IN MEMORIAM: Steven D’Esposito, 65; Celebration Of Life Planned On Nov. 1 COOPERSTOWN – A celebration of life for Steven J. D’Esposito, 65, is planned at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Main Street B&B. Steve passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 27, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Patti, owner of Rose & Thistle B&B. He was born Aug. 3, 1949, in Mountain Lakes, N.J. He attended Paul Smiths College, but soon joined his…
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Small Business, Breakthrough Winners Lauded At Chamber’s Otesaga Banquet…
Former SUNY Chancellor Wharton Interviewed By Chartock On WAMC COOPERSTOWN – Retired SUNY Chancellor Clifton R. Wharton Jr. was interviewed on his new memoir, “Privilege & Prejudice: The Life of a Black Pioneer,” this afternoon by WAMC-FM President Alan Chartock. Wharton, who has summered on Otsego Lake for the past two decades, was greeted by an SRO crowd when he spoke on his book Sept. 20 at The Fenimore Art Museum auditorium LISTEN TO DR. WHARTON’S WAMC APPEARANCE…
SUNY Oneonta Athletes Pledge Not To Tolerate Bullying, More ONEONTA – The student athletes of SUNY Oneonta have pledged to “step up, speak up and take action” as part of an initiative to bring awareness to not being bystanders and to intervene to promote safety and protect those that may be in harms way, the college announced today. To this end, 2015 graduate and captain of the women’s tennis team, Brynn Sussman, produced a video that speaks to Bystander Intervention,…
Former Fetterman Winners Join Bob Hall At Induction Luncheon…
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…
Cooperstown Landmark Gets Facelift…
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.…
Just In Case, Greater Plains Pupils Evacuated, Told About Emergencies…