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Justin Hoag, 32, dies at home

IN MEMORIAM: Justin Hoag, 32 COOPERSTOWN – Justin Robert Hoag, beloved son of Donald and Rosemary Hoag, passed away unexpectedly today – Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 – in the early morning hours at his home.  He was 32. Arrangements are pending under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.…

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Over Lifetime, Growing Forest Brought Conservationist Home

IN APPRECIATION • HENRY S. KERNAN Over Lifetime, Growing Forest Brought Conservationist Home Editor’s Note: This appreciation of Henry S. Kernan, 2008 OCCA Conservationist of the Year and author of “The Gifts of a Forest,” was prepared by his grandson. Friends are invited to visit the family 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at 457 County Highway 40, South Worcester.  In recent years, Mr. Kernan resided at Woodside Hall, Cooperstown. By TED KERNAN SOUTH WORCESTER – To Henry Sherrill Kernan, a…

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Barown Named Village Manager

Barown Named Village Manager COOPERSTOWN – Teri Barown, Cooperstown village clerk since 2005, has been appointed village administrator, the first person to fill that position in two decades. COMPLETE DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S JOURNAL The Village Board made the decision Monday evening, which – given the city manager vacancy in Oneonta City Hall – makes her the sole professional municipal manager in Otsego County.…

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Emma B. Parsons, 91; Riveter At G.E. On WWII Homefront

IN MEMORIAN:  Emma B. Parsons, 91; Riveter At G.E. On WWII Homefront ONEONTA – Emma Loretta Boschetti Parsons, who worked at the Oneonta Dress Factory for 20 years as she raised five children, passed away peacefully Sept. 25, 2016 at Bassett Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Emma was born in Woodlawn, Pa., on March 31, 1925, to parents Joseph and Esther (Lubatti) Boschetti. After graduating from high school in 1943, Emma joined the World War II effort by working as a…

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Orrin D. Higgins, 76; Served County, State, Community

IN MEMORIAM •  Full Obituary  Orrin D. Higgins, 76; Served County, State, Community  HARTWICK – Orrin Dixon Higgins, 76, a former state trooper, undersheriff for the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department and longtime Hartwick town justice, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2016, at his home in Hartwick with his family by his side. He was born June 8, 1940, in Hunter, a son of  Leland and Mildred (Nicholls) Higgins. After graduating from high school, he attended SUNY Oneonta with the…