IN MEMORIAM: William E. Brooks Jr., 76; Longtime Laurens Bus Driver, Custodian LAURENS – William E. Brooks Jr., 76, who retired after 23 years of service to Laurens Central School as a custodian and bus driver, lost his courageous battle with cancer on Aug. 16, 2017. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on Jan. 17, 1941, he moved to Upstate New York as a young man, marrying Harriet Bucca-Brooks of Reading, Pa., while living in Elmira. The couple had two children, Daniel…
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Fish, Game Club Reports $50,000 Missing; Police Charge Treasurer HARTWICK – An Edmeston man is facing a felony larceny charge for allegedly taking $50,000 from the Burlington Flats Fish & Game Club, state police reported today. Lawrence D. Jaeger, 60, was arrested Thursday after troopers were advised of funds missing from the club on Fish and Game Road, Town of Hartwick.…
2-DAY ENCAMPMENT CONTINUES Civil War Memories Evoked At Hyde Hall With stunning Otsego Lake as a backdrop, the 77th Regimental Balladeers perform “Battle Hymn of the Republican” on Hyde Hall’s front lawn during the National Historic Landmark’s first Civil War Weekend. At right, members of New York’s 125th Regiment reenactors – clockwise from front, Jacob Manley of Hartwick, Dave Houghton of Colonie, John Orlop of Esperance, Richard Manley, Jacob’s dad, and Bob Peterson, Clifton Park. Sunday, the reenactors will be…
Roseboom Power Days Warms Up For Sunday Tractor Parade, More Four farmers/antique-tractor collectors from Australia were among the surprises at Roseboom Antique Power Days, revived today and Sunday on John Deere Road after a one-year hiatus. The visitors, who arrived in L.A. Aug. 8, and have attended tractor events all along Route 66, are, left from foreground, Eric Larson from Victoria, and Ivan Quartermaine, Matt McQualter of Aussie Antique Tractor Parts, and Byron Mills, all of Western Australia. Larson and…
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IN MEMORIAM John J. Riordan, 80, State Trooper At Oneonta, Troop E Commander ONEONTA – John J. Riordan, a retired state trooper who served in increasingly responsible positions in Troop C’s Oneonta barracks, then rising to commander of Troop E (Canandaigua), died Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany. He was 80. John was born in The Bronx Hospital, New York City on Nov. 8, 1936, to the late John J. and Catherine A.…
Hopsego Features Beer Samples, Music, Demonstrations, Kid Fun Wyatt Crowley from the Red Shed, Cherry Valley, top photo, pours a sample of the craft brewery’s offerings for Debbie Quick and Ray Kelly, both of Milford, this afternoon at The Farmers’ Museum first Hopsego Festival, celebrating the revival of Otsego County’s signature crop and related beer making in recent years. At left, Linda Patterson of East Greenbush sports a hops corsage, the outcome of hops-related crafts pursued today at the Cooperstown…
IN MEMORIAM: Edward Hogan, 83; Honored With Scouting’s Top Award ONEONTA – Edward Paul (Papa) Hogan, 83, a city native and an honored participant in the Boy Scout movement, passed away unexpectedly Aug. 16, 2017. A life-long resident of Oneonta, he was born Feb. 15, 1934, to Raymond Francis and Madeline (Egglestine) Hogan. He graduated from Oneonta High School, where he sang in school musicals and state choir competitions.…
Art By Lake Event Attracts Painters, Fans To Fenimore TheTheThe littlest fan may have been Benedict Montecalvo, 10 months, at today’s Art By The Lake juried show on the back lawn of The Fenimore Art Museum, as mom Cali Riese of West Oneonta perambulates him past a depiction of the Glimmerglass Queen. At right, a mom-daughter combination, Barb and Ellen Pope, man the Otsego 2000 food booth. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
IN MEMORIAM: Grace Estell, Edmeston; Ran Edmeston Dairy Farm With Husband EDMESTON – Grace Hurd Estell, 70, who with her husband operated a dairy farm in Edmeston for 30 years, passed away at her home on Wednesday Aug. 16, 2017 with her loving family at her side. Grace was born in Dunmore, Pa., the daughter of the late Ralph and Ada Hinkley Pease.…