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2016 - Page 190

Frazier, Stammel Contacted By Powers In Bid For Chair

Frazier, Stammel Contacted By Powers In Bid For Chair COOPERSTOWN – Two more county representatives said they have been contacted by Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, seeking their support in his bid to bump Kathy Clark, R-Otego, from the chairmanship of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. The board’s vice chair, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, said he received an e-mail from Powers, but advised him he will be supporting Clark. Incoming county Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, said he had heard from…
January 5, 2016

Stuligross: Meet In Evening So More People Can Attend

Stuligross:  Meet In Evening So More Can Run For Office ONEONTA – Many people are unable to run for the Otsego County Board of Representatives because it meets at 10 a.m. in the middle of the work week. County Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, hopes to do something about it:  She is introducing a resolution at Wednesday’s county board reorganizational meeting to change the monthly meeting to sometime between 5-7 in the evening, so people who work 9-5 can participate. The veteran…
January 5, 2016

Minimum Wage, Broadband Hot Topics At State Of The State Breakfast

Minimum Wage, Heroin Among ‘State Of State’ Breakfast Topics Hartwick College’s internship director Kirsten Oehl, top photo, thanked state Rep. Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, the congressional candidate, on his support of “experiential learning.”  “The gauntlet has been thrown,” she said.   She was speaking at this morning’s annual State of the State Breakfast, hosted by the Otsego Chamber of Commerce at The Otesaga.  At right, state Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, speaks on importance of high speed broadband internet for the county and the ramifications for…
January 5, 2016

AGAIN, POWERS TILTS AT CLARK

AGAIN, POWERS TILTS AT CLARK Board Reorganizes Wednesday  By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Veteran county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, is again seeking to bump county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, from the chairmanship, according to representatives whom he’s approached asking for support. The Otsego County Board of Representatives, which Clark has chaired for four one-year terms now, will  hold its reorganizational meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the County Office Building on upper Main Street here. Powers, a dairy…
January 4, 2016

Hall of Fame 2016 Class To Be Revealed Thursday

Hall of Fame 2016 Class To Be Revealed Thursday COOPERSTOWN – The National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the 2006 Induction class at a press conference at 3 p.m. this Thursday at the New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South. The inductees have been chosen by a vote of members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. VIEW PREVIEW OF CLASS OF 2015 BY MLB.COM …
January 4, 2016

Olive Engelman, 88; WWII Nurse Raised Family Locally

IN MEMORIAM: Olive Engelman, 88; WWII Nurse Raised Family In Oneonta ONEONTA – Olive Virginia LeDene Engelman, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016.   Her life was a rich one, filled with love from her husband, Peter, her children Peter, Paul and Susan, and their respective families (Karyn, Kyle and Claire, and Vicki, Jeremiah, Jessica and Jennifer). Olive began her life on June 6, 1927, on Long Island, graduated from…
January 4, 2016

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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