City of the Hills February 22, 2019 Trooper Hurt In Fight Along Interstate 88 At least one state trooper was injured in an altercation that took place near the Schenevus exit on I-88, according to Aga Dembinska, Troop C public relations.…
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Hometown History – Feb. 21- 22, 2019 150 Years Ago Oneonta – Calvin Short has sold his farm of 100 acres to Thomas Burnside of Otego for $3,100. It will be occupied by his son Sylvester Burnside. Scramling & Michael have opened a real estate agency in connection with their law business over the store of Cope & Co. The boot and shoe firm of Pardee and Coats may be found at their new store on Main Street where everybody…
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Cooperstown and Around Feb. 22, 2019 Trooper Hurt In Fight Along Interstate 88 At least one state trooper was injured in an altercation that took place near the Schenevus exit on I-88, according to Aga Dembinska, Troop C public relations.…
Statistics Here And Nationally Indicate: Heroin Tide Is Ebbing Editor’s Note: This column, by LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal, is the final in a 12-month cycle of columns by Otsego County Opioid Task Force members, and the news is good. Read on! There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I did not know when this day would happen, but it finally has. It looks like we have just begun to turn a corner in the public health crisis…
Work Starts On County’s Energy Plan By PATRICK WAGER ONEONTA – Now, the hard work begins. What’s now called Otsego County 21-member “Energy Working Group” will convene for the first time at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in Old City Hall. And coming out of the Otsego County Chamber’s “Energy & Infrastructure Summit” two weeks ago at The Otesaga, the word “compromise” is in the air. “I don’t see compromise as being a dirty word,” said county Rep. Michele Farwell,…
Monument Planned For 20 Killed In Limousine Crash By LIBBY CUDMORE SCHOHARIE – Within days of the Oct. 6 limo crash that killed 20 people in the parking lot of the Apple Barrel Country Store, memorials began to spring up. “There were 20 crosses, and wooden deer that John and Anita Borst built,” said Josh Loden, Apple Barrel director of operations. “The people Matt (Coons) worked out with built a cross, and people who came to pay their respects would…
IN MEMORIAM: Duane F. Reller, 69; Oneontan Was Retired IBM Engineer ONEONTA – Duane Frederick Reller, 69, a retired IBM computer engineer of 41 years, passed away Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Easley, S.C., where he lived. Born in Oneonta, he was a son of the late Donald Frederick Reller and the late Mary Jane Spoor Reller.…
IN MEMORIAM: Scott Sorensen, 86; Paratrooper In Korea, Scintilla Retiree ONEONTA – Calling hours for Scott Sorenson, 86, of Oneonta, are 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home. A Korean War paratrooper and Scintilla (Amphenol) retiree, he passed away Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the state Veterans’ Home in Oxford. He was born on Jan. 3, 1933, in Otego, the son of Egnar and Ethel (Dodge) Sorensen. He married Margaret Ellen Simonds on March 6,…
IN MEMORIAM: Valerie VanValkenburgh, 34, Stamford; Keyboard Specialist At ONC BOCES STAMFORD – Valerie A. VanValkenburgh, 34, ONC BOCES keyboard specialist here, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Feb. 15, 2019. Valerie was born on Dec. 24, 1984 in Cobleskill, and was the only daughter of Vance and Georgianna (VanValkenburgh) Wetmore. On July 1, 2006 Valerie married Robin VanValkenburgh in the Hobart United Methodist Church.…
