In other news: After Accident, 2 Teens Busted For Mushrooms ONEONTA – Two teenagers were arrested and charged with posessing three pounds of psilocybin mushrooms and five pounds of marijuana after locating a vehicle that had allegedly fled the scene of an accident over the weekend.…
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Hometown People: Mar. 07 – 08, 2019 OHS Junior Mahala Johnson Selected For ‘Students Inside Albany’ Program ONEONTA – Mahala Johnson, an 11th grader from Oneonta High School, has been chosen to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany program, sponsored by the League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Oneonta Area. This 19th annual Students Inside Albany program will take place from May 19-22, and will bring 60 students from across the state to Albany to get a first-hand education…
SOUP’S ON AT EMPTY BOWLS LUNCHEON Orzetti At ‘Chesapeake Lobby Day’ In D.C. COOPERSTOWN – Leslie Orzetti, Executive Director for Otsego County Conservation Association (OCCA) will be part of a delegation to meet with New York Members of Congress in Washington, DC on March 6. The delegation is meeting to discuss the importance of maintaining programs to help protect water quality in the NY portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed as part of Chesapeake Bay Lobby Day, organized by…
Dreams Park Grad Signed For $330M COOPERSTOWN – Baseball star Bryce Harper, now 26, who played at Cooperstown Dreams Park in 2003-05, has just signed a 13-year, $330-million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. It is the largest contract in MLB and pro-sports history. WELCOME, DST: The long dark season ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, when we’re advised to turn our clocks forward one hour: Daylight Savings Time is here! ►OTSEGO COUNTY’S NEW “Energy Task Force” held its first…
Conductor Contest, Arts, Craft Shows And Irish Tunes! Will it be taxi king Al Rubin? Plucky reporter Libby Cudmore? Or musical maven Cindy Donaldson? Only you can decide as you vote for your favorite conductor and hear the Sultans of String at the annual Catskill Symphony Cabaret Concert, featuring guest conductor Paul Massey. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, Alumni Field House, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, www.catskillsymphony.net. • View the CAA’s latest exhibit, “An Artistic Discovery,” on display through March 29.…
Virginia M. Gracey, 86; Church & Scott Clerk For 29 Years COOPERSTOWN – Virginia M. Gracey, long-time sales clerk at Church & Scott, passed peacefully Saturday afternoon, March 2, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. A native and life-long resident of Cooperstown, she was 86. Born Virginia Mae Potter on Oct. 16, 1932, in Cooperstown, she was one of five children of William Leigh Potter and Florence Elizabeth Smith Potter. Graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1950, she joined Remington Rand…
IN MEMORIAM Sister Florence Joy, Oneonta; Served 63 Years In Albany Area ONEONTA – Sister Florence Joy, RSM, (formerly Sister Mary Annata), a Sister of Mercy for 63 years, died Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Chestnut Park Nursing Home. Born in Oneonta, she was the daughter of the late Carmen Joy and Anna Volpe Joy. Sister Florence earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the College of Saint Rose, Albany.…
IN MEMORIAM: Virginia M. Gracey, 86; Church & Scott Store Clerk For 29 Years COOPERSTOWN – Virginia M. Gracey, long-time sales clerk at Church & Scott, passed peacefully Saturday afternoon, March 2, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. A native and life-long resident of Cooperstown, she was 86. Born Virginia Mae Potter on Oct. 16, 1932, in Cooperstown, she was one of five children of William Leigh Potter and Florence Elizabeth Smith Potter. Graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1950, she…
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IN MEMORIAM Leon A. Schworm, 84, Edmeston; Merchant For Half-Century; Justice EDMESTON – Leon A. Schworm, 84, who operated the H.J. Schworm & Son store here for 49 years and the Colonel Edmeston Restaurant, passed away Friday March 1, 2019, in Cooperstown following a brief illness. He served as town justice, and was active in many community organizations. Leon was born in Edmeston, son of the late Harry J. and Stella Beatty Schworm. In addition to his parents, he was…