IN MEMORIAM: Pastor Tom Gratton, 80; Expert On Tending Multi-Racial Churches SCHENEVUS – Pastor Tom A. Gratton, who over a long career developed strategies to successfully tend multi-racial congregations, past away early Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was 80. Born Oct. 9, 1935, in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was a son of James and Minnie (Ross) Gratton. Raised in Pittsburgh, he later moved to Rhode Island. Called to the ministry, Pastor Tom brought countless people to the…
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Lauren Groff’s ‘Fates and Furies’ Finalist For National Book Award COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Lauren Groff’s latest novel, “Fates and Furies,” was named one of five fiction finalists for the National Book Awards, joining Hanya Yanagihara’s “A Little Life” and Karen E. Bender’s “Refund.” Reviews have hailed the novel, which tells in dual narrative of the secrets in a 24-year-old marriage, as “a master class in best lines” and proclaimed her “a writer of rare gifts.” It was number nine on the New York Times Best…
Chair: Animal Shelter Won’t Get $100,000 From County This Year HARTWICK SEMINARY – The Susquehanna Animal Shelter is asking Otsego County for $100,000 to help fund its operations. The organization, formerly known as Susquehanna SPCA, made an appeal Tuesday to the Health and Education committee, according to Chair Janet Hurley Quackenbush, R-Town of Oneonta. The committee took no action on the funding request but did invite the organization to try again in the early stages of the 2017 budget process.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Leland W. Utter, 87; Navy Veteran Leland W. Utter, 87, of Lake City, Fla., and formerly of Schenevus, passed away Oct. 11, 2015, at the New York State Veterans Home, Oxford. He leaves survivors in Oneonta and Cooperstown. He was born Nov. 14, 1927, in the Town of Maryland, the son of William H. and Ruby (Ritchey) Utter.…
86-Year-Old Motorcylist Dies Near Schuyler Lake SCHUYLER LAKE – State Police at Richfield Springs reported yesterday they are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash in the Town of Exeter at 4:30 p.m. Monday. An investigation determined that Herbert L. Black, 86, of Remsen, was operating his 1998 Honda Valkyrie motorcycle northbound on Route 28 when he entered a curve in the roadway. Black was unable to maintain his lane and struck a street sign on the east shoulder. He was ejected and suffered…
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EDITORIAL MV500 Plan Condemns Otsego To Low-Salary, Seasonal Jobs Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from this week’s editorial in Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, on newsstands in Oneonta, Cooperstown and beyond this afternoon. Otsego County has been dealt out of the Utica-Marcy STEM and nanotechnology boom in the MV500 application submitted to the state Monday, Oct. 5, a huge disappointment to anyone who cares about economic development locally. That can’t stand. MV500 is a six-county team – Otsego…
THE COUNTY BEAT How Did $5 Million Boon Become $9 Million Gap? Treasurer Explains County’s Changing Fortunes By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – How did Otsego County go from a prospective $5 million surplus with last year’s sale of Otsego Manor to a $9 million budget gap? The question is being raised as county representatives prepare the 2016 budget. According to County Treasurer Dan Crowell, the surplus never materialized. It evaporated when Otsego Manor legacy costs proved to…
