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County Wish List $8M Over Target Frazier, Crowell Confident Budget Can Be Pared To Avoid Tax Hike By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The difference between departmental wish lists and the Budget Committee goal is $8 million, but the officials who have started crafting the 2017 county budget are undeterred. “These are gotta-haves and wanna-haves,” said county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, who is chairing the Board of Representatives’ Budget Committee for the third year. “My wife wanted a…
IN MEMORIAM: Doris Crippen, 95; Former Nurse’s Assistant At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Doris Ruth Crippen, 95, a nurse’s aide at Bassett Hospital whose survivors include 28 great-grandchildren, passed away Thursday night. Sept. 8, 2016. She was born Nov. 14, 1920, in Albany, the daughter of John and Pearl (Empie) Parcher.…
IN MEMORIAM: Carol Krisch, 61; CCS Teacher Aide Died Suddenly FORK SHOP – Carol Ann Krisch, 61, who died unexpectedly early Thursday morning, Sept. 8, 2016, at her home in Fork Shop, was a teacher aide and monitor at Cooperstown Central schools for the past 16 years. She was born Aug. 3, 1955, at Bassett Hospital, a daughter of Rudy J. and Elizabeth Katherine (Schultz) Krisch. Raised in Fork Shop, she graduated from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1974. Her…
Police Seek Tips On Smashed Door ONEONTA – Police are reviewing surveillance footage in hopes of identifying the “college age male” responsible for shattering a glass door near Razzle Dazzle on Main Street.…
Susquehanna Valley Quilters Mark 30 Years of Fabric, Fun By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 1986, a handful of women gathered to form the Susquehanna Valley Quilters and share their love of fabric craft. “We got together and decided there was going to be a quilting renaissance,” said Debby Clough, who helped start the original group. “I started quilting in 1976, and it didn’t matter what we were working on. I was at a table surrounded by…
IN MEMORIAM Ted Duesler, 79, Leader In Firefighter Community CHERRY VALLEY – Theodore Ernest Duesler, 79, a founder of the Cherry Valley emergency squad and former president of the Otsego County Fireman’s Association, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. Theodore was born April 21, 1937, in Amsterdam, the son of Ernest Duesler and Rosina Morey Duesler. He was raised in Fonda and schooled in the Fonda School System. He married Barbara Jean Baker on Aug. 25, 1956,…
Pathfinder Receives $1.2 Million Bequest Mother, Son’s Gift To Fund Scholarships EDMESTON – Pathfinder Village has announced a $1.2 million bequest establishing the J. Couper Lord Jr. Endowment, an unrestricted gift to benefit the community for children with Down syndrome. The announcement was made Tuesday evening at The Otesaga during Pathfinder’s annual Pro-Am and Tennis Classic Awards Banquet, part of an annual week of fund raising events that support Pathfinder scholarhips.…
IN MEMORIAM: Carol Ann Krisch, Teacher Aide COOPERSTOWN – Carol Ann Krisch, a monitor and teacher aide for Cooperstown Central School, died unexpectedly early Thursday morning, Sept. 8, 2016, at her home in Fork Shop. She was 61. Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.…
Gateway Park To Be Dedicated To Former Mayor Dick Miller ONEONTA – Miller Park will be dedicated to the memory of former Mayor Dick Miller at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The public is welcome. Located at the intersection of Lettis Highway and Main Street, behind the Benson Hughson Agency, the park was proposed and partly funded by the former mayor’s friend, Al Cleinman, principal in Cleinman Performance Partners, the city consulting firm.…