IN MEMORIAM Father John Roos, 86; Pastor In Cooperstown, Cherry Valley COOPERSTOWN – Father John R. Roos, 86, passed away Tuesday night, Jan. 3, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica following a brief illness. Father Roos is a former pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church in Cooperstown. More recently, he served at St. Thomas the Apostle in Cherry Valley, An Albany native, before coming to Otsego County he served at the cathedral in…
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COUNTY BOARD TO VOTE ON CHAIR Carson Offers Plan Of 2017 Priorities COOPERSTOWN – In asking his colleagues to elect him chairman of the county Board of Representatives, county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, laid out a detail plan of goals to strive for in 2017. The county board is scheduled to vote on the chairmanship at its reorganizational meeting at 10 a.m. today. Here is a copy of the the Carson plan.…
New Year’s Day Murder Accused Killer Appears In Court ONEONTA – Weeping, shaking and making a small wave to family gathered in the courtroom, Joshua P. Underwood, 25, made his first court appearance since his Monday morning arraignment on the charge that he bludgeoned Mark J. Morrison, 52, to death on New Year’s Day.…
City Manager Search Begins This Friday ONEONTA – The search for Oneonta’s new City Manager will formally begin on Friday, Jan. 6. “Our consultant, Catherine Tuck Parrish, will begin looking at applications,” said Mayor Gary Herzig during the Common Council meeting held earlier this evening. “She’ll weed out and present us with the candidates that she believes will be the best fit.”…
IN MEMORIAM: Red Gibson; Teacher Served On Eisenhower’s Color Guard ONEONTA – Brainard “Red” Gibson, a retired teacher who while in the Army served on President Eisenhower’s Color Guard, died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 27, 2016, at his home in Oneonta. He was born May 10, 1930, in Inman, S.C., to Brainard Sr. and Alliene Hipp, the school principal and the English teacher. As a schoolboy he worked as a custodian and bus driver, stoking the woodstoves early…
Village Planners Drill Down Into Concepts For New CVS…
WITH NEW YEAR, NEW LEADER CCS Superintendent Arrives, Meeting With Students, Staff …
First Baby Of 2017 Born At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – The first Otsego County baby of 2017 was born at 6:04 a.m. New Year’s Day at Bassett Hospital. However, the parents asked that their privacy be respected, with no photos taken before Jan. 7. The only information Bassett can released is the mother is from Oneonta.…
Investigation Continues POLICE IDENTIFY MURDER VICTIM ONEONTA – Police have identified Mark J. Morrison, 52, as the victim of the murder in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Morrison was found deceased in his bed at 229 Main St., where police said they went after the suspect arrested in the case, Joshua Underwood, 25, told them he believed he had killed Morrison. The subsequent investigation revealed that Underwood had used a heavy weight to strike Morrison several times,…
IN MEMORIAM: Worcester’s Doris Rock, 79; Nurse Ran Paul’s Restaurant With Husband WORCESTER – Worcester native Doris M. Rock, 79, a nurse and for many years co-proprietor of a local restaurant with her husband, passed away at Holy Redeemer Hospice, Meadowbrook, Pa., on Dec. 30, 2016, surrounded by her family. Doris was born on July 13, 1937, to George and Beatrice (Wilsey) Rock in Worcester.…
