IN MEMORIAM: Kathleen Galland-Bennett, 50; Teacher Exemplified Cancer-Fighting Courage COOPERSTOWN – Kathleen M. Galland-Bennett, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and Cooperstown Elementary School teacher, passed away following a valiant struggle with cancer Sunday afternoon, July 12, 2015, at her home. She was one day shy of her 51st birthday. While fighting cancer, she continued to run and bike competitively in local races, often with her pals Christine McBrearty-Hulse, Anne Killian-Russo and Jenna Wratten. Family and friends may call 4-7 p.m.…
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Rissberger Daughter Meets President At White House JULIA RISSBERGER’S SPINACH AND APPLE SALAD WITH BLUEBERRY VINAIGRETTE AND WHOLE-GRAIN CHEESE PENNIES…
PETITION DEADLINE PASSES GOP ELEPHANT APPEARS READY TO ROMP IN FALL By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN Republican control of the Otsego County Board of Representatives appears secure after the deadline for filing petitions passed at 5 p.m. Thursday. The county Board of Elections released its list of candidates a few minutes ago. County Democrats have ceded two seats now held by its partisans to the Republicans: District 7: David Bliss, the Middlefield town supervisor, is unopposed for the…
ONEONTA TOWN BOARD REJECTS GO-EDC STUDY By LIBBY CUDMORE • for allotsego.com ONEONTA – 24 hours after Common Council voted unanimously to pay its $12,500 share of the Local Government Efficiency Grant to study cost-saving measures between the town and the city, the Town Board refused to even bring the resolution, prepared by GO-EDC’s Bill Shue and Al Colone, to a motion for vote. “We don’t respond to ransoms,” said Town Board member Andrew Stammel. “These are two activists who don’t live in our…
IN MEMORIAM: Matthew D. Kepner, 49, Cooperstown HARTWICK – Matthew Donald Kepner, 49, passed away at home after a long battle with cancer Monday morning, July 6, 2015. Proud to be a Native Son of Cooperstown, Matt was born at Bassett Hospital on May 8, 1966. He was the son of George S. Kepner, Jr., a retired Otsego County Surrogate Court judge, and Ethel Suzanne Noakes Kepner. He grew up as an active boy in Fly Creek, where he became…
Smithsonian Native American Expert To Speak At NYSHA Annual Meeting COOPERSTOWN – Joe D. Horse Capture, associate curator for the Smithsonian Institution at the National Museum of the American Indian, will address members of the New York State Historical Association at its 112th Annual Meeting. The meeting, at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in the Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium, is open to NYSHA members. A reception follows the meeting on the lower level of the Fenimore Art Museum. The meeting and reception are open to…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert B. Carson, 80; Noted SUNY Oneonta Professor, Author ONEONTA – Robert B. Carson, SUNY Oneonta professor emeritus of business and economics and author of an influential textbook and other works, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, with his wife of 57 years, Marjorie, at his side. He was 80. Bob was born July 6, 1934,in Greensburg, Pa., to Harry R. and Mary Catherine (Postlewaite) Carson. He spent most of his childhood in Syracuse, and…
Brandy, of Buffalo & Brandy Combo, Honored By Her Hometown Friends LISTEN TO BUFFALO & BRANDY’S “THE SOCK MONSTER”…
IN MEMORIAM: Mildred Wedderspoon, 103; Witness To Pierstown Life For Seven Decades PIERSTOWN – Mildred Josephine Wedderspoon, a Pierstown mainstay for seven decades and first-hand witness to a rural lifestyle that is no more, died peacefully Thursday afternoon, July 2, 2015, at Woodside Hall in Cooperstown. She was 103. Mildred was born in New York City Jan. 23, 1912, a daughter of Czechoslovakian immigrants, Joseph and Agnus (Balvin) Stadler. Raised in Mount Kisco, Mildred was introduced to this area by a…
Common Council To Consider Billboard Ban, Merger Study ONEONTA – Two controversies – unhappiness over internally illuminated billboards and a proposed joint town-city study of consolidation – will be addressed when Common Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday. One motion, proposed by Council member Mike Lynch, calls for a one-year moratorium on the billboards. DC Marketing has erected two along I-88, one near the Lettis Highway exit, the other next to the Hampton Inn. Other entities are now considering additional…
