CCS Thespians Stage ‘Drowsy Chaperone’ On Sterling Stage COOPERSTOWN – The CCS Thespians’ annual musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” will be performed Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 12-15, at the school’s Sterling Auditorium. Evening shows at at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students and seniors, available 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the middle/high school’s main entrance, or at the door. The play is a parody of American musical comedy of…
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IN MEMORIAM: Manfred Brandofsky, 76; German Native Operated Oaksville Florist OAKSVILLE – Manfred A. Brandofsky, 76, who operated Brandofsky’s Florist in Oaksville for many year, died Wednesday evening Nov. 11, 2015, at Bassett Hospital following a short illness. Manfred was born July 26, 1939, in Brieg, Germany, the son of Max and Erna (Gensrich) Brandofsky. He immigrated to the U.S. in the early 1960s. He married Alice Groesser of Cooperstown on Sept. 29, 1962. An Oakeville resident, he operates the…
ANNALS OF COOPERSTOWN At 72, He Ends His Baseball Career With Dignity – At Doubleday Field Editor’s Note: Doug Davis, 72, of Windham, Maine, fulfilled a lifelong dream this fall: At 72, he pitched from the mound in Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field. This is republished from The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta newspapers of Nov. 5-6. By DOUG DAVIS • Special to AllOTSEGO.com On Sunday, Oct. 11, on Doubleday Field, I played my last baseball game. For years I’d wanted to play…
OHS Troupe Stages ‘Odd Couple’ From Male, Female Perspectives…
IN MEMORIAM: Elinor H. Pollock, 87; Physician’s Wife Active In Her Church COOPERSTOWN – Elinor H. Pollock, 87, of Cooperstown, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born April 16, 1928, in Beverly, Mass., youngest daughter of Maurice and Ruth (Pedersen) Hopkins. After graduation from high school, she studied at the New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Boston. Following her training, she stayed on to work at the Deaconess,…
Service Planned For Elinor Pollock, 87, Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN — A memorial service is planned Saturday, Nov. 14, for Elinor Pollock, 87, at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, with the Rev. Elsie Rhodes officiating. Mrs. Pollock passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by her family. A complete obituary will be forthcoming. Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown. …
IN MEMORIAM: Robert W. Smith, 77; Oldest Transplant Survivor In Nation COOPERSTOWN – Robert Whitehill Smith, this country’s oldest living heart transplant patient, passed away Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, 2015, at Whitehill Cottage, his home in the Town of Middlefield, after a valiant struggle against cancer. He was 77. Born Feb. 2, 1938, in Flushing, Queens, Bob was a son of Charles and Theodora (Miller) Smith. After graduating from Bay Side High School, he enlisted in the Air Force on…
IN MEMORIAM: Geraldine J. Kassler, 86; Former East Meredith Resident For 24 Years EAST MEREDITH – Geraldine Janet (Dockery) Kassler, 86, who lived in East Meredith for more than two decades while her husband taught at SUNY Oneonta, passed away peacefully in the home of her family. On March 28, 1929, Gerri was born in Detroit, Michigan. Her parents, Pauline and Emmitt Dockery, eventually moved the family to Crutchfield, Ky., where her father worked for the railroad. She met the man…
HERZIG HOPEFUL: ONEONTA’S EXPANDING ENTERTAINMENT ONEONTA – Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, appointed last month but up for election next Tuesday for a term to begin Jan. 1, was interviewed by AllOTSEGO.com’s Don Mathisen on his plans. This is the third of five excerpts that will appear on this website daily through Saturday. Click the video below to watch Mayor Herzig discuss the possibility of an entertainment district for Oneonta with Foothills PAC and the Oneonta Theatre as anchors. TOMORROW, HERZIG ON STUDENTS…
HERZIG COMMITTED TO CLOSING BUDGET GAP ONEONTA – Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, appointed last month but up for election next Tuesday for a term to begin Jan. 1, was interviewed by AllOTSEGO.com’s Don Mathisen on his plans. This is the third of five excerpts that will appear on this website daily through Saturday. Click the video below to watch Mayor Herzig discuss his plan to reduce Oneonta’s budget gap. TOMORROW, HERZIG ON ENTERTAINMENT…