History Comes Alive At 39th Harvest Festival At The Farmers’ Museum’s Lippitt House, Debra Decker, Roseboom, top photo, demonstrates traditional bread-making to Cooperstown native James Vineyard and daughter Olivia during the 39th annual Harvest Festival today and Sunday. At right, baby Lilly Zumpano, Utica, pets some of the sheep with her cousin Olivia Zumpano, Saratoga Springs. The event , which also features demonstrations in boat carving, dancing, wagon rides, rock painting and more, runs through Sunday afternoon. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
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BULLETIN 17 YEARS LATER, CALLAHAN GUILTY COOPERSTOWN – A jury this morning found Casey Callahan guilty of murder in the second degree for the Jan.19, 2000 death of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan. The verdict came in around 11:30 a.m. District Attorney John Muehl prosecuted the case throughout the week, calling 21 witnesses. In the final hours of the trial yesterday morning, Callahan himself was called to the stand by his attorney, William Schebaum. ANATOMY OF A MURDER TRIAL DAY ONE:…
IN MEMORIAM: Barbara M. White, 98; Lifelong Resident Of Pierstown PIERSTOWN – Barbara M. White 98, a life-long resident of Pierstown, passed away peacefully with family by her side Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Barbara was born in Cooperstown, May 22, 1919, the daughter of Fred Russell White and Hilda (Diamond) White. She attended and graduated from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1936.…
FALL OFFERING AT FENIMORE Stephen C. Clark’s Primitives In Exhibit Opening Saturday COOPERSTOWN – An exhibit, “American Folk Art: Seven Decades of Collecting,” featuring weathervanes, portraits, pottery and other examples assembled since Stephen C. Clark began the collection 70 years ago, opens this Saturday at The Fenimore Art Museum. Clark’s major purchases from private collections such as those of modernist sculptor Elie Nadelman and pioneering collector Jean Lipman form the core of the Fenimore’s folk art collection. In recent years,…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day FOUR Jury Deliberations Begin in Murder Trial By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With a total 22 witnesses called, including suspect Casey Callahan, the prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments in the murder trial against Callahan, who was charged with killing his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, at a truck stop on January 19, 2000. “Four tires ran directly down the center of her body,” said District Attorney John Muehl in his closing statement.…
Callahan: ‘I Wasn’t The Best Husband’ With Suspect Taking Stand In Own Defense, Testimony At End By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Accused of running over his wife with his rig 17 years ago, Casey Callahan took the stand in his own defense as three days of testimony came to an end. “I wasn’t the best husband,” Callahan told his lawyer, Public Defender Bruce Maxson. “I could say mean things at times, but I loved her.” When…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day THREE Victim’s Words Before Death, Investigator Says: ‘I Love You’ COOPERSTOWN – Investigator Sean Ralph testified that Casey Callahan, currently on trial for the 2000 murder of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, told him that her final words to her husband were “‘I love you, I’ll see you on the other side’,” allegedly referring to the opposite side of the Dandy Mart truck stop where Callahan was to pick her up.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day TWO Allegations of Physical Abuse Emerge in Niece’s Testimony By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Elizabeth Welsh Callahan allegedly told her niece, Amanda Travis, that her husband Casey Callahan had kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant with their son, Connor. “I didn’t like the way he treated Lizzy,” Travis said during her testimony as part of this afternoon’s proceedings in the case against Callahan, who is charged with Elizabeth’s murder.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day TWO Doctor Alleges Elizabeth In ‘Severe Emotional Distress’ By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The day before she died, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan was under “severe emotional distress” stemming from her marriage to Casey Callahan, her physician, Dr. Joan Bachorik, testified this morning in her husband’s murder trial resulting from her death at a truck stop in Pennsylvania in January 2000. “I remember her because she was probably the most pathetic person I had ever…
IN MEMORIAM Esther C. Brooks, 88, Dietician; Husband Director Of Clark Gym COOPERSTOWN – Esther C. Brooks, 88, former CCS cafeteria manager whose late husband was Clark Sports Center director, died early Sunday morning, Sept. 10, 2017, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. Born Esther Claire Kent on Aug. 24, 1929, in Lawrence, Mass., she was a daughter of Charles Francis Kent and Clara Mary née Balfour Kent. After graduating from high school, Esther attended Simmons College in…
