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Puppy Love! HARTWICK SEMINARY – A line of families gathered outside the Susquehanna Animal Shelter this afternoon to foster the 33 puppies brought up from Saving Grace, an animal rescue organization based out of North Carolina, which seeks to relocate dogs from high-intake kill shelters across the south. The Susquehanna Animal Shelter will de-worm, spay/neuter and vaccinate the puppies before putting them up for an adoption during an event on Saturday, Aug. 4 at Petco on Southside in Oneonta. Dog…
Clean-Up Underway After Thunderstorm The whirring sound of the village’s “Bandit Intimidator” wood chipper is being heard throughout Cooperstown today, as crews, including Assistant DPW Superintendent Chris Satriano, above, finish the cleanup after Saturday’s thunderstorm. Heavy rains and wind struck shortly before 6 p.m. for only a minute or two, but wreaked outsized damage. Among the homes narrowly escaping serious damage is Celia Lamb’s on Linden Avenue, inset. The storm knocked over an oak slightly to the north of the…
IN MEMORIAM: Alice E. Thomson, 86; Unadilla Town Clerk Worked At Astrocom UNADILLA – Alice E. Thomson, 86, former Unadilla town clerk, passed away July 4, 2018 at the Post Acute Medical Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She was born Aug. 31, 1931 in the Town of Maryland, the daughter of Albert and Susan (Ritchey) Dubben. Alice married Gilbert “Gibby” Thomson on July 4, 1951.…
CHECK OUT OTHERS ON NATIONAL LIST Coop Farmers’ Market Makes Parade’s Top 25 COOPERSTOWN – Parade, the national in-newspaper magazine, has named the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market one of the 25 best in the nation. Sponsored by Otsego 2000, the market “draws 30 growers, producers and artisans from within 50 miles,” Parade reports, “who offer up New York apples and cider, summer corn, maple syrup, pastured meats, poultry and farmstead cheeses – there’s even a local spirit distillery – along with…
IN MEMORIAM Homer M. Osterhoudt Dies At 100; Attended All But 3 Inductions COOPERSTOWN – Homer M. Osterhoudt, 100, who mixed concrete to build the Baseball Hall of Fame and attended all Inductions since 1939 except three, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Woodside Hall. He was born on Jan. 17, 1918, in Oneonta, the son of Maurice C. and Catherine Hopkins Osterhoudt. Later that year, the family moved to 98 Lake St., Cooperstown, where his father worked…
Homer Osterhoudt, 100, Dies; Attended Most HoF Inductions COOPERSTOWN – Homer M. Osterhoudt, 100, who attended more Hall of Fame Inductions than any person, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday July 5, at the First Baptist Church, Cooperstown. The family will be present at the church at 10 a.m. to greet friends. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Worcester. A full obituary will be forthcoming. Arrangements are under the…
$2.3M Available Monday In Funds To Fix Downtown 3 Briefings For Property Owners, Businesspeople Planned At Foothills ONEONTA – Beginning Monday, businesses and property owners can seek grants from a $2.3 million pool to renovate, repair and improve their downtown properties. Three information sessions are planned Monday – at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Foothills – to brief prospective candidates. A video will be posted on the city’s website later in the week. The money may be…
IN MEMORIAM: Laurie Ann Pestar, 56; Secretary At Cooperstown Elementary SCHUYLER LAKE – Laurie Ann Pestar, 56, Cooperstown Elementary School principal’s secretary for many years, passed away at home on Saturday, June 16, 2018, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 6, 1962, to Leslie and Ethel (Phoenix) Weir. Raised in Oaksville, Laurie grew up loving horses and developed an early appreciation of all things in nature. She graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 1980…
IN MEMORIAM: Charlene Callahan, 85; Daughter Of Methodist Church Pastor COOPERSTOWN – Mrs. Charlene Burnette (Charlene B. Connell) Callahan, of Montrose, Pa., passed away in bed at her home in Panama City, Fla., on June 20, 2018, at age 85. She was born Sept. 6, 1932, in Sayre, Pa., to the late Eunice G. Hopler Connell and Rev. Fred’rick W. Connell. He was pastor at Cooperstown Methodist Church in 1940-46, while she was growing up. Her brother George L. Connell…