Benton, Membrino, Robbins Vie For 2 Trustee Vacancies COOPERSTOWN – Polls will be open noon-9 pm. today in the fire hall on Chestnut Street for Cooperstown Village Board elections, where three candidates are competing for two seats. Two Democratic incumbents, MacGuire Benton and Joe Membrino, and Republican candidate Mary Margaret Sohns are on the ballot. So is Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who is running unopposed.…
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Bill Streck Is Joining National Consultancy Canton & Company Recruits Him To Advise Clients Across Nation COOPERSTOWN – Bill Streck, who built Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital into today eight-county Bassett Health Network, has joined a national consulting firm, Canton & Company, Baltimore, as chief clinical officer. The addition of Streck, who retired this summer as Bassett Network president/CEO, enhances “the firm’s capabilities in the areas of healthcare strategy, innovation and reform,” according to the company’s announcement. “Having someone of his…
Police Reported ‘Multiple’ Thefts From Unlocked Cars COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown police today reported “multiple” thefts from unlocked vehicles in the village between midnight Wednesday and 3-4 a.m. Thursday, and advised residents to lock their cars. The investigation determined loose change and any cash increments were the only items taken, if at all, as some vehicles were just left in disarray.…
19 YEAR AGO, TERRORISTS KILLED 2,977 In Time Of COVID-19, Low-Key 9-11 Arrives Rudy’s proprietor Fred Lemister ponders the lessons of 9-11 while inspecting the memorial that has been growing year to year in his front window on Main Street, Cooperstown, since terrorist hijacked airliners and drove them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, 19 years ago tomorrow. The exhibit includes a portrait of Father Michael F. Judge, the NYFD chaplain, who suffered…
Cooperstown Police Advisory Board Plans First Meeting Today COOPERSTOWN – The first meeting of Cooperstown’s Community Advisory Board on policing is at 5 p.m. today in the Village Hall ballroom, and open to the public. The CAB was mandated by Governor Cuomo, after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and the resulting unrest. The board must review Village Police Department policies and procedures and forward its recommendations to Albany next April l. Members include:…
SQSPCA Seeking Donations In Spay, Neuter Fundraiser COOPERSTOWN – With 22 cats in need of spaying and neutering before they can be adopted out, the Susquehanna SPCA is seeking to raise $1,980 to pay for the procedures. “Because our thrift store was closed for two months, our operating revenue is way down,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director. “We are overwhelmed by cats, and we can’t get them spayed and neutered fast enough to get them out to bring in the…
IN MEMORIAM: Pierre Weidemann, 57; Pursued Interests In Film, Theater, Art COOPERSTOWN – Pierre Bernard Weidemann, a beloved son, brother, and uncle, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, at his home in Schuyler Lake. He was 57. Born Dec. 11, 1962, in Montreal, Canada, Pierre was the son of Marie Andrée Trempe Weidemann and the late Manfred Bernard Weidemann, a photographer and long-time owner of Pioneer Photo in Cooperstown. Pierre grew up in Newfoundland, N.J. and…
IN MEMORIAM William L. Peters Aug. 3, 1957–Aug. 30, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – William L. Peters of Towson, Md., died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. Bill was born and raised in Cooperstown, and graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 1975. He then attended Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Pa., where he was president of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and graduated in 1979 with a degree in business administration. Bill went on to Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. …
Sen. Seward To Name ‘Woman Of Distinction’ COOPERSTOWN – Senator Jim Seward, R-Milford, will announce the 2020 NYS Senate Woman of Distinction award winner for the 51st Senate District during a presentation in the Clark Auditorium, Bassett Hospital, tomorrow at 10 a.m. Tommy Ibrahim, MD, MHA, Bassett Healthcare Network President and CEO, will join Senator Seward for the presentation.…
Master Carver Lavern Kelley Topic Of Hanford Mills Talk…