Jeter’s Helmet Among ’20 Inductee Highlights COOPERSTOWN – The Yankees helmet Derek Jeter wore when he recorded his 3,000th career hit on July 9, 2011, is among featured items on the “2020 Inductees Exhibit,” now open at the Baseball Hall of Fame. On display through 2021, the third-floor exhibit features one display for each 2020 inductee, whose actual Induction was delayed by the coronavirus threat until next year.…
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Otego Man Charged With Manslaughter In Pittsfield Crash PITTSFIELD – An Otego man was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree Manslaughter in the Pittsfield crash that killed two women in July. Shane M. Santiago, 26, Otego, was arrested by State Police Troop C after an investigation revealed he had allegedly been driving recklessly when the 2011 Ford Escape went off the roadway on County Highway 13 in Pittsfield. “He was driving 85 miles per hour around a steep…
IN MEMORIAM: Rosanna Garrison, 79; Seamstress Worked At Oneonta Dress DAVENPORT – Rosanna W. Garrison, 79, of Davenport, a seamstress at Oneonta Dress for many years, passed away peacefully Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at home. She was born July 27, 1941, in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Leon and Rosa (Roberts) Lambert. Rosanna attended St. Mary’s School and graduated from Oneonta High School. On April 24, 1965, Rosanna married Lewis Garrison in Oneonta. Lewis predeceased her on Sept. 19, 2016.…
IN MEMORIAM: Carolyn DeSilva, 79; Operated Carol’s Antiques In Oneonta ONEONTA – Carolyn A. DeSilva, 79, who operated Carol’s Antiques in Oneonta for many years, passed away Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 26, 1940, in Margaretville, the daughter of the late Howard and Dorothy (VanVaulkenburg) Fairbairn.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 Conversation With Local Author AUTHOR SERIES – 7 – 8 p.m. Join Zoom meeting with local author Alice Lichtenstein whose latest book ‘The Crime Of Being’ is nominated for a Pullitzer prize. Talk followed by Q&A session. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library. Visit www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/ for info.…
Trooper, Adults, Child Hurt In 3-Car Crash Driver Slams Into Police SUV On I-88 SCHENEVUS – A state trooper, two adults and a child were hospitalized after a Richmondville woman, 32, failed to move over on Interstate 88, and smashed into the back of a stopped state police SUV hard enough to drive it into a third car that had been pulled over for a traffic stop, police report. The trooper was from the Oneonta Barracks, Troop C, and the…
EVERYONE AGREES: PUT JUDGE BURNS ON SUPREME COURT BINGHAMTON – Moments ago, Brian D. Burns of Oneonta was nominated at a Republican judicial convention in Binghamton to become state Supreme Court judge, succeeding the retired Michael V. Coccoma of Cooperstown. The vote was unanimous. Burns, now Otsego County judge, will remove his name from the Nov. 3 ballot, and it will appear on the state Supreme Court judge line in Otsego County and nine others in the Sixth Judicial District.…
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Visitation, Funeral Next Week For Richard W. McVinney, 68; Formerly Oneonta City Judge ONEONTA – Calling hours and a graveside service are planned this week for longtime City Judge Richard “Dick” W. McVinney, who passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, following a three-year battle with declining health. He was 68. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta. Be prepared to wait to enter the…
IT’S UNANIMOUS Village Board OKs Mask Mandate For Anyone Walking Main Street The Cooperstown Village Board this evening unanimously approved a local law requiring everyone to wear a mask on Main Street sidewalks between Fair Street and Pine Boulevard, and on Pioneer Street from Lake to Church streets. Only 21 seats were permitted in the Village Hall’s second-floor ballroom, but they were mostly filled, primarily with citizens supportive of the law. In top photo, Marge Landers, Glen Avenue, commends the…