State Academy Of History Honors Wayne Wright, NYSHA Librarian Wayne Wright of Oneonta, retired head librarian at the New York State Historical Association Library, has received the New York Academy of History’s Herbert H. Lehman Distinguished Service Award for his contributions in his role at NYSHA. The award was presented last Thursday at the Academy’s gala at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York City. The medallion bears the image of Governor Lehman, who served in the state’s highest office from…
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Jeff Katz Honored At Village Hall Reception…
Shiva Planned Tuesday For Mrs. Sternberg COOPERSTOWN – Shivah for Nadine Sternberg will be 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the home of her son, Richard Sternberg, 2 Westridge Road, Cooperstown. Mrs. Sternberg, a retired teacher, passed away March 31 at Cooperstown Center (the former Focus).…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports Marc Molinaro Picks Casale Group In today’s weekly “Morning Headlines” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on The Casale Group, Cooperstown-based political consultants, being chosen by Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro to manage his campaign. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO WAMC REPORT…
EXCLUSIVE! Breakthrough Regarding Sheriff’s Son Coopertown’s Casale Runs Top Campaign 2 Accused Priests Had Served In County NYSEG Abandons Gas Pipeline Upgrade AVAILABLE AT THESE FINE ESTABLISHMENTS TRY HOME DELIVERY OF FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
Cameras Set Stage, Helped Solve Killing By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Otsego County’s first slaying of 2017 – on New Year’s morning – happened in an Oneonta apartment with a surveillance camera in every room. The cameras helped put suspect Joshua Underwood, 25, in the victim’s room, and help convict the man, said District Attorney John Muehl. Underwood was convicted Friday, March 30, to 20 years in jail. “Witnesses said they got into a fight about…
IN MEMORIAM: William E. Aufmuth; Tree Service Owner Dies Suddenly At 56 COOPERSTOWN – William E. Aufmuth, a lifelong resident of Cooperstown whose love for wood made him known as an expert arborist and sculptor, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon, March 30, 2018, at Bassett Hospital. He was 56. A native of Cooperstown, Bill was born April 6, 1961, a son of August Jack Aufmuth and Dorothy Zigon Aufmuth. After graduating from Cooperstown Central School, he travelled before returning to Cooperstown…
Village 1st: Women In Top Jobs; Jeanne Dewey Is New Trustee COOPERSTOWN – At this evening’s reorganizational meeting, new Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch appointed Trustee Cindy Falk as deputy mayor, the first time in Cooperstown history women have filled the top two posts in village government. Tillapaugh also appointed Jeanne Dewey, who has been active in local Democratic politics, to fill the vacancy created by her election to mayor.…
IN MEMORIAM Dr. Bruce Harris, 79, Springfield; Neurosurgeon, Farmer, Musician SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Dr. Bruce S. Harris, physician, farmer and musician, died on March 31, 2018, at home, where he had been cared for by hospice and his family. The cause of death was metastatic prostate cancer. His death brought closure to a life of professionalism and service, of cultivation and propagation of a love of the arts, most especially music, and of commitment to a way of life that…
UNDERWOOD GETS 20 YEARS Perry Offered 25 In Parents’ Slaying By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Joshua Underwood, 25, who plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the New Year’s Day death of his boyfriend, Mark Morrison, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Otsego County Court. Officials say around 3:30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2017, Underwood called 911 and reported that he had killed his boyfriend, 52-year-old Mark Morrison of Oneonta. Police found Morrison dead in his…
