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The Partial Observer: Hundreds Celebrate CCS, Community ‘Icon’ Howard

In an unusual scene the afternoon of Saturday, September 7 at Cooperstown Central School, it wasn’t until after the varsity football game ended that the parking lots around the high school began to really fill up with cars. The reason? Hundreds of people gathered at the school’s auditorium to pay their respects, share remembrances, have a laugh, and perhaps even shed a tear or two as longtime influential community figure and CCS educator, coach, and athletics Hall of Fame member…

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David Peplinski Latest Recipient of Patrick C. Fetterman Award

Lifelong Cooperstown resident, teacher and coach David Peplinski was welcomed into honored company at The Otesaga on Thursday, October 12. The long-serving and beloved modified boys soccer coach, golf coach and sixth-grade teacher received the Clark Sports Center’s Patrick C. Fetterman Award for outstanding dedication to local youth athletics.…

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Dylan Robinson sentenced to 20 years to life for murder in botched robbery

Dylan Robinson sentenced to 20 years to life for murder in botched robbery By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — Dylan Robinson was sentenced to 20 years to life at the Otsego County Courthouse on Monday, Oct. 4, for the murder of his father, Kenneth Robinson, during a botched 2019 robbery attempt for marijuana and money. Dylan was 15 when the crime was committed Oct. 10, 2019, in Worcester. During sentencing, Otsego County Judge John Lambert said Robinson…

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Alleged Halloween party stabber appears in court

Alleged Halloween party stabber appears in court By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN  – An Oneonta man, whose violent altercation in Unadilla ended in a stabbing and the victim having to be taken by helicopter to a medical facility, appeared in Otsego County court Monday, May 24, to face charges of assault in the first and second degree. Richard Gantt voluntarily agreed to be interviewed by state police, according to testimony. “I was called because it was a serious…

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Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies

Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A pair of Otsego County men were sentenced Monday, May 10, for their roles in a series of robberies, attempted robberies and an assault that took place during a one-day crime spree April 24, 2020, in and around the city and town of Oneonta. Brian Ruple, 42, of Otego, received a sentence of seven years in state prison for a second degree assault…

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Callahan admits to killing wife

Callahan admits to killing wife as part of plea to forgo new trial By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Casey Callahan pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree Monday, May 3, in Otsego County Court, ending, for the second time, the criminal proceeding concerning the 2000 death of Callahan’s wife Elizabeth Welsh Callahan. Callahan, 54, admitted Monday that he backed over his wife with his truck in Sayre, Pennsylvania in 2000, killing her. He told Judge John Lambert,…

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Scrappy, Innovative GOP Chair Resigns, Focuses on Consulting

Scrappy, Innovative GOP Chair Resigns, Focuses on Consulting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It was 2013. The issue was fracking. And four prominent local Republicans knocked on Vince Casale’s door. “It was conveyed to me that the party was in some trouble,” said Casale, who last week advised the Republican County Committee he is resigning as chairman. “My work is done,” he said. “It’s time for a change.” He recommended Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, Republican county elections commissioner,…