Unatego’s Couperthwait pitches no-hitter vs UV/GMU Madison Couperthwait pitched a no-hitter as Unatego topped a combined squad from Unadilla Valley and Gilbertsville-Mount Upton, 12-0, Friday, May 7, in a Midstate Athletic Conference softball game. Couperthwait struck out 14 batters in seven innings for the Spartans. Alexa Lucia and Jenna Faulkner each went 3-for-3 for Unatego, which improved to 2-0 in league and overall. Hannah Bonczkowski took the loss for UV/GMU. U 12, UV/GMU 0 UV/GMU 000 000 0 – 0…
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Cooperstown couple wins recognition for care of senior citizens at center By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Carol Lachance and Mike Lachance were presented with an “Outstanding Seniors of the Community” recognition from the Office of the Aging in an award announced Monday, May 3. “It is truly an honor and very much a surprise,” Carol said. The Lachances run the Cooperstown Senior Community Center in the recreation center of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church at 31 Elm St.…
Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A pair of Otsego County men were sentenced Monday, May 10, for their roles in a series of robberies, attempted robberies and an assault that took place during a one-day crime spree April 24, 2020, in and around the city and town of Oneonta. Brian Ruple, 42, of Otego, received a sentence of seven years in state prison for a second degree assault…
Cooperstown & Around Hartwick to hold Clean Sweep The Town of Hartwick will hold its 2021 Clean Sweep event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Hartwick Town Hall, at 103 Town Drive in the hamlet of Hartwick. The event is part of Hartwick Appreciation Day. Residents will be able to dispose of their old house furniture, scrap metal and yard trash. the first load of trash will be $20 with additional loads being $10. Call Town…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Proposed apartments better than existing eyesores To the Editor: A new apartment building has been proposed at 10 Chestnut between Main and Lake. Simple Integrity proposed much the same thing two years ago. I was the only person at the hearing that spoke in favor of it—on the simple premise that what they proposed was clearly an improvement on what’s there now—a dilapidated building. The first and foremost utilitarian test on the redevelopment of property in…
Master Gardeners to return May 29 After a long hiatus, the Master Gardener Plant Sale will return Saturday, May 29. Locally grown annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs will be featured at the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its outreach center at 123 Lake Street in Cooperstown. Master Gardener volunteers have begun growing many of the plants featured at the sale, some of which are “cultivated unusual, hardy,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 13, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Otsego preps for hiring new administrator Tourism promoter: Focus different for 2021 Cooperstown & Around City of the Hills Inside The Paper Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies Schools face budget votes Tuesday; prepare for graduations Community Foundation announces $2 million fund, initial campaign success Master Gardeners to return May 29 Cooperstown couple wins recognition for care of senior citizens…
Views Around New York Albany should make jail reform a priority From: Sochie Nnaemeka and TeAna Taylor. special to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. There’s no doubt that Albany is undergoing a transformation. Voters across the state turned out in record numbers to elect Democratic and Working Families champions to the Legislature last year, winning super-majorities in both houses. And this April, the results were made clear: New York passed a budget that provides historic funding to our public school students, tenants,…
In Memoriam Clayton Harvey Bantham Jr., 90 CCS Class of 1948, Worked for State Farm Clayton Harvey Bantham, Jr., 90, passed away February 5, 2021, at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs. Born October 30, 1930, in Utica, Harvey was the son of Clayton Harvey Bantham, Sr. and Ruth Lucille Kline Bantham. The family moved to Cooperstown in 1936 when his father became manager at Iroquois Farm. Upon graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1948, he attended Rider University where…
