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Seward Sends $50,000 For Copes Corners Park

RIBBON CUT AT 10 TODAY Seward Sends $50,000 For Copes Corners Park By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COPES CORNERS – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has obtained a $50,000 state grant to help the Town of Butternuts continue to upgrade its Copes Corners Park, it was announced at the ribbon-cutting on this park this morning. The grant was announced by Jeff Bishop, Seward aide, who was representing the senator, who is recuperating from an operation at his Milford home.…

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Blanche H. Blacksmith, 88

IN MEMORIAM:  Blanche H. Blacksmith, 88 COOPERSTOWN – Blanche H. Blacksmith, the former owner of Straws & Sweets in Cooperstown, died Thursday evening, May 5, 2016, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego.  She was 88. The obituary will be forthcoming.…

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Copes Corner Park Opening Celebrated With Spring Fest

 BONFIRE AT 7 TONIGHT Copes Corner Park Opening Celebrated With Spring Fest By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COPES CORNERS – In the 1940s, there were only two rules for visitors to Copes Corners. “My grandfather, Walker R.R. Cope, told people that they were always welcome on his land, as long as they closed the gate so the cows didn’t get out,” said Fred Johnson. “The other rule was watch where you step!” The cows are long gone, but Copes Corners…

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Hartwick Students, Fire Department Show Dangers Of Drunk Driving

Mock-DWI Crash Sobering For Hartwick Undergrads Rain only added to the sinking feeling of unease as Hartwick College students observed a mock drunk driving accident staged by students, Oneonta police and firefighters, and representatives of the Lester Grummons Funeral Home. Here, OFD Capt. Brad Smith, Firefighters Mark DeGraw and Erik Johnson and Assistant Chief Jim Maloney work with Grummons’ Stephen Fournier and Ryan Walsh in loading the “body” of Rahpheal Duncan, a Hartwick senior, onto a stretcher and into a…

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Kristin Ratliff Awake, Recovering At Bassett

 Stricken Student Awake, Recuperating At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Kristin Ratliff, the CCS senior who collapsed at a track meet Wednesday night, is awake and alert at Bassett Hospital, High School Principal/Athletic Director Mike Cring reported moments ago. “I’ve been told by her parents that she’s alert, talking and reading,” he said.  “We’re all very relieved.”…

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At Home Care’s Laurie Neander Wins State Group’s Top Award

At Home Care’s Laurie Neander Wins State Group’s Top Award ONEONTA – The Home Care Association (HCA) of New York State has named At Home Care, Inc., CEO Laurie Neander the recipient of its highest honor – the Ruth F. Wilson Award. In making the announcement at the organization’s annual conference in Saratoga Springs this week, HCA President Joanne Cunningham called Neander one of the most innovative and talented contributors to improving the vital practice of home care.…

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