Seward At Table In Dividing $1.5B ALBANY – Otsego County’s state senator, Jim Seward, R-Milford, today was one of only two members of the state Legislature’s upper house to join in reviewing which three of the state’s economic development regions will share Governor Cuomo’s $1.5 billion Upstate Development Fund. MV500, representing the six-county Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council that includes Otsego, submitted an application on Oct. 5 that was heavily weighted toward STEM and nanotechnology development in the Utica/Marcy area. But…
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Beams In Place, A Milestone In Sports Center Renovation COOPERSTOWN – Beams have been erected on the west side of the Clark Sports Center, a major milestone in the $20 million expansion project, due for completion next summer, the center announced today. The leader from each sports center department signed the first beam erected, forever marking this exciting time in Cooperstown. Key highlights of the project include:…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert Harder, 89; Oneonta Barbershop Chorus Founder ONEONTA – Robert (Bob) Harder, 89, of Oneonta, retired X-ray technician and founder of the first Oneonta Barbershop Chorus, passed away Oct. 19, 2015, at Fox Nursing Home, following a brief illness. He was born in Syracuse on May 29, 1926, Bob was raised in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, where during his high school years he excelled in basketball and baseball. He also served as class president during his senior year.…
IN MEMORIAM: Oneonta Native Dick Swadey, 60 ONEONTA – Richard “Dick” Swadey, 60, of Mesopotamia, Ohio, whose family lives in Oneonta, passed away Sept. 20, 2015. He was born in Cleveland on Dec. 31, 1954. In his boyhood, Dick took joy in neighborhood games of touch football in the street and creating activities with his sister and other children such as carnivals, day camps, libraries, plays and inventive backyard games. As a teen he excelled at soccer, wrestling, making people…
COUNTY WORKERS APPROVE CONTRACT Lindberg: Move May Add $1M To Budget Gap COOPERSTOWN – The rank and file of Otsego County’s largest labor union today ratified a tentative contract, according to CSEA communications specialist Mark Kotzin. He said 117 of employees in the bargaining unit voted yes, 70 voted no. The tentative contract now goes to the county Board of Representatives for final approval. According to Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, if the county board signs off on the agreement, it will add…
IN MEMORIAM: Laura Margaret Kane, 88; Ran Hartwick Restaurant, On Town Board MOUNT VISION – Laura Margaret Kane, 88, of Mount Vision, former proprietor of Laura’s Restaurant in Hartwick and a past Town Board member, passed away early Sunday morning, Oct. 18, 2015, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. She was born June 27, 1927, in Barneveld, a daughter of John and Mary Irene (Barnes) Rowlands. At age 5, she and her family moved to Edmeston, where she…
IN MEMORIAM: Bridget Macaluso, 94; Has Survivors In Cooperstown, Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – Mrs. Bridget M. Macaluso, 94, of Cooperstown, passed away peacefully Friday morning, Oct. 16, 2015, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. Born Aug. 11, 1921, in Hoboken, N.J., on a tugboat, she was the daughter of Patrick and Rita (Patterson) Bracken. She met her husband Joseph Robert (Bob) Macaluso in the Navy and married him Feb. 26, 1949, at the Church of St. Raymond in…
IN MEMORIAM: Elmer L. Baldwin, 84; In 82nd Airborne, Worked For County CHERRY VALLEY – Elmer Lee Baldwin, 84, who worked for the county Highway Department for a quarter-century, passed away Oct. 14, 2015, at the Folts Home, Herkimer, where he had lived for a year. He was born in New Lisbon on March 20, 1931, to Claude H and Bertha (Porath) Baldwin. He married Vivian Myers on Sept. 21, 1957, in the Presbyterian Church, Cherry Valley; she predeceased him…
IN MEMORIAM: Steven D’Esposito, 65; Celebration Of Life Planned On Nov. 1 COOPERSTOWN – A celebration of life for Steven J. D’Esposito, 65, is planned at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Main Street B&B. Steve passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 27, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He leaves behind his wife, Patti, owner of Rose & Thistle B&B. He was born Aug. 3, 1949, in Mountain Lakes, N.J. He attended Paul Smiths College, but soon joined his…
IN MEMORIAM: Pastor Tom Gratton, 80; Expert On Tending Multi-Racial Churches SCHENEVUS – Pastor Tom A. Gratton, who over a long career developed strategies to successfully tend multi-racial congregations, past away early Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was 80. Born Oct. 9, 1935, in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was a son of James and Minnie (Ross) Gratton. Raised in Pittsburgh, he later moved to Rhode Island. Called to the ministry, Pastor Tom brought countless people to the…
