IN MEMORIAM: Jennifer Collins, 91; Nurse’s Aide Leaves Many Survivors SCHENEVUS – Jennifer Collins, 91, a nurse’s aide who retired in 1985 after many years at Bella Vista Nursing Home in Richfield Springs, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, Sept. 13, 2017, in Fox Nursing Home. She was born on Aug. 1,1926, in Grand Gorge, a daughter of the late Osmer and Hazel Whispell Mondore. She was raised and educated in Grand Gorge. Jennie was the widow of Perry Collins…
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FALL OFFERING AT FENIMORE Stephen C. Clark’s Primitives In Exhibit Opening Saturday COOPERSTOWN – An exhibit, “American Folk Art: Seven Decades of Collecting,” featuring weathervanes, portraits, pottery and other examples assembled since Stephen C. Clark began the collection 70 years ago, opens this Saturday at The Fenimore Art Museum. Clark’s major purchases from private collections such as those of modernist sculptor Elie Nadelman and pioneering collector Jean Lipman form the core of the Fenimore’s folk art collection. In recent years,…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day FOUR Jury Deliberations Begin in Murder Trial By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With a total 22 witnesses called, including suspect Casey Callahan, the prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments in the murder trial against Callahan, who was charged with killing his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, at a truck stop on January 19, 2000. “Four tires ran directly down the center of her body,” said District Attorney John Muehl in his closing statement.…
IN MEMORIAM: James D. Domion, 70; Held Many Jobs, Enjoyed Many Hobbies RICHFIELD SPRINGS – James D. Domion, 70, whose multiple careers ranged from farming to logging-truck driver, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown. Jim was born in Cooperstown on May 4, 1947, to Philip and Janice Domion. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from RSCS, 1965.…
IN MEMORIAM Florence Harrad Moore, 100; Van Hornesville Postmistress VAN HORNESVILLE – Florence Harrad Moore, age 100, passed away peacefully on Monday Sept. 11, 2017, at Valley Health Service, Herkimer. She was born on April 25, 1917, in Jordanville, daughter of the late Carlton A. and Louise E. Swift Pierce. A lifelong area resident she was raised and educated in Jordanville and graduated from Van Hornesville High School. In 1946 she married Cecil C. Harrad. He passed away on Dec.…
Callahan: ‘I Wasn’t The Best Husband’ With Suspect Taking Stand In Own Defense, Testimony At End By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Accused of running over his wife with his rig 17 years ago, Casey Callahan took the stand in his own defense as three days of testimony came to an end. “I wasn’t the best husband,” Callahan told his lawyer, Public Defender Bruce Maxson. “I could say mean things at times, but I loved her.” When…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day THREE Victim’s Words Before Death, Investigator Says: ‘I Love You’ COOPERSTOWN – Investigator Sean Ralph testified that Casey Callahan, currently on trial for the 2000 murder of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, told him that her final words to her husband were “‘I love you, I’ll see you on the other side’,” allegedly referring to the opposite side of the Dandy Mart truck stop where Callahan was to pick her up.…
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CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day TWO Allegations of Physical Abuse Emerge in Niece’s Testimony By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Elizabeth Welsh Callahan allegedly told her niece, Amanda Travis, that her husband Casey Callahan had kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant with their son, Connor. “I didn’t like the way he treated Lizzy,” Travis said during her testimony as part of this afternoon’s proceedings in the case against Callahan, who is charged with Elizabeth’s murder.…
IN MEMORIAM Esther C. Brooks, 88, Dietician; Husband Director Of Clark Gym COOPERSTOWN – Esther C. Brooks, 88, former CCS cafeteria manager whose late husband was Clark Sports Center director, died early Sunday morning, Sept. 10, 2017, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. Born Esther Claire Kent on Aug. 24, 1929, in Lawrence, Mass., she was a daughter of Charles Francis Kent and Clara Mary née Balfour Kent. After graduating from high school, Esther attended Simmons College in…