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IN MEMORIAM: Kathleen Marsala, 86; NYC Native Leaves Cooperstown Survivors COOPERSTOWN – Kathleen Marsala, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, passed away peacefully early Tuesday evening, Nov. 19, 2019, at her home in Cooperstown, surrounded by her family. She was 86. Born Sept. 1, 1933, in Manhattan, Kathleen was one of 10 children of Richard and Ann (Sheridan) Grey. On Oct. 21, 1950, Kathleen married the love of her life, Joseph J. Marsala, in a ceremony at the Church…
Trainer To The Stars’ Dogs Adopt SSPCA Dog? Nationally Known Expert Will Train It By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – No matter how badly she wants the treat, Paula Jean, Tom Shelby’s standard poodle, knows that if she hears the word “leave it” to do just that. “’Leave it’ is such an important command,” said Shelby. “You can use it for pizza crusts on the street, a person who’s afraid of dogs or if they see a…
EDITORIAL Citizens, Cooperstown Needs You To Run For Village Trustee Position Bernie Viek’s testimony nailed it. In the past few months, the Cooperstown Village Board’s default response to any traffic issue has been, put up a blinking light. After a driver rolled his car through the boat ramp at the end of Fair Street April 11 and drowned, suddenly a blinking red light appeared at Fair and Lake streets. At the Sept. 23 trustees’ meeting, Viek, attending with a crowd…
COLUMN FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE Angst At Age 15 By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Last time we talked, I described the start of a major teenage crisis: when I knocked a nun flat on on her face, and then sat on her. To summarize: During halftime of our high school’s basketball team, I was selling candy and gum in the hallway just outside the gym to raise money for new uniforms. I was sitting on the edge of rickety…
IN MEMORIAM: Josephine Graham, 88; Worked At Smalley’s, Newberry’s, More MILFORD — Josephine A. Graham, 88, of Division Street, Milford, who worked at Smalley’s Theatre, the original Newberry’s and other Cooperstown retail landmarks, passed away on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. Born on Sept. 30, 1931, in Cooperstown, she was the daughter of Robert J. and Claudine (Smith) Wilber. She attended the one-room schoolhouse in Bowerstown. After sixth grade she “graduated” to Cooperstown Central School.…
HEARING, VOTE DUE DEC. 4 County-Manager Plan Draws Few To Briefing The League of Women Voters’ moderator, above, greets attendees at this evening’s informational meeting on hiring a county manager, underway at this hour in Courtroom #1 at the county courthouse in Cooperstown. A half-dozen members of the public attended, including Bill Waller, left, and Sydney Waller (not related), at right. In the background are Village Trustee Jim Dean and Marie Ajello, Toddsville. Inset, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, who chairs…
IN MEMORIAM Haidy P. Zoeller, 93; Ran Lake Front With Husband COOPERSTOWN – Haidy P. Zoeller, who, with her late husband, William H. Zoeller, owned and operated Lake Front Hotel and Cooperstown Marine, passed away Saturday night, Nov. 16, 2019, at her home in Lakeland Shores surrounded by her family. She was 93. Born Aug. 29, 1926, in Brooklyn, she was a daughter of Alfred W. and Paula W. (Grösser) Engelmann, who were both natives of Germany. A graduate of…
Former Food Pantry Manager Pleads Guilty COOPERSTOWN – Antoine Bourbon-Parme, 59, the former director of the Cooperstown Food Pantry, has plead guilty to grand larceny, fourth degree, for stealing more than $18,000 from the organization, according to District Attorney John Muehl. “Normally, if it was someone with no criminal history, I might have charged them with a misdemeanor if they agreed to pay restitution,” said Meuhl. “But because of who the victim was, I insisted on a felony. You don’t…
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