BOUND VOLUMES, July 31, 2014 200 YEARS AGO James Graham was executed at Delhi, Delaware County, on Friday last, pursuant to the sentence of the law, for the murder of Hugh Cameron and Alexander McGillivray in July 1813. He ascended the scaffold with a firm and bold step, and before being turned off, declared, and called God to witness, that he was innocent of the crime for which he was to suffer; and that if ever a murder was committed…
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IN MEMORIAM: Joan Moyer, 80; Civic Leader Chaired Many Boards ONEONTA – Joan F. Moyer, former president of the Oneonta School Board who was active in many civic leadership roles, passed away Monday, July 28, 2014, at the Albany Medical Center after a brief illness. She was surrounded and embraced by her immediate family: her husband Bob, daughters Terri and Kathy, and son Scott. Born Feb. 14, 1934, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Fallon of West Stockbridge, Mass., Joan…
WITH ARREST, ‘MULTI-YEAR PROBE’ INTO DRUG TRAFFICKING IS AT END 30 Arrests For Selling Heroin, Oxycodone Made Since 2011, Sheriff Says COOPERSTOWN – Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. this afternoon announced that Tuesday’s arrest of a suspect in Putnam County has brought two multi-year investigations into heroin and oxycodone trafficking “in and around Otsego County” to an end. More than 30 people were arrested in “Operation Dial Tone,” focused on heroin, and “Operation White Gold,” focused on oxycodone that has been “covertly…
AllOTSEGO EXCLUSIVE • THE FAIR FOODIE Deep-Fried Pop Tarts Savory, But Not For The Faint Of Heart By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com MORRIS – For some, the Otsego County Fair is all about the rides. For others, the games, the chance to win a giant plush tiger or a ribbon for the best cow. For me, this week, it’s all about the food. I’ve always been fascinated by fair food, the seemingly endless variety of deep-fried deliciousness, the kind…
Deputies Say Teen Driver Under Influence Of Drugs, Speeding In Fatal Crash In May COOPERSTOWN – A teenager from Charlotteville, Schoharie County, is facing aggravated vehicular homicide and other felony charges after he was arrested this week by Otsego County Sheriff’s Deputies. Paul J. Clark, Jr., 18, was impaired by drugs and speeding when he crashed his Saturn into the back of a Fedex truck on Route 40 near South Worcester shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, May 16, Investigator Michael Ten…
Enso String Quartet To Open Coop Summer Music Fest ’14 COOPERSTOWN – Music by Puccini, Verdi and Tchaikovsky, performed by the Enso String Quartet, will open the 2014 Cooperstown Summer Music Festival at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at The Farmers’ Museum. Founded at Yale University in 1999, the Enso String Quartet has was Strad magazine as “thrilling” and praised by the Washington Post for its “glorious sonorities.” The Enso has won top prizes at the Concert Artists Guild competition…
Oneonta’s West Street Will Be Closed Saturday Morning ONEONTA – West Street will be closed to through traffic from Clinton Street to Ravine Parkway 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday while the Department of Public Service installs a storm pipe across the road. The West Street entrance to Hartwick College will remain accessible to northbound local traffic. Any questions, call the City Engineering Department at 432-6465.…
Gibson’s Anti-Lyme Disease Bill Over Hurdle In House Committee U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson’s anti-Lyme Disease legislation – the Tick-borne Disease Research Transparency & Accountability Act of 2014 – has been voted out of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, his office announced today. H.R. 4701, introduced by the 19th District Republican in May, seeks to prioritize federal research on Lyme and related diseases and give patients a seat at the table.…
New Bank Of Cooperstown Taking Shape In Oneonta…
BOUND VOLUMES, July 10, 2014 200 YEARS AGO A new invented Torpedo Boat, resembling a Turtle floating just above the surface of the water, and sufficiently roomy to carry nine persons within, having on her back a coat of mail, consisting of three large bombs, which could be discharged by machinery, so as to bid defiance to any attack by barges, left this city (New London, Connecticut) one day last week to blow up some of the enemy’s ships.…
