Arc Otsego’s 10th Annual Art Exhibit Opens 7/18 ONEONTA – Voice! 10, the 10th annual juried art exhibition of work by artists with intellectual and other developmental disabilities from across New York State, opens with a free, public reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, July 18, at the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. During the reception, which includes music, refreshments, and art for sale, over $1,400 in prize money will be awarded and visitors will have the opportunity to…
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Hundreds Attend 100th Celebration Of Springfield Parade At State Park The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Springfield Fourth of July Parade continued that evening with a Jeff Walton concert and fireworks at Glimmerglass State Park. “The turnout was incredible – the very large parking lots at the park were overflowed, and the entire park was full of people,” reports Andrea House, a member of the organizing committee who provided the photos accompanying this article. Fritz Henry also performed. “The…
Court Decision Renews Drive For Fracking Ban In Morris MORRIS – In the wake of the state Court of Appeals’ June 30 decision upholding local fracking bans, Town Board member Marilyn Roveland will make a motion at Tuesday’s town board meeting calling for a ban here. Advocates for Morris announced her intention in a press release asking ban supporters to attend the meeting and support Roveland. “Your presence and your voices are more important now than ever before,” the release…
BOUND VOLUMES, July 3, 2014 200 YEARS AGO At a circuit court holden in Delhi, in the County of Delaware, on Friday last, James Graham, was tried for the murder of Hugh Cameron and Alexander M’Gilvery. The evidence was circumstantial, but of such a nature as to leave no doubt of his guilt. It appeared in evidence, that Graham, with the two for whose murder he was indicted, was at a raising at a Mr. Kellogg’s, in Delhi, on…
RETIRED FINANCIER BOB HANFT SUCCEEDS OBERRITER AT IDA Bob Hanft, Pierstown, the retired Wall Street banker, has been elected chairman of the Otsego County Industrial Development Agency board. Meeting yesterday, the IDA accepted “with regret” the resignation of Sharon Oberitter of Fly Creek, retired founder, with husband Don, of the Cooperstown Bat Co., who had shepherded the IDA through its dramatic transition.…
After Questioning Alleged Accomplice, D.A. May Lower Renert Charge, OD Says It no longer appears that an employee fired from a sport memorabilia shop in Cooperstown was planning to kill his former boss after all, and District Attorney John Muehl may lower the charge against him, the Utica Observer-Dispatch is reporting today. Although Barry Renert, 62, of Florida, has been charged with attempted murder, prosecutors now say the recent arrest of his accomplice has shed new light on the circumstances surrounding…
IN MEMORIAM Bob Lettis, Cooperstown; Retired Art Professor Helped Capture Bridge At Remagen During WWII COOPERSTOWN – Donald Robert (Bob) Lettis, one of the last surviving combatants in the Allied capture of the Bridge at Remagen during World War II and a retired art professor, passed away early Monday morning at his home. He was 88. Born July 29, 1925, in Cooperstown, he was a son of Donald F. and Charlotte (Hall) Lettis. Raised in Cooperstown, Bob graduated from Cooperstown…
Two Librarians Cull Chaos into Order By LIBBY CUDMORE You can take the librarian out of the library, but you can’t take the library out of the librarian. When Ely Roll arrived at the Plains at Parish Homestead from Long Island in 2010, she found the library in disarray. “There were books piled on tables and nothing was alphabetized,” she said. “It was frustrating.” Roll had spent her life volunteering in school and public libraries, and this simply would not…
IN MEMORIAM: Joan W. White, 82; Cooperstown Businesswoman COOPERSTOWN – Joan Worrall White, a local businesswoman who possessed a flair for gardening, fashion and life, died early Sunday morning, June 29, 2014, surrounded by her family and caregivers, Linda and Patricia, at her home on Lake Street. She was 82. She was born June 1, 1932, in Camden, New Jersey, a daughter of Joseph C. Worrall, a former jockey for F. Ambrose Clark, and Gertrude Brisack Worrall, a well-known and…
