NEXT STEP: MARKETING PLAN Study: Schenevus #1 Site For Distribution Center, And Townsfolk Love Idea By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – It’s not perfect. It needs natural gas. It needs a waste-water treatment solution. But what the 130-acre site at I-88’s Exit 18 – selected out of 86 sites within two miles of Otsego County’s nine interstate exit as the best for a 350-500 job distribution center – has that’s almost impossible to find is “99-percent community support,”…
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CORONAVIRUS WATCH CUOMO ANNOUNCES: ALL SUNY CAMPUSES WILL CLOSE MARCH 19 ALBANY – Governor Cuomo announced moments ago that the SUNY System will close all campuses – presumably, including SUNY Oneonta – next Thursday, March 19. The schools will continue the remote learning model for the remainder of the spring semester, Reuters reported. Cuomo also said the number of coronavirus cases in New York state has increased to 212 from 173 the day before. He is also considering cancelling New…
CORONAVIRUS WATCH Bassett President Reports 6 Quarantined, But None Ill By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Though six local people have been voluntarily quarantined as precautions against coronavirus (COVID-19) since the first case was reported in New York State, said Bassett Hospital President William LeCates Tuesday, March 10. As of presstime, none had developed symptoms or tested positive, Dr. LeCates said. “We’ve administered between two and five tests, and not one has come back positive,” he said.…
CORONAVIRUS WATCH Colleges, Bassett Impose Travel Ban SUNY Brings Back Students On Exchange In Italian Cities By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With Coronavirus cases increasing daily, SUNY Oneonta students who hoped to study abroad will have to wait until the fall semester. “We have cancelled all study abroad programs for the rest of the semester,” said Kim MacLeod, SUNY Oneonta associate director of communications. “And we called back 33 students and faculty members who were already abroad,…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Trustee Backs Colleagues In March 18 Village Polling To the Editor: I endorse and urge you to go out and vote for Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Trustee MacGuire (Mac) Benton for re-election and Trustee Joe Membrino for election to the Cooperstown Village Board. I have worked with all of them on the board, on village committees and other boards, and in other endeavors, and they have all been selfless in their positions, working for the best…
PRICE FOR CVS DROPS $600K At $815K, Realtor Says There’s Interest In Cooperstown Anchor By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lamb Realty has just lowered the price for the former CVS at 100 Main St., empty for three years, from $1.4 million to $815,000, according to today’s real-estate section in The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. “I spoke to the owners,” said Realtor Nancy Angerer. “We discussed it, and looked at other commercial property, looked at the…
HOMETOWN History March 13, 2020 150 Years Ago The Inebriate Asylum – A portion of this humbug institution, created and kept up at the expense of the State for the benefit of Binghamton, was burned a few days since – loss estimated at $75,000. The Legislature is already being called upon for an appropriation to repair the damage. The Binghamton Leader publishes a list of items of expenditures for the past three years, which foot up at $409,880.79. Receipts from…
IN MEMORIAM: Natasha P. Finch, 26; Family Mourns Death By Addiction MOUNT UPTON – During the late hours of March 5, 2020, the illness and addiction that had stolen Natasha Paige’s sparkle took her life. Her close friends and family will always remember her for her big smile and the funny, smart, loving way that she was. Natasha was born Feb. 23, 1994, in Oneonta. She attended Gilbertsville-Mount Upton and Unatego schools. Natasha loved big gatherings, spending time with her…
Meccariello’s ‘Loyalty’ May Ensure Stability At High School Helm COOPERSTOWN – CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw said he’s recommending Elementary Principal Anne Meccariello for a promotion to return stability to the high school. “Anne’s been with the district 23 years,” said Crankshaw. “And she’s been in education for 28. Anne has a real sense of loyalty to the district. We are in need of consistency at the high school.” The superintendent made the recommendation to the school board’s Personnel Committee…
Drugovich Named Vice Chair Of Independent Colleges Board ONEONTA – Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich was elected vice chair of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities at the latest CICU board meeting, where a new board chair and seven trustees were also selected. Drugovich takes over after serving as CICU treasurer and chair of its Finance and Administrative Committee. She succeeds Adelphi University President Dr. Chris Riordan, who was named chair. As vice chair, Drugovich is a member…
