BERTRAM SNAPS 23-YEAR RECORD CCS Hawkeyes Win League Title COOPERSTOWN – CCS Junior Tyler Bertram broke his team’s 23-year-old career-scoring record during last night’s game against Frankfort-Schuyler. Hawkeye Bertram topped Redskin Seth Schaeffer’s 1994 record of 1,714 points, reaching 1,728 in the game. “It’s a nice thing to get out of the way before sectionals,” said his father, Basketball Coach Dave Bertram. And it wasn’t the only triumph of the night. The Cooperstown Hawkeyes took the League Championship title.…
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‘The Perpetual Now’ Explores Lonni Sue Johnson’s Dilemma COOPERSTOWN – Michael D. Lemonick, now an editor at Scientific American, has just published “The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory and Love,” chronicling the overnight memory loss of Lonni Sue Johnson, the Town of Middlefield artist who created many New Yorker covers and drawing in the New York Times. CLICK TO READ KIRKUS REVIEW “Lemonick focuses on her case and biography,” recounts the first review, in Kirkus Reviews, “but he…
Faso Calls For ‘Thoughtful, Legislation’ On Trump Ban CLICK HERE TO SEE WHOLE FOX INTERVIEW…
IN MEMORIAM Margaret ‘Aunt Marge’ Mathews, 108; Oldest Member Of St. Mary’s Church ONEONTA – Margaret “Aunt Marge” Mathews, at 108 the oldest living parishioner at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and likely the oldest person in Oneonta, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at Fox Nursing Home. Margaret Mathews was born Margaret DeFiore, on Oct. 9, 1908, in East Meredith. She was the daughter of Pasquale DeFiore and Angelina Longo DeFiore. She married Thomas Mathews on Feb. 22, 1930. A…
IN MEMORIAM Bernard John ‘B.J.’ O’Neill, 95; Business Executive, Engineer FLY CREEK – A memorial service is upcoming Feb. 18, for Bernard John O’Neill (“B.J.”), 95, an engineer, business executive and former Town of Otsego Planning Board chair who died on Jan. 18, 2017, at his home in Fly Creek, while tended to by his daughter Maureen. B.J. was born on May 25, 1921, in Saratoga Springs, the son of Jeremiah O’Neill and the former Lucille Sterk. He graduated from…
IN MEMORIAM Catherine (Kate) D’Imperio, 90; Businesswoman, ‘Big Chuck’ Mom SIDNEY – Catherine (Kate) D’Imperio, a Sidney businesswoman and mother of Upstate historian and radio personality Chuck D’Imperio, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. At the time of her passing, she was 90 years old and was surrounded by her family in her own home of more than 70 years in Sidney. Kate was born on Sept. 7, 1926 in Brooklyn to Joseph and Anna Cody. She moved to Sidney…
Small-Business Support, Signs, Westcott Lot Top DRI Projects By IAN AUSTIN & LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The redevelopment of the Westcott Lot, new signage on Main Street, upper-floor apartments and, the centerpiece – the Mohawk Valley Food & Beverage Innovation District – were all recommended for a piece of the $10 million DRI funding by Stantec and the three Downtown Revitalization Initiative subcommittees during their annual meeting this afternoon. “No one person in this group will get everything…
IN MEMORIAM: Philip Frisbee, 61; Columnist, Broadcaster In County Philip L. Frisbee died Feb. 3, 2017, at home in The Plains, Va., where he lived for the past 16 years with his family, Andrea B. Currier and their son August Bell Currier, age 15. He was born July 11, 1955, in Denver, Colo. As the son of Col. John L. Frisbee and Lucy Post Frisbee, his childhood homes and schools were diverse, West Point to Mclean, Va. Philip graduated from…
Lady Ostapeck Funeral Wednesday COOPERSTOWN – The funeral service for Lady Ostapeck, who died Feb. 2, 2017, in Herkimer, will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday (tomorrow) at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 208 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, Quaker minister Jim Atwell will officiate. Burial will be in the spring in Fly Creek Valley Cemetery. …
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Charlie’ Bergen, 47; Cherry Valley Man Claimed By Cancer CHERRY VALLEY – On Feb. 2, 2017, Henry “Charlie” Bergen lost his battle of cancer. Charlie was surrounded by his sisters, brothers, and family, and felt the strength of love from his family and friends to allow his spirit to make a peaceful departure. Charlie was born on Jan. 29, 1970. He recently shared his 47th birthday with his family and friends.…
