IN MEMORIAM Robert A. Paul, 72, Operated Historic 1819 House, Hartwick COOPERSTOWN – Robert A. Paul, 75, who operated the historic 1819 House in the Town of Hartwick and two other restaurants in the Cooperstown area after a career in catering for American Airlines, has passed away. He was born on Oct. 6, 1942, in Oneida, and he grew up in Hamilton. After graduation from Hamilton High School, Robert attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, graduating in 1966 with a…
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IN MEMORIAM: Donald A. Eldred, 73; Third-Generation Farmer In Hartwick HARTWICK – Donald A. Eldred, 73, a third-generation farmer, passed away at Bassett Hospital on Thursday August 2, 2018 after a short illness. He was born May 17,1945, in Cooperstown, the only son of W. Stuart Eldred and Letha M. Tuller Eldred.…
IN MEMORIAM: Barbara Hull Bunn, 86; Morris Valedictorian Went Into Banking GARRATTSVILLE – Barbara Ann Hull Bunn, 86, Morris Central School’s 1950 valedictorian who went on to a career in banking, passed away Thursday August 2, 2018 with her daughter Lori at her side. Barbara was born July 1, 1932 in Garrattsville, the daughter of the late Merton and Dorothy Bundy Hull.…
IN MEMORIAM: Jane O’Brien, 69; Worked In Bassett Hospital Pediatrics CHERRY VALLEY – Jane O’Brien, a pediatric file clerk at Bassett Hospital, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at Bassett. She was 69. Jane was born Dec. 8, 1948, to Herbert and Virginia (Pierce) O’Brien.…
Seward Announces $200K For 3 Libraries In County Final Touches Funded In Worcester Building State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today announced almost $200,000 in state grants for three local libraries, including $92,388 to bring the new Worcester Free Library to completion. The Edmeston Free Library receives $75,610 for renovations, inside and outside, to a donated building. And Hartwick’s Kinney Memorial Library received $10,509 for paving the parking lot and driveway in the hamlet.…
IN MEMORIAM: Donna Jane Whitmore, 72; SUNY Oneonta Accountant For 30 Years LAURENS – Donna Jane Whitmore of Laurens passed away peacefully on July 26th, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Oct 23, 1945 to Donald and Clara Scanlon and was the oldest of four siblings. She married her Toad (Ronald ‘Toad’ Whitmore) on December 10, 1966 and they were blessed with two daughters, Jodi and Julie. Donna worked at the State University College at Oneonta…
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IN MEMORIAM: Burnett Southworth, 89; Ph.D. Had Career As Chemist, Consultant COOPERSTOWN – Burnett C. Southworth, 89, a Ph.D. who pursued a career in analytical chemistry, of Cooperstown died Friday, July 27, 2018. He graduated from East Springfield High School in 1946 and later from Union College. He attained a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After 40 years in corporate work, he developed his own consulting business, which he ran until his retirement around…
Interns Find American Eel In River At Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Summer interns at the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station stumbled upon a surprise recently when they caught a 12-inch American eel more than 440 miles from the ocean in a habitat from which the species was thought to have been extirpated. The interns, high school graduates Alexa Platt and Lauren Saggese, were researching near the beginning of July in the Susquehanna River near the base of the Cooperstown Dam at Otsego…
INDUCTION WEEKEND 2018 52,000 Puts This Year’s Class At Second Biggest Not only was the Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2018 the biggest since 1971, it was watched by the second-biggest crowd on record: 52,000, the Hall estimates, second only to Ripken-Gwynn’s 2007 record of 83,000. Posing with their plaques a few minutes ago are, from left, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones, Jack Morris, Alan Trammel and Jim Thome. Absent this year was Homer Osterhoudt, (inset photo) who…