Strange Creatures Run In Halloween Coop Loop If you stick your head out the window in Cooperstown right now, you might see the Coop Loop 5K and 10K participants running by in full costume. Above, Cooperstown pals – from left, Paul Crowell, Mark Spinosa and John Luke Raymond – prepare to run the 5K. (Last year, Mark was identified as the “unidentified taco”!). At right, if you tot you taw a puddy-tat on the way to the race, you did,…
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‘Unstable Conditions’ Shut Oneonta Street ONEONTA – City Hall has announced Delaware Avenue is closed until further notice due to “unstable soil conditions.” Delaware connects Lewis Street and Railroad Avenue south of the Belmont Circle neighborhood. No further details were provided.…
CHECK OUT HALLOWEEN CALENDAR Despite Rains, Spooky Kids Haunt Museum The spooky Hopkins sisters of Schenevus, top – Serenity, left, and Nadia – are among the trick-or-treaters this afternoon at Cooperstown’s Farmers’ Museum, taking advantage of the Empire Carousel rides and such activities as dramatic readings of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” until 4 p.m. today. The Romans of Oneonta – Aaron, 5, and his little sister Luciana, 2 (they allowed dad to come along too) – await the start…
Ribbon-Cutting Officially Opens Holiday Inn Express…
Extra Patrols Out Due To Halloween Ghostly Holiday Particularly Deadly, So Cruisers, Unmarked Cars Alerted SIDNEY – State Police. Troop C, which includes Otsego County, has announced its troopers and local law enforcement plan a crackdown on impaired driving and underage drinking through Halloween. The enforcement campaign began last night and runs through Thursday, Nov. 1, and is funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee.…
IN MEMORIAM: Esther Vandermark, 95; ‘Mother Superior’ Of Oneonta’s Jamesway ONEONTA – Esther N. Vandermark, 95, known as Jamesway’s “Mother Superior” during her many years working there, passed away peacefully, October 24, 2018 at Fox Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 14, 1922, in Oneonta, the daughter of Patsy and Matilda (Martin) Delello. She married Leon Vandermark on June 28, 1942, in Oneonta.…
Scriven Foundation To Match Donations To Coop Food Bank COOPERSTOWN – During the months of November and December, the Scriven Foundation will match donations made to the Cooperstown Food Pantry up to a total of $7,500. Donations can be made online at cooperstownfoodpantry.org, or sent to the Food Pantry at 25 Church St., Cooperstown NY 13326. Checks may be made out to Cooperstown Food Pantry. …
CV-S VOTERS OK LEASING LAND FOR SOLAR FARM CHERRY VALLEY – Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School voters today authorized the school board, 119-83, to negotiate with a Boston developer, Omni Navitas, to build a solar farm on 25 acres near the high school. “I thought it was going to be a close vote,” Supt. of Schools TheriJo Climenhaga said a few minutes ago. “I’m pleased with the overall outcome.”…
IN MEMORIAM: Nick Barberio, 93; Taught Education At SUNY Oneonta ONEONTA – (Nick) Barberio, 93, who taught in SUNY Oneonta’s Education Department for 30 years, passed away peacefully on Oct. 22, 2018 at the Fox Nursing Home. Nick was born on May 15, 1925 in Mohawk, the son of Carlo (“Charlie”) and Maria Barberio. As the first-generation son of an Italian immigrant family, Nick’s life was the embodiment of the American dream. In 1943, he joined the Navy and saw…
IN MEMORIAM: Louise T. James, 103; SUNY Plattsburgh Registrar Lived Here ONEONTA – Mrs. Louise (Howard) James, 103, former SUNY Plattsburgh registrar who lived in Oneonta for three decades, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at the Health Pavilion in the Masonic Care Community of New York with the ones she loved most in her heart. Born in Stewartsville, N.J., on March 6, 1915, Louise was the daughter of the late Perry E. and Edith N. (Thwaites) Howard. She…