Did Mother Asphyxiate Twins – Or Did Father? Opening Statements Set Up Scenario: Which Drugged Parent Responsible? The manslaughter trial of Kim Steeley, 27, of Decatur – seen weeping in court today – opened with two contrasting scenarios in Otsego County Court this morning. In his opening statement, District Attorney John Muehl blamed the mother for the June 2018 deaths of twins Liam and Bonde, born prematurely: “The real problem was, she (Steeley) was high and she nodded off on…
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MILFORD WRESTLER IN FINALS Avery Leonard, Team Cheered On Returning From NY Championship Standout grappler Avery Leonard of Milford, along with members of the Cooperstown-Milford Team that wrestled in the NYSHSAA State Wrestling Championships over the weekend at the Times Union Center in Albany, wave to a crowd along Main Street, Cooperstown, from atop the village’s ladder truck on their return at noon today. From right are Tyler Wilfeard, Lowell Wilsey, Logan Doucas, Logan Kantor, Leonard and TJ O’Connor. Wrestling in the…
PANCAKES, MORE EACH SUNDAY IN MARCH Sugaring Off Sundays Here? Spring Can’t Be Far Behind Temperatures in the teens made it look like The Farmers’ Museum volunteer Steve Davis (top photo) was walking on a cloud, as he manned the syrup-making evaporator on the museum’s grounds on the shores of Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, part of the demonstrations that accompanied the pancake, eggs and sausages that are all part of Sugaring Off Sundays, which are planned (this year, and traditionally) each…
THE BOYS ARE BACK! Parade of Firetrucks Escorts 2 Injured Firefighters Home…
BOTH CCS TEAMS IN CLASS C FINALS Boys, Girls Head For Class C Finals Kennedy, Piper Seamon Shine In Hard-Fought Games The CCS Hawkeyes boys and girls varsity basketball teams head back to Onondaga Community College next Saturday for the Class C championship games after beating, respectively, West Canada Valley, 78-70, and Onondaga Central, 51-48, in action-packed sectional semi-finals at OCC this afternoon. In top photo, CCS center John Kennedy shows his offensive prowess (16 points), but also locked up…
Fred Lemister Room Dedicated At Bassett…
CCS BOYS, GIRLS PLAY TODAY Impromptu Pep Rally Cheers Teams To Semis Wendy Kiuber, right, (mom of Lady Hawkeye Ashley) and Colleen Donnelly, center, (mom of Kate) cheer their daughters’ team bus (inset) as it passes by the Trosset Law Offices shortly after 10 a.m. today en route to the Section III, Class C semifinals at Onondaga Community College. Attorney Mike Trosset, left, whose CCS team made it to the state semifinals in the 1990s, organized the impromptu pep rally…
IN MEMORIAM Dr. Eugene D. Milener III, 90; Hartwick Economics Chairman ONEONTA – Dr. Eugene Darden Milener III, 89, formerly of Oneonta and Cooperstown, and retired chairman of Hartwick College’s Economics Department, died on Jan. 8, 2020, in Naples, Fla. He chaired the City of Oneonta’s Bicentennial Celebrations Committee helped found the tennis club on Rose Avenue. Gene was born in Baltimore, Md., on May 3, 1930. He was the only child of Eugene II and Eleanor. The family moved…
By Pin, Leonard Advances To 2nd Round For NY Title…
‘SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS’ REPORTED Firefighter Monington Also At Upstate Medical Names Of 5 Injured Firefighters Released After Raging Garage Fire In Middlefield COOPERSTOWN – The second Cooperstown firefighter sent to Upstate Medical Center’s burn center after “a series of explosions” at the garage fire in Middlefield has been identified as Scott Monington, according to a press release late this afternoon from the county Office of Emergency Services. The other is Jon Roach. Both men “were transferred to SUNY Upstate for…
