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Land Trust Announces Photo Winners

Land Trust Announces Photo Winners COOPERSTOWN  – Photographers Elizabeth Walker (professional), Abby Rodd (amateur) and Walker Claiborne (youth) are winners of the Otsego Lake Trust’s 2014 photo contest on the theme, “For the Love of Land & Water.” “The fifth annual contest’s theme was about the connection of people to the lands and waters that sustain us.  The photos we received depict the happiness, joy and peace that is created in that connection” explained OLT Outreach Coordinator, Sara Scheeren.…

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IN MEMORIAM: Jacquie Gibson, 50; Former Aide To Senator Jim Seward

IN MEMORIAM:  Jacquie Gibson, 50; Former Aide To Senator Jim Seward ONEONTA – Jacqueline “Jacquie” Gibson, 50, well-known in Oneonta and beyond as a former aide to state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Jacquie was born on Jan. 21, 1965, in Sidney, the daughter of John and Dorothy (Klee) Thomas. She married Douglas Gibson on Oct. 17, 1987. He predeceased her on Oct. 24, 2009. She was a legislative assistant in the senator’s…

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IN MEMORIAM: Catherine Bartlett, 82; Bassett Nurse

IN MEMORIAM:  Catherine Bartlett, 82; Bassett Nurse SPRINGFIELD – Catherine Frances Powers Bartlett, a nurse at Bassett Hospital for many years, died peacefully Tuesday evening, Feb. 24, 2015, at Bassett, with her family by her side. She was 82. Born March 11, 1932, in Brooklyn, Catherine was a daughter of Allen and Margaret F. (Murphy) Powers. She married Robert A. Bartlett, Sr. on Jan. 20, 1957, in Cooperstown, and lived in their home on Bartlett Road, Town of Springfield, for the…

Matador Network Says Oneonta Among 20 ‘Coolest Places’ In U.S.

Matador Network Says Oneonta Among 20 ‘Coolest Places’ In U.S. ONEONTA – The Matador Network, a national travel website, has found Oneonta to be one of the “20 Coolest Towns in the U.S.”  Number 14, in fact. These are the reasons:  “Amazing food, a progressive, sustainably minded populace, a yearly hot air balloon festival, and nearby access to some of the best ski mountains in the Catskills. Nuff said.” Asheville, N.C., and Frisco, Colo., are numbers one and two.  Oneonta…

TRUSTEES TAKE 2 STEPS BACK ON EXPANDING PAID PARKING

TRUSTEES TAKE 2 STEPS BACK ON EXPANDING PAID PARKING COOPERSTOWN – The trustees tonight unanimously took the first step backwards – two steps back, in fact – after years of what seemed to be the inexorable forward march of paid parking in the Village of Cooperstown. On a motion by Streets Committee chair Cindy Falk, seconded by Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, the Village Board removed Church Street, and River Street between Main and the Bassett Clinic, from the paid-parking expansion list.…

See You At ’20 Under 40′ Reception!

See You At ’20 Under 40′ Reception! To purchase tickets for the “Twenty Under Forty” reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Springbrook’s Oneonta campus (next to Brooks BBQ), call 547-6103.  Tickets are 12.50 per person.…