Caitlin Ogden Announces County Board Candidacy LAURENS – Caitlin Ogden, the Grant and Development Specialist at the Baseball Hall of Fame, has announced her candidacy for District Three on the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Ogden holds a Masters in Arts in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Ogden moved to upstate New York in 2006 with her horse in pursuit of a rural small town life. She has since spent her career working in the nonprofit sector.…
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Newcomer Seeks County Rep Seat In Clark’s District If Former Chair Doesn’t Retire, She May Face Primary In June By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Ric Brockway of Laurens, former teacher, ferrier and writer of a popular outdoor column, is running for the Republican nomination in District 3 (Laurens and Otego). He would face county Rep. Kathy Clark, the former board chairman, unless she retires. She did not return a call this afternoon as to her intentions.…
IN MEMORIAM: Betty Schlee, 76; Wilber Bank Senior Vice President WEST LAURENS – Elizabeth “Betty” A. Schlee of Laurens, 76, who rose to senior vice president during 30 years at Wilber National Bank, passed away Feb. 10, 2019, following a brief illness. She was born in Oneonta, on Jan. 21, 1943, the daughter of the late Robert and Wilma Schlee. Betty graduated from Laurens Central School. She wpent more than three decades at Wilber before her retirement.…
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Lennie’ Bourgeois, 82; Navy Flight Engineer Raised In Laurens LAURENS – William L. “Lennie” Bourgeois, 82, raised in Laurens before embarking on a 20-plus year career as a Navy flight engineer, died at Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Jan. 12, 2019. Since 1981, he had lived in Valparaiso, Fla. He was born in Goodyear, Conn., on May 26, 1936, to Oliver J. and Julienne (Girard) Bourgeois. Lennie spent his youth in Upstate New York and graduated from Laurens…
IN MEMORIAM: Suzanne M. Gregory, 79; Returned Home After Government Career MOUNT VISION – Suzanne M. Gregory, 79, who was active in civic life locally after retiring from a career in the U.S. government, passed away Jan. 6, 2019, at Albany Medical Center. She was born July 1, 1939 in Cooperstown, the daughter of a Leo Francis and Marjorie Ruth (Pitts) Wikoff. Suzanne married Michael Quinn Gregory on July 21, 1957 in Hartwick.…
Laurens Parents’ Deaths At Hand Of Their Son Revisited A Year Later Binghamton Newspaper Publishes Report Editor’s Note: An hour ago, The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin published an in-depth look at the case of Kevin Perry, now in prison in the deaths of his parents a week before Christmas 2017. By ANTHONY BORRELLI, Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin After a heated argument with his mother and father, an angered Kevin A. Perry stormed into another room. That’s when the 23-year-old threatened to kill his…
Suspected Fla. Slaying Victim Returned For Oneonta Burial…
IN MEMORIAM: Steven Mednansky, 89; Korean Era Veteran, Amphenol Retiree LAURENS – Steven Mednansky, 89, of Laurens, a Korean Era veteran and Amphenol retiree, passed away on September 13, 2018 at his home. He was born on Aug. 18, 1929, in Burlington, Conn., a son of the late Paul and Eva (Kovacovic) Mednansky. He was a graduate of Laurens Central School.…
Laurens Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Parents LAURENS – Kevin Perry, 23, arrested for shooting his parents Timothy and Solveig in their home in Laurens a week before Christmas, Friday pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, according to reports. Perry was arrested after crashing his father’s stolen truck in Schoharie. His sister Rebecca had discovered their parent’s bodies earlier that evening and notified Otsego County Sheriff’s Deputies that the truck had been stolen. During his arraignment on Dec. 18,…
Construction Begins Next Week On New Laurens Solar Farm By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – With plans to bring solar energy to 400 households throughout Otsego and the surrounding counties, construction on the new 13-acre community solar farm on Pool Brook Road north of this village is slated to begin next week. “Eighty percent of the population nationwide cannot install solar panels because of cost, their roof is to old or their roof doesn’t face the right…