GOP Endorses Ruffles As County Treasurer Democrat Crowell Supports His Deputy, Too By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – The Otsego County Republican Committee over the weekend unanimously endorsed Allen Ruffles, Democratic treasurer Dan Crowell’s deputy, for county treasurer. “We are very pleased to have a candidate of this caliber,” said GOP County Chair Vince Casale. “Allen’s experience is second to none. He will be a great candidate and certainly a tremendous asset to our county as our treasurer.”…
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Wells Bridge I-88 Rest Area Reopens, Joining Worcester’s WELLS BRIDGE – After seven years of rest, the Interstate 88 rest area here is open again to between exits 12 and 11 to westbound drivers. On site today, State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who obtained the necessary state funds to reopen this rest area – and, in 2014, the one in Worcester as well – announced the news. When the closings were announced in 2010, “I joined with the motoring public…
IN MEMORIAM John Andrew Cannon, 39; Organist At Christ Church COOPERSTOWN – John Andrew Cannon, 39, the organist and choir director at Christ Episcopal Church, died in the early morning hours of Friday, Feb. 10, after a massive heart attack while visiting his brother in Charlottesville, Va. An autopsy found the heart attack was caused by undiagnosed atherosclerosis. Born at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama on Jan. 3, 1978, John grew up in Scottsboro until age 15. He loved playing sports:…
IN MEMORIAM: Jane Potrikus, 89; Owned Cooperstown Dry Cleaners COOPERSTOWN – Jane Spraker Potrikus, 89, of Harwich, Mass., mother of 11 and past owner of Cooperstown Dry Cleaners, died Jan. 6, 2017, in Harwich, Mass., after a brief battle with cancer. Her life centered on devotion to her family and to her Catholic faith. She was a communicant of and proud alto for the choir at Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich where, until November 2016, she volunteered weekly for the Perpetual…
Cancer-Fighting Secretary Served 30 Years Son Challenges CCS Board On Impersonal Note To Mom By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Friends, colleagues and the Marine son of Laurie Pestar, a 30-year elementary school secretary fighting cancer, confronted the Cooperstown Central School board this evening – not so much for rejecting her request for a six-month unpaid leave of absence, but by doing so in such a cold and impersonal way. “I will never forgive this board for this callous and…