With Live Auction Due At 1, Rotary Crew Ready To Go With the Cooperstown Rotary “Spring Fling” Live Auction due to begin at 1 p.m. today in the Cooperstown Farmers Market building, Rotarian Margaret Savoie, top photo, gives last-minute marching orders to her crew, including, clockwise from right, Rotarians Ellen Tillapauugh, Helmut Michelitsch, Jayne Guchone, Patti Grady, Judy Steiner, Teresa Gorman and Melissa Manikus. At left, Kate Pina draws the “auction here” sign at the entrance to Pioneer Alley, as…
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New Parking Lot Packed As Brookwood Is Reborn Traffic – pedestrian traffic – was steady throughout the day and the new parking lot was filled as the 22-acre Brookwood Point nature refuge and non-motorized recreation hub celebrated its Grand Reopening under the auspices of the Otsego Land Trust. Entertainment (such as in top photo of John Sullivan & Friends – Hannah Kubica, right, of Little Falls, and John Phillips, left, of Cooperstown) was the order of the day, plus kayaking (see Brent Baysinger…
BROOKWOOD POINT Ed Rowley’s Portfolio Raised in the Town of Oneonta, Ed Rowley spent many boyhood summers at his family’s camp on Otsego Lake, soon becoming familiar with such Glimmerglass’ charms as Brookwood Gardens, about a mile up the west wide of the lake, then owned by the late Bob Cook. Later, as Rowley pursued a lifelong interest in photography, he captured hundreds of images of the much-beloved property. With Otsego Land Trust’s Grand Reopening of the 22-acre lakeside parcel…
Again, Ommegang Tops, This Time In ‘Taste NY’ Three Philosophers Shines In State Contest COOPERSTOWN – Brewery Ommegang tied with Roscoe Beer Co. of Delaware County in a blind taste test featuring the five breweries that received the most online votes in the Taste NY Inaugural Craft Beer Challenge. Governor Cuomo announced the grand winners Wednesday evening at Pier A on Battery Place in Manhattan. The rest of the top five were Genesee Brewing, Rochester, Prison City Pub & Brewery,…
IN MEMORIAM: Roy Wilson Jr., 90; Horse Groomer At Fiddlesticks Farm RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Claude Leroy “Roy” Wilson, Jr., 90, for years a horse groomer at Fiddlesticks Farm in Cooperstown, passed away peacefully on Monday May 15, 2017, at Homelife at Folts. He had the comfort of knowing his family was at his side. He was born on Dec. 21, 1926, in Fort Edward, a son of the late Claude L. and Dorothy V. Wilson. Raised and educated in Hudson…
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IN MEMORIAM: Ruth Fenstemacher, 95; In Retirement, Resided In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Ruth Naomi Fenstemacher, formerly of Cooperstown, passed away Sunday morning, May 14, 2017, at The Masonic Care Community of New York in Utica, where she had resided for the past 11 years. She was 95. There are numerous Masonic retirement communities around the nation and each provides dedicated care to the elderly following Masonic principles. The Masonic Home of Virginia is a Masonic assisted living care home for…
IN MEMORIAM: James Heegan, 85; Father Of Otsego Chamber President ONEONTA – James Francis Heegan, 85, father of Otsego County Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Ann Heegan, passed away May 14, 2017, in Elmont, on Long Island, where he resided. He was born on Jan. 11, 1932 in Brooklyn, to William and Anne Heegan. He served in the Army during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Following his honorable career military service, Jim worked 25 years for the City of New…
IN MEMORIAM: Matthew J. Pardy, 40; Most Recently, Chef Worked At Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – Matthew J. Pardy, 40, of Hobart, most recently employed at The Otesaga, passed away at home on Tuesday morning, May 9, 2017, after complications from heart failure. Born on June 12, 1976, in Stamford, Matt was the son of Margaret A. Cohn Titch and John O. Pardy. He was a 1994 graduate of Catskill High School, where he played on the soccer team. Following graduation, he…
