incumbent Town Supervisor Diane Addesso, who garnered 147. That’s 71 percent to Addesso’s 29 percent.…
BULLETIN MARIETTA WINS Democratic challenger Andrew Marietta has defeated county Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Fly Creek, in the volatile Cooperstown-based District 8, by 515-429.…
BULLETIN Newcomer Kennedy Beats Lentz; Powers In; Wilber Tops Bachman With results firming up quickly, newcomer Meg Kennedy, a Republican, has beaten incumbent county Rep. Ed Lentz, R-New Lisbon, in District 5. She will have the greatest number of weighted votes on the county board. Veteran county Rep. Jim Powers, R-South New Berlin, turned back Democrat Theresa Winchester of Gilbertsville for a third time. In former Rep. Betty Ann Schwerd’s district, Burlington Town Justice Dan Wilber, a Republican, defeated Russ Bachman,…
BULLETIN Van der Sommen Over Hennessy, But Tight Races In 4th, 5th Wards ONEONTA – Independent Paul Van der Sommen, proprietor of the Oneonta Tennis Club, appears to have defeated veteran Common Council member Maureen Hennessy, a Democrat, in the city’s First Ward. However, Republican Council member Madolyn Palmer in Ward 5 and her challenger, Democrat Dana Marie Levinson, were within a couple of votes of each other. In the three-way race in Ward 4, the Democrat, Michelle Osterhoudt, and independent…
BULLETIN Stammel, Gelbsman Win; Malfunction Delays Count Democrat Andrew Stammel defeated incumbent county Rep. Janet Hurley Quackenbush, R-Town of Oneonta, in today’s county board balloting, but county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, turned back a challenge from Democrat Amy HornburgHeilveil. Returns were slow coming in on the District 8 race – Democrat Andy Marietta Vs. county Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Fly Creek – due to a machine malfunctioning at the Cooperstown polling place, St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” parish hall.…