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Victim Identified In Fatal Fly Creek Fire FLY CREEK – The 77-year-old man who perished in the Sunday morning fire in Fly Creek was Robert L. Huestis, according to Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C public information officer. Emergency crews were called to the scene at 5:28 a.m. after a call was received by Otsego County 911 of a house fire with an entrapment at 168 Jones Road, near Oaksville. Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene, where they…
Arrest Made In Mask-Sign Vandalism By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A Cooperstown man has been arrested and charged with criminal mischief after 10 of the Village’s “Mask on Main” signs were found yesterday with black X’s spray-painted on them. According to Police Chief Frank Cavalieri, the alleged vandal, a white male, was arrested following an investigation after the three large signs were found dumped and vandalized in front of the District Attorney’s office. Seven of the…
IN MEMORIAM: Carol Rumenapp, 72; For Decades, Was Milford Town Justice MILFORD – Carol Ann Ferguson Rumenapp, 72, Milford town justice for decades, retiring in 2018, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully with family by her side Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, at her home in Milford. Carol was born in Weehawken, N.J., on Oct. 1, 1947, to Glen and Antonette “Rita” Ferguson. As a child, she enjoyed spending summers with family in West Virginia, riding horses, watching logging competitions and playing…
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IN MEMORIAM: Andrew ‘Sonny’ Sugarick, 84; Decorated Vietnam Veteran Raised In County COOPERSTOWN –Andrew Patrick “Sonny” Sugarick, captain (ret.) United States Army, a decorated Vietnam veteran who was raised in Otsego County, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday night, Sept. 30, 2020, at The Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was 84 and resided in Erwin, N.C. Survivors include two sisters in Cooperstown. Born March 17, 1936, in Centerville, Pa., he was the son of Andrew S. and Ann Marie née…
LIFE IN TIME OF COVID-19 Medical Needs, Politics Guide President As He Battles Case Of COVID By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I have been trying to keep up with the fire hose of information that is being produced about President Trump’s case of COVID-19. On top of that, consider the NFL’s “crisis” with the Tennessee Titans Open – how dare anyone refer to that as a crisis? – and the latest press conference from Governor Cuomo, which was…
Appreciative Hartwick Honors Fallen Marine Section Of Route 205 Rechristened In John Kempe Winslow’s Memory Pausing this afternoon after the unveiling of a road sign naming Route 205 through Hartwick in honor of Marine Corps Sgt. John Kempe Winslow, who was killed in action in Vietnam on July 30, 1979, are, from left. state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, who sponsored the necessary legislation; Christine and Michael Winslow, his brother and sister-in-law; sister Maria Winslow Folts,…
Cooperstown’s ‘Masks On Main’ Signs Vandalized Village Police Seek Suspects By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Police are investigating the vandalism of the Village’s three “Masks on Main” signs after they were found with a black X spray-painted over them. “We believe it happened last night,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. “We noticed it first thing this morning.” The vandalized signs were at the perimeters of the downtown where the mask ordinance is in place, including…
CCS DEFIES COVID THREAT Cooperstown Pupils Go Back To Classes Tammy Dingman, LTA, above, escorts Izabella Chase into Cooperstown Elementary School this morning, where a rotation system — half the students Mondays and Wednesdays, and other half Tuesdays and Thursdays — is in place to avoid crowding as the Walnut Street facility and the high school on Linden Avenue reopened for the 2020-21 school year. At left, Director of Facilities Matt Murphy kept the traffic flowing. Inset, Senior Officer Jim…