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IN MEMORIAM: Bruce A. Shipman II, 55; Ancestor Model For Cooper’s Bumppo ILION – Bruce Andrew Shipman II, 55, of Ilion, passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 23, 1960, in Ilion, the son of Bruce Shipman and the former Carole Watson, and was a graduate of Mohawk High School. On Oct. 1, 1988, he was united in marriage with Dawn Allen in Conklinville. His family is descended from David Shipman (1729-1813), the woodsman…
CCS Among Top U.S. High Schools COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown High School has been placed in the top 5 percent of the nation’s high schools by U.S. New & World Report. The high school was ranked 838th out of 19,753 schools nationwide evaluated in a recent collaboration of U.S. News and North Carolina-based RTI International, a global non-profit social science research firm.…
IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy Beams, 89; Last Mayor Of Village Of Schenevus SCHENEVUS – Dorothy R. Beams, 89, the last mayor of the former Village of Schenevus, passed away peacefully Dec. 4, 2015, at Kingsway Manor in Schenectady. In addition to serving as mayor in 1991-94, when the village was dissolved into the Town of Maryland, she was a trustee and village treasurer. She was born May 10, 1926, in Cooperstown, the daughter of Charles and Mabel (Skillen) VanCuren. She married…
MARJORIE LANDERS REPORTS: Bootsie Almost Came Home… My sweet cat, Bootsie, went missing on the evening of Nov. 2. That night I walked the local streets calling her name, knowing that she always came when I called her. Every day since, I’ve walked more streets, hung posters, told the post office, the vets, and SPCA. Many businesses were kind enough to post her picture. The Freeman’s Journal posted on line. I received many leads over the past few weeks and…
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Midstate Executive Appointed Bassett Chief Operating Officer COOPERSTOWN – Andrew R. Manzer, a hospital president/CEO in Schuyler County, has been selected as executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) of the Bassett Healthcare Network, effective March 1, Bassett President/CEO Vance Brown announced today. As COO, Manzer will be responsible for the operating performance of Bassett Hospital and for leading operational efficiencies and performance across the Bassett Network, including Fox Hospital. He will also be tasked with helping to envision and create models of…
SUNY Oneonta Student Charged With Making Terroristic Threats ONEONTA – A SUNY Oneonta student has been charged with making a terroristic threat after posting that he was going to “shoot up the school” on the popular Yik Yak social media platform. Brandon Matthew Negron, 20, of New Windsor, was arrested by the New York State University Police at SUNY Oneonta on Sunday evening in connection with a post on YikYak that read “I’m going to shoot up the school. Be…
Ommegang Helps Cooperstown Win Livability.com 3rd Ranking COOPERSTOWN – Livability.com’s first “99 Beers In 99 Cities” index – spun off from the idea that “the craft beer movement has coincided with the revitalization of many of the nation’s downtowns – has ranked Cooperstown third in the nation. “Baseball and beer make a nice pair, so it’s only fitting that in Cooperstown, considered the birthplace of baseball, you’ll also find great brews,” the blurb reads. It notes Ommengang is “not too…
SUSPECT HELD IN SUNY THREAT ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta president Nancy Kleniewski announced at 7 p.m. that a suspect in Saturday’s YikYak threat has been taken into custody. “While the investigation will continue, UPD is confident that the message, which was reported to mention shooting tomorrow, does not present a threat,” Kleniewski said. “The last several hours have been tense on our campus, at Hartwick College, in the City of Oneonta, and in the homes of students’ parents near and…