Advertisement

Milford news - Page 9

//

Mary S. Buck, 90; Teacher, Nurse Helped Raise Llamas

IN MEMORIAM: Mary S. Buck, 90; Teacher, RN Helped Raise Llamas MILFORD – Mary S. Buck, 90, a teacher and nurse who operated a llama farm here for 22 years, passed away Feb. 3, 2018, at home after a long illness. She was born Nov. 24, 1927, in Brooklyn, one of 12 children to Herbert and Winefred Selleck. She married David L. Buck on August 18, 1963. Mary was a school teacher for many years.  She also received a register…

/

Maryland Women Arrested For Hit-and-Run

Maryland Women Arrested For Milford Hit-and-Run MILFORD – A Town of Maryland woman was arrested by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department for fleeing the scene of an accident after she struck a Milford woman walking along the side of State Highway 7 near the intersection of County Highway 58A. Mindy Stevens, 35, allegedly struck Evelyn Ruiz, 29, with her car after traveling into the road’s shoulder, where Ruiz was walking west with the flow of traffic, alongside Jermaine Weir, 21.…

/

Hundreds Fill Gym At Annual Auction

350 At Benefit Auction For Polar Bear Jump With a crowd of about 350 eager guests, The Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump was able to raise over $10,000 at the annual Chinese Auction in the Milford Central School gymnasium this afternoon. A tradition that began 23 years ago, the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump sees hundreds of willing volunteers raise money through sponsors to take the plunge into the icy waters of frozen Goodyear Lake. The funds raised from the…

/

7 Teens Face Charges For Fire Inside Railcar

7 Teens Face Charges For Fire Inside Railcar MILFORD – The county Sheriff’s Department has charged a total of seven teens –six boys and a girl, ages 16 to 16 – in the fire that destroyed a railcar on the Leatherstocking Railroad Historical Association siding on Oct. 3. Two of the teens had been arrested in December, and this completes the investigation.…

//

Senior Meal Site To Open At Milford Church

Senior Meal Site Due In Milford MILFORD – The Milford United Methodist Church will host the inaugural Senior Meals Social, sponsored by the Office of the Aging, at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan.24. “Seniors are often isolated, especially in the winter,” said Rev. Sylvia Barrett, pastor of the church. “We want to use this opportunity to speak with them, see if they’d like to have speakers or other activities.”…

/

Althiser Pleads Guilty To Milford Church Arson

Althiser Pleads Guilty To Milford Church Arson Above, Gerald Althiser, 21, and his lawyer, David Taylor, listen as county Judge John F. Lambert reads the terms of Althiser’s guilty plea this morning. Althiser plead guilty to attempted arson, third degree, for the fire that destroyed the Milford United Methodist Church last March. At right, Rev. Sylvia Barrett, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, read a statement on behalf of the church, telling Althiser that although they forgave him and…

/

Man Arrested After Car Hits Milford Home

Man Arrested After Car Runs Into Milford Home MILFORD – A 63-yearold Fort Plain man was arrested and charged with DWI after he drove his car into the kitchen of Tammy and Barry Jones According to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department, Ray Agard was operating a car traveling north on State Highway 28 when he lost control of the vehicle and exited the right shoulder, striking a snow bank. His vehicle continued off the roadway before coming to rest in…

/

Car Crashes Through Jones Family Home

Car Crashes Into Jones Family Home By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Tammy and Barry Jones were awoken at 1 this morning by a loud crash in the kitchen of their home on Route 28 in Milford. “It was a rude awakening,” said Tammy. “There was a car right in front of our dishwasher.” According to Tammy, the driver of the car first tried to back out, then asked them to help him leave. “Then he asked…

//

Doris E. Welch, 80, Milford

IN MEMORIAM: Doris E. Welch, 80, Milford MILFORD – Doris E. Welch, 80, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on December 25, 2017 at Bassett Hospital. She was born Sept. 1, 1937, in Oneonta, the daughter of Fred and Mildred (Weaver) Loucks.…