IN MEMORIAM: Edward McKinley, 15; Unatego Student-Athlete Struck By Car UNADILLA – Edward A. McKinley III, 15, of Unadilla, a student-athlete at Unatego Central School, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, when he was struck by a car. He was born on June 14, 2001, in Cooperstown, son of Pamela D. (Vroman) McKinley & Edward A. McKinley II. He was a 10th grade student at Unatego Central School, where he played soccer, basketball and track. He also played soccer at…
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Mayor To Chart Transition After Chief Nayor Resigns By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In response to Police Chief Dennis Nayor’s resignation to take an Albany job, Mayor Gary Herzig today said he will meet with Nayor, Police Lt. Douglas W. Brenner, and City Hall’s Personnel Director Katie Bottinger in the next few days to chart steps going forward. “It’s a loss for Oneonta,” the mayor said of the news that Nayor will become director of research,…
NYCM Vice President Considered For Otsego Now Board Of Directors COOPERSTOWN – Cheryl Robinson, vice president of NYCM Insurance, Edmeston, and a member of the company’s founding family, is being considered for a vacancy on the Otsego Now board of directors. She would succeed Jim Jordan, the Richfield Springs architect, who resigned. The county Board of Representatives was scheduled to act on her appointment today, but the resolution was delayed until a special meeting next week. Robinson, a graduate of…
3 Final Bumps In Road, But County Budget OK’d COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County’s 2017 budget was approved today, but not before three final wrinkles were ironed out: County Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, objected to a $700 allocation to help the Otsego County Historical Society erect one historic marker next year. Lacking a policy on such requests, the veteran representative said, she was unable to approve the money. However, a vote of the full board overruled her. On the motion of…
GILBERTSVILLE PROPERTY Couple Who Lost Farm To Taxes Sues County By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The gavel fell in August 2014, but ripples from that Otsego County tax-delinquency auction are still being felt. A Long Island couple who that day lost their farm in Gilbertsville – their intended retirement home – are now suing the County of Otsego and the county Treasurer’s Office in federal court for what may be more than $15 million in damages.…
Oakland A’s Broadcaster Receives HoF Frick Award COOPERSTOWN – Bill King, whose quarter-of-a-century run as the voice of the Oakland Athletics cemented his status as one of the Bay Area’s iconic voices, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. King, who passed away in 2005, will be recognized during the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation on Saturday, July 29,…
IN MEMORIAM Sister Marie Denise Monser, 91; Oneonta Native Taught Speech ONEONTA – Sister Marie Denise Monser, CSJ, 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at home in Oneonta. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past 64 years. The former Esther Mary Monser, she was born on June 14, 1925, in Oneonta, daughter of the late Francis and Shelby (Nader) Monser, Lebanese immigrants. She graduated from Oneonta High School and Lowell Business School and worked…
Claire Smith Named First Female Spink Award Winner COOPERSTOWN – Claire Smith, the first female to cover a Major League Baseball beat extensively and as an influential voice among African-American writers, was elected the 2017 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, it was announced today. She will be honored with the award presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during the Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend July…
COUNTY REPS MEET ON MATTER New Purchasing System Fails To Deliver Road Salt In Time By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After town garages failed to get road-salt orders in time for the Thanksgiving Weekend snowstorms, the county Board of Representatives is meeting as a “committee of the whole” at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday to ensure its new purchasing agreement with Onondaga County is working satisfactorily. “When you start something new, there are always a couple of glitches,”…
IN MEMORIAM: Leland Collins, 92; Ran Family Farm Near Jordanville JORDANVILLE – Leland Daniel Collins, 92, retired farmer, passed away on Wednesday Nov. 30, 2016, in Ocala, Fla. He was born on Oct. 19, 1924, in Little Falls, one of 11 children born to Harold L. Sr. and Hattie Mae Hoffman Collins. A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of VanHornesville Central School, Class of 1944. On Nov. 8, 1958, he married Elizabeth Hazel Seamon. Together they ran their…
