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B&B Owner Drowns As Car Runs Into Lake

B&B Owner Drowns As Car Runs Into Lake 2 Officers Injured In Rescue Attempt By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – It’s rare, but not unheard of, for a car to end up in a body of water, said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. after last week’s fatal submersion off the boat ramp into Otsego Lake at the end of Fair Street. “Before I was sheriff, someone drove into the Susquehanna River,” he said. “They were…

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Victim Identified As John Smirk, Owned Local B&B

Victim Identified As John Smirk, Owned Local B&B Officer Cavalieri, Deputy Grimes Injured Trying To Rescue Driver By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The former owner of the Cooperstown B&B, John Smirk, 75, was identified as the man who drowned in Otsego Lake last night after his vehicle ran off the dock at the bottom of Fair Street at 8:30 p.m., Cooperstown police said. Two officers injured trying to rescue the driver were identified as Sheriff’s Deputy…