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Gabriel Truitt Trial Investigator Testimony: Accelerant Under Door By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To ALLOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Just before the noon break, District Attorney John Muehl brought Bill Haynes, an origin and cause investigator with Sotera Investigative Group, to the witness stand in the case against Gabriel Truitt, the Oneonta man accused of setting the fire that killed John Heller at his 5 Walling Avenue apartment in December 2018. “The way the burn and char pattern on the inside of…
IN MEMORIAM: Beatrice Gage Merzig, 97; Managed Husband’s Oneonta Medical Office ONEONTA — Beatrice “Bea” Gage Merzig, 97, mother of City Attorney David Merzig, who managed her husband’s Oneonta medical practice for 30 years, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, following a brief illness. Born Feb. 3, 1922, she was the daughter of Scott and Florence Gage of Morris. She attended Morris Central School and graduated with honors from Houghton Academy in 1940, and graduated from Wheaton College in…
Proceedings Underway In Truitt Court Case District Attorney John Muehl, above, makes his opening remarks to the jury during the opening day of the People Vs. Gabriel Truitt, now underway at the Otsego County Courthouse in Cooperstown. Truitt, seen at right, is charged with arson in the first degree and murder in the first and second degree for his alleged involvement in the fire that claimed the life of John Heller at 5 Walling Ave. in Oneonta on Dec 29,…
Videotaping Set Off Elephant Rampage County Treasurer Ruffles Ecaped County Treasurer Allen Ruffles, just returned from a year in East Africa as a sergeant in the Army Reserves, said the only time he felt in danger was when he was videotaping this herd that wandered past his unit’s bivouac in Uganda. This is a still from the video. The elephants noticed him and charged, but Ruffles, who returned to Cooperstown from his one-year assignment last Sunday, was able to take…
Democrats Nominate Board’s Incumbents Mayor, 2 Trustees Seek Full Terms COOPERSTOWN – By acclamation, the Democrats caucused a few minutes ago and nominated the three incumbents – Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Trustees Joe Membrino and MacGuire Benton — to run for reelection in the March 18 village elections. “It’s not a given that productive government continues,” former mayor Jeff Katz said in nominating his successor for her second term. Patty MacLeish seconded the nomination. Lynn Mebust chaired the caucus,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 Auction To Benefit Wigs & Wishes FUNDRAISER – 5:30 – 8 p.m. Support Tracy Abrams to provide wigs to local community members who have lost their hair to chemotherapy. Enjoy Quarter Auction, food, drink, preview items. Partnered with 501c organization Wigs & Wishes. Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-287-4294 or visit www.facebook.com/OneontaVetsClub…
IN MEMORIAM: John B. Barown, 67; Air Force Veteran, Milford Postmaster RICHFIELD SPRINGS – John B. Barown, 67, an Air Force veteran and former Milford postmaster, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at his home in the Village of Richfield Springs after a period of declining health. John was born May 31, 1952, in Jersey City, N.J., the son of Bartholomew and Inge (Wappler) Barown, Sr. When John was young, he and his family moved to Hartwick, where, for many years,…
City Hall Buys Oneonta Ford By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Common Council voted 7-1 last night to buy the dilapidated Oneonta Ford building for $425,000 from the Twelve Tribes, despite a new Council member’s suggestion to take it by eminent domain for half the price. And, first, the deal must by signed-off on by the state Historic Preservation Office. “The Ford building is part of a historical area of Oneonta,” said Bob Brzozowski, Greater Oneonta…
Council Goes Ahead With $70,000 For Destination Oneonta By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Two weeks after delaying funding for Destination Oneonta, Common Council voted unanimously to approve $70,000 for the downtown promotion organization. Still, questions remained. “Is there a vision and strategy for Destination Oneonta’s future,” said Council member Mark Drnek, Ward 8, who raised the original concerns, “in which it becomes more self-sustaining, even as its core mission remains unchanged but it’s membership grows to…