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IN MEMORIAM: Jean Kafchinski, 89; Hartwick College Bursar Retired In ’95 ONEONTA – Jean Elizabeth (Smith) Kafchinski, 89, retired Hartwick College bursar, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at Fox Hospital. A longtime resident of Oneonta, she was born on Dec. 7, 1926, in Lymanville, Pa. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she was the daughter of the late Garney and Anna (Lyman) Smith. Jean graduated from Springfield High School in Springfield, Pa., moving to Oneonta in 1952. She…
Jane Clark Wins Standing Ovation Rare Appearance Draws Overflow Crowd In a rare local public address, Jane Forbes Clark, Cooperstown’s #1 citizen, packed the Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater to overflowing this afternoon with a talk on her family’s legacy in Cooperstown and Otsego County. She detailed the activities of The Clark Foundation (college scholarships, plus much more), The Scriven Foundation (support for local charities, plus much more), and the one for-profit entity, The Leatherstocking Corp., which operates The Otesaga, The…
IN MEMORIAM: Frederick Sousa, Jr., 64; Auto Mechanic In Oneonta Area For Years ONEONTA – Frederick J. Sousa, Jr., 64, a self-employed auto mechanic in Oneonta for many years, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 at Fox Hospital. He was born on Dec. 15, 1951, the son of Frederick J. Sr. and Geraldine (Eckler) Sousa, who survive him. A life-long Oneonta resident, Fred was a 1969 graduate of Oneonta High School. He attended and graduated from Delhi Ag & Tech…
Jane Forbes Clark Will Speak Today COOPERSTOWN – Jane Forbes Clark will speak on her family’s Cooperstown legacy at 3 p. m. today at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater, part of the Friends of the Village Library’s Sunday Series. The event is free and open to the public. The legacy includes the Hall of Fame, the Fenimore and Farmers’ museums, the Clark Foundation scholarship program, and the preservation of the east side of Otsego Lake. She is the great-great-granddaughter…
IN MEMORIAM: Peter Macris; Glimmerglass, Foothills Founder Editor’s Note: Cooperstown’s Sam Goodyear has alerted us that Peter Macris, founder of Orpheus Theater, the Glimmerglass Opera and the Foothills Performing Arts Center, passed away early Saturday. In recent years he has been living in Suffield, Conn., near his daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Meanwhile, here is an appreciation of Macris that Goodyear delivered in 2008 at a testimonial for the giant figure in the development of Otsego County’s arts community. PETER…
OPD Probes Possible Arson On Salvation Army Vehicle By LIBBY CUDMORE • AllOTSEGO.com Exclusive ONEONTA – City police are investigating a fire that damaged the Salvation Army canteen truck in the driveway of Maj. Sharon Harford late on New Year’s Eve. “At about three in the morning on New Year’s, I heard someone ringing my doorbell,” she said. “I didn’t answer, and the next day, I saw that several plastic crates had been tossed out and there were burn marks on the ground.”…
Cooperstown Central School Joins Fight To Eradicate Polio…
Polar Bear Visit Brings Warm Hugs to Springbrook …
