Closing Delayed Month On Cooperstown Motel COOPERSTOWN – CVS Health has delayed closing on the purchase of the Cooperstown Motel for a month to allow an arson investigation into the Aug. 9 fire there to come to a conclusion. Attorney Martin Tillapaugh, executor of the estate of Albert O’Brien, the longtime owner of the motel who died last October, said the closing, which was scheduled for this past Monday, Aug. 22, has been rescheduled for Sept. 21.…
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THEY’RE BACK!!! 6,000 Students Return This Weekend NEWSPAPERS ON THESE NEWSSTANDS THIS AFTERNOON…
IN MEMORIAM: Howard Barton; Former Security Director At OJC NEW LISBON – Howard E. Barton of Whitesburg, Ky., formerly of New Lisbon, whose law enforcement career included serving as security manager at Oneonta Job Corps, died on Aug.18, 2016. Born in New Berlin, he was the oldest child of the late Edgar A. and L. Etta (Ray) Barton. In his formative years, attended the Burlington Green Baptist Church and Sunday school. He was a Boy Scout, Scout master and coached…
Orzetti To Join OCCA As Executive Director COOPERSTOWN – Leslie Orzetti, a biologist with 20 years experience in natural resource conservation, will join the Otsego County Conservation Association as its new executive director, the OCCA announced today. She succeeds Darla Youngs, who joined the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board in April.…
Wall-Painting Means The Students Are Back TO ADVERTISE IN HOMETOWN ONEONTA’S BACK TO CAMPUS EDITION, CALL 547-6103…
IN MEMORIAM: Oneonta Native Jeff Dixon, 34 UNADILLA – Jeffrey M. Dixon, 34, went to be with the Lord, Aug. 20, 2016, at Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City He was born Sept. 18, 1981, in Oneonta, the son of Robert F. Dixon and Susan M. Comino. He graduated from Unatego High School. He enjoyed welding, building cars, being with his family and friends. He raced in plenty of derbies and won many trophies, recently this year at the Otsego County Fair…
IN MEMORIAM: James Millea, 61; CCS Graduate Contractor In Arizona HARTWICK – Calling hours are Wednesday and a funeral mass the following day for James Robert Millea, 61, of Glendale, Ariz., and formerly of Hartwick, died unexpectedly Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in Scottsdale. Jim was born May 31, 1955, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, one of nine children of James Hilary Millea of Rolfe, Iowa, and Kathleen M. née Healy Millea of Bootle, England. …
78 Bags of Heroin Seized In Orchard Street Bust ONEONTA – Two people were arrested and 78 bags of heroin seized during an investigation into narcotic trafficking in the West End. Laura Pepper, 54, and Mathew Hill, 45, were arrested after the OPD’s Patrol Division and Special Response Team, along with the State Police K9 unit, served a search warrant at their 1-A Orchard St. address. Confiscated at the scene were 78 bags of heroin with a street value of…
Hazzard’s Can-Do Attitude Wins U of R Hospital Honors COOPERSTOWN – Matt Hazzard’s can-do attitude while fighting cancer has resulted in his selection as one of 29 “Wilmot Warrior Walk” honorees to be recognized Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Highland Park Bowl in Rochester. Being suddenly and unexpectedly diagnosed with a severe type of lymphoma meant Hazzard, now 34 and executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, didn’t have time to plan, said Ruth Harper-Rhode, University of Rochester Medical…
New CCS Principal, STEM Expert, To Guide Science Wing Upgrade By JIM KEVLIN • from this week’s Freeman’s Journal COOPERSTOWN – So far, Donna Lucy is particularly impressed by the emotional “toolkit” Cooperstown Central School students bring with them from elementary school. Pupils moving into CCS’ middle and high school – she became principal of both on Aug. 1 – have self-confidence, a sense of trust that they will be supported, and the ability to process the setbacks, challenges and personality clashes…
