911’s 18TH ANNIVERSARY NEAR Victim’s Sister’s Memories, 5-10K Honor That Fatal Day George Morell‘s sister, Cathy Raddatz of Cooperstown, recalls her brother’s heroism in 1993, at the first World Trade Center bombing, when he carried a frail sandwich vendor from the 70th floor to safety. Eight years later, on 9/11, he called his wife and said, “Robbie, I love you. It’s the big one.” He was one of 638 Cantor Fitzgerald employees who died that day. Cathy was speaking this…
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BAKER, BLAISE, MASLER ON BALLOT Supreme Court Candidates Confer With Local Leaders…
CELEBRITY TOURS PATHFINDER Hall Of Famer Lee Smith Returns For Golf Tourney COOPERSTOWN – Class of 2019 Hall of Famer Lee Smith has returned this week to the scene of his Induction as celebrity host for the Pathfinder Village-Baseball Hall of Fame Golf Invitational, which begins today at the Leatherstocking Golf Course. The former Chicago Cub will join 23 amateur foursomes on the 18th to support a golf event that raises scholarship funds for Pathfinder Village, the residential community in…
Sidewalk Work Wraps Up In Railroad Avenue Area…
New Officer Sworn In To Cooperstown Force Terrell Silvera, sworn in this evening as the newest officer in the Cooperstown Police Department, is congratulated by his former Cooperstown High School principal, Gary Kuch. Kuch recalled Silvera, while a student at CCS, telling the principal his life’s ambition – realized today – was to become a police officer. Friends Lisa Brown and Nicholas Weir, left, attended to cheer him on, as did his fellow officers, right, Frank Cavalieri and Jim Kelman. …
Kirn’s Closes Doors On 60-Year Tradition Owner Don Hoag Joining Wife Rosie In Retirement, Puts Body Shop On Market By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Forty-one years after Edward Kirn began teaching Don Hoag the auto-body repair business, the venerable Kirn’s Body Shop closed its doors for good on Friday, the owner-operator announced this afternoon. Interviewed with his wife Rosemary, the founder’s daughter, by his side, Hoag gave three reasons: “The changing industry, and what it…
Colleges Welcome 2,000 Students, One Chipmunk…
Hanzolo Wins Battle Of Bands, Spot At Albany’s PearlPalooza…
Seward’s Dairy Showmanship Skills On Display At Delaware County Fair…
10TH DIVISION BAND PLAYS HERE Dean Of Oneonta WWII Vets, Drago Honored At Concert Gene Schmidt, organizer of this afternoon’s 10th Mountain Division Jazz Band concert, shakes hand with World War II veteran Tony Drago, Oneonta, after Drago was honored with a surprise mayoral proclamation preceding this afternoon’s performance in the SUNY Alumni Field House. At 97, Drago is among the city’s oldest surviving veterans. At right, soloist Sgt. Michelle Dykes, stationed Fort Drum near Watertown, sings while accompanied by…