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‘Cold Case Tuesday’ Opens Unsolved State Polices Cases

1980 SLAYING STILL UNSOLVED Oneontan’s Mystery Death Opens ‘Cold Case Tuesday’  ONEONTA – On Nov. 9, 1980, Barry G. Marquart, an Oneonta native, was found dead in the Chenango River with his watch and wallet missing and injuries to his head and face. Now, State Police are looking for new leads in his case with their “Cold Case Tuesday” initiative, which seeks new leads on old cases through the department’s Facebook page. Marquart is Troop C’s first entry since the program launched…

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Florida Drug Fugitive Arrested In Worcester

Florida Drug Fugitive Arrested In Worcester WORCESTER – A woman who allegedly fled Florida on drug and fraud charges was located in Worcester by investigators with the Otsego County District Attorney’s Office and the DEA. Convicted felon Paula Jo Rutty, 44, was arrested after the Albany DEA received information that she was back in Upstate NY and wanted in Duval County, Fla. on on two violation of probation felony warrants: possession of a controlled substance and burglary of a structure –…

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Bassett Orthopedic Surgeon New Vice President At Fox

Bassett Orthopedic Surgeon New Vice President At Fox ONEONTA  – Dr. Reginald Knight, an orthopedic surgeon at Bassett Hospital, has been named vice president of medical affairs at Fox Hospital, effective July 5. Among his responsibilities will be expanding Fox’s orthopedic offerings.  When it was announced in April that Fox’s birthing room would be consolidated with the one in Cooperstown, the Oneonta hospital was also identified as a possible “center of excellence in orthopedics.”…

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Anesthesia Researcher Wins 2016 Donnall Thomas Prize

Anesthesia Researcher Wins 2016 E. Donnall Thomas Prize COOPERSTOWN – Shashank Kotakonda, M.D., internal medicine resident in his third year of training at Bassett Hospital, has won the 2016 E. Donnall Thomas Award for exceptional research. The award is named for the Bassett’s physician-in-chief from 1955 to 1963, who received the 1990 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation.  He performed the first such transplant at Bassett in 1956.…

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Janet, Keith McCarty Named 4th Of July Parade Marshals

Janet, Keith McCarty Named 4th Of July Parade Marshals SPRINGFIELD –The Town of Springfield has named County Rep. Keith and Janet McCarty of East Springfield as grand marshals of the 102nd Annual Springfield Fourth of July Parade. Lifelong residents, the McCartys’ love for the area is deeply rooted in their connection with the community. For both, being involved is a natural extension of life in a small town where, according to Keith “if something happens, you’re going to see friends…

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Arrest Made In Edmeston Bank Heist

Suspect Arrested In Edmeston Bank Heist By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com EDMESTON – An Earlville man is in Otsego County jail today after he was arrested Sunday and charged with robbing the NBT Bank branch in Edmeston on May 23. Dennis D. Gelatt, 31, was taken into custody when Otsego and Madison county sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at a Madison County home.…

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Anne Bookhout, 68; Founded Ithaca Public Health Agency

IN MEMORIAM: Anne Bookhout, 68; Founded Ithaca Public Health Agency ONEONTA – Anne Bookhout, an Oneonta native who, with an Ivy League education and a nursing degree from Hartwick College, launched a county-wide public health agency in Tompkins County, died unexpectedly May 28 at her Brooktondale horse farm.  She was 68. Bookhout was born March 23, 1948, in Oneonta, the fourth child of Judge Richard J. and Florence Fieg Bookhout.  She attended Bugbee School and Oneonta public schools, graduating from Oneonta…