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Fly Creek firefighters rescue highway crewman from collapsed culvert

Fly Creek firefighters rescue highway crewman from collapsed culvert By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK — Assistant fire chiefs Jess Lanza and Henry Hight responded to a call that saved a town highway crewman’s life on Tuesday, July 13. A crewman had gotten his boots stuck in a culvert in the area of Christian Hill after a beaver dam collapse caused rushing water to drag him into the collapsed and damaged pipe. “It was actually just a…

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Merchant New President Of Cooperstown Chamber

JESS LANZA CO-OWNS KATE’S UPSTATE New Chamber President Has Main Street’s Pulse By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – During down times at Kate’s Upstate, Jess Lanza, new president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce board of directors, sits on one of the turquoise chairs out front, chatting with tourists, customers and other businesspeople who happen to walk by. “We’re right in the center,” said Lanza, the first merchant to lead the Cooperstown chamber board since 2007, when…

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Week 1, All Agree: Masks Being Worn In Downtown Coop

Week 1, All Agree: Masks Being Worn In Downtown Coop By JIM KEVLIN •  Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Kevin Kress, who was raised in Richfield Springs, brought his family from Little Falls to Cooperstown last weekend, and was neither surprised by the village’s new mandatory-mask law, or that most everybody seemed to be obeying it. “We were in Lake Placid last weekend; they had done the same thing there,” said Kress, who was aware – and undeterred by –…

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Village Merchant Jess Lanza Elected To Lead Chamber

Village Merchant Jess Lanza Elected To Lead Chamber He, Wife Operate Kate’s Upstate COOPERTOWN – Jess Lanza, who operates Kate’s Upstate on Main Street with his wife, has been elected chairman of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce board, it was announced today. He succeeds Stacey Grady, Springbrook director of development, who has served on the board for the last decade.  Chamber Executive Director Tara Burke praised Grady for “her many years of service, above and beyond the call.”…