The team of Cooperstown attorneys Schlather & Birch – from left, Dave Elliot, Rodney Campbell, Joe Spytko and Bob Schlather – won Bassett Hospital’s 19th annual invitational May 31 at The Otesaga’s Leatherstocking Golf Course. The event raised $90,000 for the Friends of Bassett’s annual fund, the Friends announced today.
Killer Knapp Dies In Prison; Guilty In SUNY Coed’s Death ONEONTA – Ricky Knapp, the man convicted of the 1977 death of SUNY Oneonta student, has died in Mohawk Correctional Facility, according to prison records. Knapp, 66, died March 8, having served 40 years of a 25-to-life sentence for a 1978 manslaughter conviction in the death of 18-year-old Linda Velzy, a SUNY student from Long Island. According to reports, Velzy was last seen Dec. 9 1977, hitchhiking in downtown Oneonta.…
This award recognizes the achievements of Jane Forbes Clark and the Clark Family. It is presented to the stewards of The Otesaga Resort Hotel, an historic resort established in 1909, and honors their tradition of cultural, historic, and community works in Cooperstown.…