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Four Arrested At Focus Nursing Home

4 Staff Arrested At Focus Nursing Home 94-Year-Old Woman Left In Recliner For 41 Hours, Attorney General Alleges COOPERSTOWN – Four former employees of Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center were arrested for allegedly leaving a 94-year-old resident alone in a recliner for nearly two days, according to Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. LPN Lorraine Caldwell, 54, Holland Patient; LPN Amanda Gus, 30, Hartwick; Sarah Schuyler, certified nurse assistant (CNA), 29, and CNA Donna Gray, 48, Sidney, face charges they they…

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Mishap, And Stewart’s Looks Like It’s Winter

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS GO OFF Mishap, And Stewart’s Looks Like It’s Winter Drivers Checked For Inhalation COOPERSTOWN – At this hour, Cooperstown’s Stewart’s Shoppe on Route 28 at the south end of the village looks like an early winter storm hit, as the fire-extinguishing system inside the roof of the gasoline-pump island appears to have been activated. White chemicals, similar to the foam found in hand-held fire extinguishers, were spread from Stewart’s front door right across the street.  Three cars at…

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Tourist Arrested For Assault, Hate Crime

Tourist Arrested For Assault, Charged With A Bias Crime COOPERSTOWN – A South Carolina man was charged with assaulting a woman after allegedly  yelling racial slurs at her during a confrontation in a Cooperstown restaurant, Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert reports. Lawrence Andrew Mileo, 50, was arrested the Monday after Induction Weekend after a complaint of a physical dispute was made at a local restaurant. According to police, Mileo allegedly called a 33-year-old African American woman, also from out of state, numerous derogatory names…

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Here’s What To Look For In ID-ing Terror Suspects

MEMO TO INNKEEPERS Here’s What To Look For In ID-ing  Terror Suspects COOPERSTOWN – If guests deny housekeeping staff access to their rooms for several days, let us know, the state Homeland Security & Emergency Services Division advised Cooperstown area innkeepers in the days prior to this year’s Hall of Fame Induction. The detailed memo, in many cases delivered personally to hoteliers, contains 13 potential tips that something may not be right with hotel guests. READ HOMELAND SECURITY MEMO TO HOTELIERS…

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Tourist Arrested For Harassment, Threats

Tourist Charged With Harassment COOPERSTOWN – An Ohio man was arrested for allegedly threatening and harassing a resident while on Main Street in Cooperstown. Marcus Ray Walters, 40, of Waynesville, Ohio, was arrested by Cooperstown Police after an Otsego County resident reported being harassed and threatened for his sexual orientation.  Officer Kevin Voce was able to identify Walters, who, upon learning that police were looking for him, surrendered at the station.…

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Lou Presutti II

IN MEMORIAM Lou Presutti II Cooperstown Dreams Park Founder COOPERSTOWN – Word is circulating that Lou Presutti II, 75, who founded Cooperstown Dreams Park 20 years ago and changed the economy of northern Otsego County, has passed away. Matt Hazzard, executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, posted this tribute on Facebook: “Hard to hear of the death of Cooperstown Dreams Park owner Lou Presutti. Umpired there for a couple years and he treated me very well. A strong…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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