Goat On The Loose In Toddsville
Goat On The Loose In Toddsville
Cooperstown Chamber Names New Director From Elmira Chamber
Cooperstown Chamber
Chooses New Director
From Elmira Chamber
Tara Burke To Succeed Matt Hazzard April 8,
Will Attend Annual Member Meeting March 28
COOPERSTOWN – Tara Burke, director of communications and program development for the Chemung County Chamber of Commerce in Elmira, has been selected at Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce executive director, effective April 8, it was announced today.
She plans to attend the annual meeting on March 28 at Brewery Ommegang, so members will get a first chance to meet her then.
Sunset On Otsego
Sunset On Otsego
2nd County Rep Runs For Common Council
2nd County Rep Runs
For Common Council
Scott Harrington Announces In 6th Ward
By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Another former Otsego county rep, Scott Harrington, is running for Common Council in November.
He will seek the Sixth Ward seat, which Council member and Deputy Mayor Russell Southard has held for two terms.
Yesterday, Len Carso announced he would run for the Ward 5 seat, which Council member Dana Levinson is vacating at the end of the year.
Five of the Council’s eight members, all of whose terms are ending this year, are not seeking re-election. Earlier today, Mayor Gary Herzig said he didn’t know why so many of the current office holders decided not to run again. Carson and Harrington are the only two Council candidates so far.
5 Common Council Members Won’t Run For Reelection In Fall
5 Common Council
Members Won’t Run
For Reelection In Fall
Mayor Herzig Says He Can’t Explain Exodus
By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig confirmed this evening that five of the eight sitting Common Council members don’t plan to run again this fall.
Russ Southard, Melissa Nicosia, Dana Levinson, Michelle Osterhoudt and Joe Ficano are stepping aside.
Improvements Let ‘Special Monitoring’ To End At Centers
Improvements Let
‘Special Monitoring’
Be Lifted At Centers
Administrator Jeff Emhof ‘Excited’
Progress Recognized, Oversight Eased
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing has achieved improvements that has allowed it to be “graduated” from a federal program that identified deficiencies in the local nursing home.
Administrator Jeff Emhof received a letter today from Sheila McGarvey, director of the state Health Department’s Division of Nursing Home Surveillance, notifying him the “Special Focus Facilities” designation has been lifted.
Friends Of Bassett’s Soirée Raises $170K For Arts In Healing
Friends Of Bassett’s
Soirée Raises $170K
For Arts In Healing
Artistic Engagement Found To Ease Stress
COOPERSTOWN – The more than 300 guests attending the Friends of Bassett’s third annual Valentine’s Soirée Feb. 9 at The Otesaga raised $170,000 for the hospital’s Arts in Healthcare program, the Friends announced today.
Arts In Healthcare aims to reduce stress and promote healing among patients, their families and providers through artistic engagement.
Flis and Andy Blum of Cooperstown were recognized for their commitment to Bassett Medical Center and the arts.
Tom & Doug’s Cruise-In Opens At Southside Mall
Tom & Doug’s Cruise-In
Opens At Southside Mall
Mount Vision Post Office Closes Friday For Repairs
Mount Vision Post Office
Closes Friday For Repairs
MOUNT VISION – Postal officials report the Mount Vision Post Office at 2363 Route 205 will close for repairs, starting tomorrow.
Customers will be directed to the Laurens Post Office, 55 Brooks St., in Laurens, which is open 8 a.m.-noon weekdays, and 7:45-11 a.m. on Saturdays.
Sheriff Advises: Take Care Of Your Outstanding Warrants
Warrant Sweep Begins,
Sheriff Devlin Advises
If One’s Outstanding For YOU, Take Care Of It
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – A warrant round-up is about to begin, and county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin is advising anyone with an outstanding fine or citation to appear in person to avoid being arrested as the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office executes a warrant roundup.
In a posting on the department’s official Facebook page, Devlin said that the sheriff’s deputies will be seeking out people with warrants pending to clear up their records.
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Theatrical Production:
‘Exception And The Rule’
THEATER – 7:30 p.m. SUNY Oneonta’s Mask and Hammer Theatre Club presents Bertolt Brecht’s “The Exception and the Rule.” Hamblin Theater, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. Info, oneonta.edu/theatre.
Patricia A. Hunter, 79; Schenevus Resident Served In Air Force
IN MEMORIAM: Patricia A. Hunter, 79;
Schenevus Resident Served In Air Force
SCHENEVUS – Patricia A. Hunter, 79, a lifelong resident except for service in the Air Force, passed away Feb. 20, 2019, at Bassett Hospital.
She was born Feb. 22, 1939, in Oneonta, the daughter of Clifford and Eva (Gabriel) Currie.
Pat married Hartley Hunter on June 28, 1958, in Albany. He predeceased her in May 2008.
Here’s Last Chance To Bid On Doubleday Field Scoreboard
Here’s Last Chance To Bid On
Doubleday Field Scoreboard
CLICK HERE FOR PARTICULARS ON AUCTION
Bombers On The Horizon!
Bombers On The Horizon!
Richard White, 66; Cooperstown Native Dies In Berkshires
IN MEMORIAM: Richard White, 66;
Cooperstown Native Dies In Berkshires
COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Richard White, 66, of Stockbridge, Mass., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Richard was struggling with several health issues and died at home peacefully from heart failure.
Richard was born in Cooperstown, the son of Richard A. White and Barbara Hall. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School. He attended Menlo College in California and studied at many other colleges well into his adult life. He was in the military service in the Air Force within The States in the early ’70s.