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2 Cooperstown Students Win Scholarships From Bassett

2 Cooperstown Students Awarded Scholarships From Bassett Family COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown High School seniors Sylvia Johnson and Kimberly Gertz have been awarded $500 scholarships by the Charles H. Bassett Youth Foundation, in partnership with The Community Foundation for South Central New York, Bassett Healthcare announced today. Johnson received the Mary Augusta and Wilson T. Bassett Scholarship, which recognizes excellence in academics, balanced development and a willingness to overcome challenges and seize opportunities.…

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Railroad Avenue May Host 22-Room Motel

Railroad Avenue May Host 22-Room Motel Public Hearing Set On Former Agway COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board this evening set a public hearing for its next meeting, Monday, June 27, on a 22-room motel planned at 28 Railroad Ave., the former Agway that, renovated, has been vacant since 2009. The project is being proposed by Perry Ferrara, owner of the Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum and a partner BTP Cooperstown, the partnership that proposed a four-story hotel on Main Street last…

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Sheriff Releases Photos of Robbery Suspect

SILENT ALARM ALERTED POLICE Sheriff Releases Photos Of NBT Robbery Suspect By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com EDMESTON – The Otsego County Sheriff’s Department a few minutes ago released surveillance photos from this morning’s robbery at NBT Bank’s branch here. The suspect is being described as mid-late 20s, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10, with a tall, thin build.  He was last seen wearing light colored pants, a dark colored hooded sweatshirt, dark colored shoes, a dark colored knit hat and dark…

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Robert L. Joyce, 92

IN MEMORIAM: Robert L. Joyce, 92 COOPERSTOWN – Robert L. Joyce, a man who had many interests and who was well-known as a prolific writer of letters to the editor, passed away peacefully Sunday evening, May 22, 2016, with family by his side at his home on Prospect Place. He was 92. A complete obituary will be forthcoming on www.allotsego.com and in The Freeman’s Journal.…

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John J. Fink, 66; Worked In Emergency Management

IN MEMORIAM:  John J. Fink, 66; Worked In Emergency Management ONEONTA – John Joseph Fink, 66, who spent more than 30 years in the emergency-management field, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2016, at home with family by his side after battling cancer. John was born in Oneonta on July 20, 1949, to Lucille Sardella Fink and the late Jesse B Fink.…

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Troopers, Deputies At Scene of Bank Heist

ROBBERY IN EDMESTON Troopers, Deputies At Bank Heist Scene EDMESTON – State troopers and Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies are at the NBT Bank at the four corners of Edmeston after a robbery this morning. The robbery allegedly took place at 11:06 a.m., according to Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., who was at the scene.  He said more information, and perhaps photos of the suspect, may be forthcoming later in the day. A lockdown was immediately put into place at the Edmeston…

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Rome Man Arrested For Threat, Menacing

Man Charged In Threat, Menacing In Plainfield PLAINFIELD – A Rome man was arrested in the early morning hours after threatening to kill a Plainfield resident and breaking into her home in Otsego County’s Northwest Corner while her children were present. Jason S. Tuttle, 31, was arrested after a call came into the Otsego County 911 reporting that Tuttle had allegedly broken a bedroom window and attempted to enter the home while the victim was inside with her three children.  An…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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