Milford Women Gives Up Dogs SHELTER RESCUES 52 LHASA APSOS, SETTING RECORD Volunteers Betty Steele, Hartwick, left, and Arlene Nygren, Goodyear Lake, top photo, discuss how to handle a cage full of Lhasa Apsos, among 52 surrendered this morning by a Milford resident. The dogs arrived shortly after 11 a.m. at the Susquehanna Animal Shelter in Hartwick Seminary, where they are being processed, and will then be washed and given shots. At right, Bob Wood of Oneonta carries one of…
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‘Non-Partisan’ Sustainable Otsego Again Endorses Only Democrats COOPERSTOWN – Sustainable Otsego, “an authorized non-partisan political action committee,” has again endorsed all Democrats in the Nov. 6 election. The environmental group endorsed: Democrat Antonio Delgado of Rhinebeck vs. U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook. Democrat Joyce St. George, Margaretville, vs. state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. Democrat Chad McEvoy of Westford vs. Assemblyman Brian Miller, R-New Hartford.…
Destination Oneonta’s Jessup To Update Common Council ONEONTA – Bank of Cooperstown Vice President Rachel Lutz Jessup, who is treasurer of Destination Oneonta, will brief Common Council on DO’s recent activities when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers. Common Council also plans to update the city’s harassment policy to comply with recent guidelines established by the State Division of Human Rights.…
THIS YEAR’S FEST NOV. 8-12 Glimmerglass Film Days Feature Humans’ Connections To Nature COOPERSTOWN – Glimmerglass Film Days has announced its 2018 schedule, featuring films reflecting humans’ “complex relationship with the natural world” locally, throughout history and around the world. This year’s festival is Nov. 8-12. Click here for full schedule and to buy tickets.…
Judge, Coach John Lambert Wins 2018 Fetterman Award COOPERSTOWN – County Judge John Lambert, who is also longtime assistant varsity basketball coach at Cooperstown Central School, has won this year’s Fetterman Award. The Fetterman Award is presented annually by the Clark Sports Center, recognizing service to youth in the field of athletics. Such Cooperstown legends as Beanie Ainslie, Ted Kantorowski, Don Howard and Dick White have won it, as did Lambert’s father Paul, the retired superintendent who passed away in…
IN MEMORIAM: Phyllis Basile, 90; Bookkeeper Moved To Hartwick COOPERSTOWN – Phyllis Basile, 90, mother of the longtime former Hartwick Fire Company #2 fire chief and a Queens native who relocated to Hartwick, passed away at Midnight on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Born Aug. 4, 1928, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Queens, she was one of seven children of Mauro and Marie (Croce) Maiorino.…
IN MEMORIAM: Jack Bottita Jr., 29; MCS Grad Photographer Of Trains MILFORD – Jack (Jackson) Bottita Jr., 29, a railroad enthusiast and 2007 Milford graduate, died unexpectedly on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Jack was born April 11, 1989 in Cooperstown to Brenda Kilts and Jack Bottita. He graduated from Milford Central School in 2007.…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Arlene Hansen, 89; Owned Milford Beauty Shop MILFORD – Mary Arlene Hansen, 89, who owned the Milford Beauty Shop for nearly six decades, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, Sept. 21, 2018, at the Oneida Skilled Nursing Facility, Oneida. She was born on Aug. 31, 1929, in Cooperstown, daughter of the late Harold and Gladys Tubbs Balcom. Mary was raised in Toddsville and was a graduate of Cooperstown High School. She went on to the Albany School of…
Benton, Stammel Voted Vice Chairs of Otsego Dems COOPERSTOWN – MacGuire Benton, founder of the Otsego County Young Democrats, was elected to join County Representative Andrew Stammel as co-vice chairs of the Otsego County Democratic Committee meeting during their reorganization meeting this evening at Village Hall in Cooperstown.…
IN MEMORIAM: Richard Perry O’Brien, Jr., 69; Father of Hartwick Supervisor MILFORD – Richard Perry O’Brien, Jr., 69, a lifelong area resident and father of Hartwick Town Supervisor Robert O’Brien, passed away unexpectedly Sunday night, Sept. 23, 2018. He was born July 28, 1949, in Cooperstown, a son of the late Richard P. (“Dixie”) O’Brien, Sr. and Helen Gorney. He was raised on the family farm on Panther Mountain in Fly Creek Valley by an aunt and uncle, Joseph and…