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N MEMORIAM: Philip J. Hoffman III, 87; Served In Navy, 36 Years In Post Office COOPERSTOWN – Philip J. Hoffmann III, who retired in 1986 from a career in the U.S. Postal Service, passed away on Sept. 22, 2017, at Focus in Cooperstown. He was born on Sept. 7, 1930, on Long Island. He graduated high school in 1948 and worked in the post office until 1953.…
CVS Addresses Fears Raised About Sidewalk By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – CVS’ engineers this morning backed away from a handicapped sidewalk plan that some feared would have created an icy hazard for pedestrians during the winter. At a special meeting of the village Planning Board, Pat Mitchell of BHB Engineering said handicapped access to the new store at Chestnut and Beaver will now be from the Badger Park side of the lot.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Beverly Lower, 85, Cooperstown; Operator With AT&T COOPERSTOWN – Beverly B. Lower, 85, a longtime telephone operator with AT&T in Binghamton, passed away late Tuesday afternoon, September 26, 2017, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. She was born Sept.1 12, 1932, in Cooperstown, a daughter of Claude J. and Edna (Eldred) Bliss, and was raised in Hartwick.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Harry McManus, 87; NYSEG Lineman, Local Masonic Leader FLY CREEK – Harry Noel McManus, 87, a 31-year NYSEG lineman before his retirement and past master of the local Masonic lodge, passed away early Sunday morning, Sept. 24, 2017, at Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin. He was born Sept. 18, 1930, at Bassett Hospital, the youngest of nine children of Harry L. and Mable E. (Grover) McManus.…
Naked Main Street But Help Is On the Way, With New Flagpole And 10-By-15-Foot Stars & Stripes On Order By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Fueled by what they declared was a misunderstanding of their intentions, the village trustees acted promptly and unanimously this evening to bring back a bigger, better flagpole to downtown Cooperstown’s main intersection as quickly as possible. The Village Board OK’d three decisions proposed by Streets Committee chair Cindy Falk at its September…
IN MEMORIAM: Merrill W. Nelson, 87; Army Veteran Rose Up Ranks Of FHA Merrill William Nelson, 87, an Otsego County native who rose to deputy regional administrator in the Federal Highway Administration, died Sept. 1, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. His ashes were interred Monday, Sept. 25, in Hartwick Seminary Cemetery. Merrill was born on Feb. 26, 1930, in Oneonta, to Alice Christine Simonsen, age 19, and William Peter Nelson, age 24. He was baptized Easter Sunday April 20, 1930, by his…
Community Embraces New Upstate Bar, Grill Joe Vezza’s new Upstate Bar & Grill, on Route 28 on Cooperstown’s south end, was even more packed than usual Saturday evening, as – with the summer season over – the new establishment hosted a community open house. Hundreds watched a variety of football games and savored a buffet with samples of appetizers and entrees – from ribs to a whole pig – from the newly released menu. Inset photo, bartenders Sam Borgstrom, Jennifer…
