Too Many Baseball Stores, Jane Forbes Clark Suggests Let’s Work Together To Revive Downtown, Cooperstown’s Benefactress Tells Chamber Jane Forbes Clark told Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce members this morning that the village’s downtown, which lost the CVS and Cooperstown General Store in recent months, is at a crossroads, and she adopted the chamber’s 2018 of “togetherness” as a way toward a solution. The Hall of Fame chairman said store rents – as high as $7,000 a month – are “too…
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IN MEMORIAM: Susan G. Pizza, 70; Oneonta Native Had Love Of Ocean ONEONTA – Susan G. “Susie Q” Pizza, 70, of Oneonta, passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at Fox Hospital. She was born on March 7, 1947, in Oneonta, daughter of Frederick and Sheila (Lack) Wiedeman. Susan was employed as a clerk for many years at P&C in Oneonta. Susan loved to go hunting in her earlier years. She also loved painting and shopping, being a frequent customer of…
IN MEMORIAM: Raymond D. Greising, 77; Farmed, Worked For Thering Equipment BURLINGTON FLATS – Raymond D. Greising, 77, who spent his career in farming and the farm-equipment sector, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at his home. Ray was born on Dec. 7, 1940, in Ulsterville, Ulster County, on the family farm. He was the son of the late Joseph and Emily LeMaire Greising.…
IN MEMORIAM: Ellen Armstrong, 89; Longtime Guidance Secretary At CCS COOPERSTOWN – Ellen M. Armstrong, 89, longtime guidance secretary at Cooperstown Central School, died in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. A native of Little Falls, she was born there Oct. 15, 1928, a daughter of Charles F. and Marie (Feeney) Kelly.…
CENTERS HEALTH CARE BUYS FOCUS AT OTSEGO COOPERSTOWN – Centers Health Care , which operates 42 skilled nursing and rehab facilities in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, today completed its purchase of Focus Otsego, formerly the county’s Otsego Manor. It will now be known as Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. The sale will include Focus Otsego’s Long-Term Home Health Care Program. The Home Health Care Policies and Procedures may vary slightly but will mostly be the same…
IN MEMORIAM: Thomas W. Eklund, 70; Vietnam Vet Built Cabinets, Homes, More MARYLAND – Thomas W. Eklund, 70, whose creativity ranged from building houses and cabinets to building guitars, passed away at home after a long struggle with cancer on Jan. 13, 2018. Thomas was born on Dec. 5, 1947 in Stamford, son of Robert and Pauline Eklund. Tom grew up in Davenport and graduated from Stamford Central School. He then attended drafting school prior to joining the Navy and…
Spirit Of MLK Lives On At St. Mary’s Celebration Reginald Brunson, Hobart, delivers his rendering of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech at this afternoon’s MLK Day commemoration organized by the NAACP, Oneonta Chapter, at the St. Mary’s Church this afternoon. At Right, Mayor Gary Herzig takes to the podium to read a Oneonta City Proclamation, remarking “Fifty years after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we find ourselves withe a President who is a…
IN MEMORIAM: Josephine Colburn; Craftswoman; Raised Goats, Ponies BURLINGTON FLATS – Josephine Elizabeth Jacobs Colburn, 87, Burlington Flats, who raised goats and ponies with her late husband, passed away Monday Jan. 8, 2018, in Cooperstown. Josephine was born on Dec. 16, 1930, on Christian Hill in Fly Creek, the daughter of the late Charles Eugene and Myrtie Thompsons Jacobs.…
IN MEMORIAM: Johanna Golia, 89; She, Husband Farmed For 62 Years WORCESTER – Johanna Alex Golja, 89, who with her husband, Frederick, farmed for 62 of their 67 years of marriage, passed away at home Jan. 6, 2018, in the loving company of her family. She also worked in the Worcester Central School main office for many years. Born April 18, 1928, in New York City, she was the daughter of William and Anna (Senica) Alex. She grew up in…
