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Truck Hits Power Pole, Knocking Out Power To Downtown, Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Truck hit a power pole at the end of Beaver and Fair Streets this morning, knocking out power to some homes and businesses along Main Street, and resulting in Bassett Hospital converting to generator power for less than two hours. NYSEG repaired the damaged transformer shortly after 10 a.m. and Bassett quickly restored normal operations, according to hospital spokesman Karen Huxtable.…
IN MEMORIAM: E. Mayo Snyder, 86; Planner Involved In Brasilia Founding COOPERSTOWN – E. Mayo Snyder, 86, of Cooperstown, who was involved in Brasil’s selection of Brasilia before going on to planning director positions in Connecticut and Upstate New York, died on Sept. 19, 2016. The cause of death was a heart attack. Born in Plainfield, N.J., on April 11, 1930, he had a lifetime of interest in small communities in Central New York State. In his youth, he was…
Applause, Tears As Activist Janet Mock Speaks At SUNY By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Dr. Nancy Kleniewski choked back tears as she described Janet Mock, New York Times bestselling author, TV host and transgender rights activist, as a role model. “With your social media presence, #GirlsLikeUs, you’ve done so much to help transwomen,” said the SUNY Oneonta president. “It’s very emotional. You may have had your legends, but you’re the legend now.” Mock, author of this year’s Common Read,…
IN MEMORIAM Orrin D. Higgins, Town Justice, Former Trooper, Civic Leader HARTWICK – Orrin D. Higgins, 76, former state trooper, longtime Hartwick town justice and civic leader, passed away this afternoon – Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 – at his home in Hartwick with his family by his side. A full obituary will be forthcoming. The CGP’s oral history program encapsulated his life this way: “Throughout his tenure as a policeman, and later a judge, Mr. Higgins has been an active member…
IN MEMORIAM: Lewis L. Garrison Owned, Operated Farm From Age 16 DAVENPORT – Lewis L. Garrison, 76, who owned and operated a dairy farm since age 16, of Davenport, passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, surrounded by his family at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Jamie Garrison. He was born March 10, 1940, in Oneonta the son of the late Lyle F. and Louise M. (Eichler) Garrrison. Even as he farmed every day, he also went…
Rotary Golf Tourney Highlight 8-Year-Old Substitute Takes Team To Victory SPRINGFIELD – With the help of an 8-year-old, Team Schlather & Birch took home first place honors at the 2016 Cooperstown Rotary Foundation’s Lyn Edinger Memorial Golf Tournament, held Sunday September 18th at Meadow Links Golf Course. At the last minute, team captain, Bob Schlather had a cancellation by one of his foursome. But fortunately team member Rodney Campbell brought along his 8 year old son Mason who more than…
EDITORIAL Maria Ajello’s Travails Reveal Flaws In Back-Tax Collection Editor’s note: At readers’ requests that this editorial reach the widest local readership possible, it is being reprinted from the Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal editions of Sept. 15-16. It’s time to bring Maria Ajello’s ordeal to an end, to end an unpleasantness – an injustice, even – that has been simmering for 24 months now, as she reminded the Otsego County Board of Representatives at its September meeting on the…
Mayor Nader Returns To Scene Of Triumph YOUR NEWSPAPERS AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON AT THESE FINE ONEONTA, COOPERSTOWN STORES…
Council Debates Razing, Restoring Oneonta Ford Members Apply For Restore NY Grant To Tear Down Hulk At Market, Chestnut By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There is no saving the Oneonta Ford building. “We’ve had people inspect it and structurally, it cannot support the additional two, three floors as part of the Market Street project,” said Sandy Mathes, CEO of Otsego Now. Mathes was responding in part to a letter sent by Karyl Sage and read by City Clerk…
