OFFICIAL OBITUARY RELEASED ‘Coach’ To Many, Pat Grasso Was ‘Pop Pop’ To Grandkids Editor’s Note: While recognitions of Pat Grasso have appeared in several publications since the revered Laurens coach and athletic director passed away on Tuesday, the family released this official obituary this morning. LAURENS – Pasquale J. Grasso “Pat”, 82, died on February 23, 2016 at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, N.Y. Pat was born July 24, 1933, in Schenectady, the son of James William and Rose (Mazzotti) Grasso. …
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IN MEMORIAM Pat Grasso, 82; Venerable Laurens Central Coach, AD LAURENS – Pasquale J. “Pat” Grasso, 82, notable Laurens Central School athletic director and football, baseball and basketball coach, passed away Feb. 23, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. Arrangements are with Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home in Oneonta, which is preparing the official obituary. Meanwhile, here are excerpts from the resolution introduced by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, on Grasso’s retirement in 2009, that details his career and accomplishments. “A native…
Laurens Man Killed By Falling Tree OTSEGO – A Town of Otsego Highway Department worker was killed Monday morning when he was struck by a falling tree. Adam C. Burgess, 27, of Laurens, was working on Bissell Road in the Town of Otsego on Monday, Nov. 23 as part of a three-man crew cutting and clearing roadside trees when he was accidentally struck by a falling tree. He was transported to Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown and pronounced deceased at 10:40…
IN MEMORIAM: Martin J. Bloodnick, 86; Retired After 33 Years At Long Island RR LAURENS – Martin J. Bloodnick, 86, who retired to Laurens after a 33 year career with the Long Island Railroad, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. Martin was born on Nov. 20, 1928, in Ozone Park, the son of late Francis and Margaret Bloodnick (Rydholm). He married Dorothy A. Barratt on Oct. 8, 1950, in Christ the King Catholic Church in Queens.…
IN MEMORIAM: Patricia S. Ryan, 61; Worked At Popp Butterfly Conservancy LAURENS – Patricia Susan Ryan, 61, Laurens, who worked at Popp Butterfly Conservatory in Oneonta with sister, passed away on Wednesday Aug. 26, 2015. She was born on Aug. 24, 1954, in Forest Hills, Queens, the daughter of William J. Ryan and Gloria T. Ryan. Patty graduated from Unatego High School and attended college at Hofstra University and the Women’s Technical Institute in Boston. She had a curious nature…
Army Awards Bronze Star To Laurens’ Remagen Vet By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com LAURENS – For the past 70 years, he’s been William Brindle of Laurens, working at Bendix, driving cars for Country Club Automotive, or on the job at the Hanford Mills Museum, (plus doing wedding photographs, hunting with wife Betty, and developing his woodworking skills.) This morning, he was transported back to March 28, 1945, where, as Staff Sgt. Brindle of Company G, First Battalion 16th Infantry…
Unatego, Richfield Springs School Districts, Towns Of Laurens, CV Under Fiscal Stress ALBANY – No Otsego County municipality or school district falls into the “significant” category of fiscally stressed public entities as determined by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. However, two fall into the second worst “moderate” category – the Town of Cherry Valley and Unatego Central School District. And two more — the Town of Laurens and Richfield Springs Central School district — are in the “susceptible” category. REVIEW REPORT…