Cooperstown Rotary Applauds Delgado Detail In Congressman’s Remarks Lauded Introduced by Cooperstown’s Richard Sternberg, a state Democratic Committee member, Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, acknowledges applause at today’s noontime Cooperstown Rotary Club meeting at The Otesaga. At left are Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and her predecessor, Jeff Katz; at right, Melinda Hardin, a Democratic activist. Delgado’s description of his legislative efforts ranged from aid to small farms, to combining all federal regulatory requirements on one website, to creating a Medicaid-…
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2 INJURED IN HCCC STABBING HERKIMER – Two people were stabbed during a fight at 1 p.m. at Herkimer County Community College’s Campus Meadows housing, the college announced a few minutes ago. The college’s Campus Safety Office is investigating, assisted by Herkimer police. The two are are being treated, and their injuries are considered non-life threatening. No arrests have been made at this time.…
Dr. Mebust Confirmed As Physician-In-Chief COOPERSTOWN – After a nationwide search, Dr. Kai Mebust, who had been filling the role on an interim basis, has been permanently appointed chief of the Bassett Hospital’s Department of Medicine. He succeeds Dr. Charles Hyman, who stepped down after 10 years. “Kai’s experience and accomplishments as a clinician and as an administrator provide Bassett with the expertise required to provide overall physician leadership to the Bassett organization,” said Dr. Steven Heneghan, chief clinical officer.…
Reprinted From This Week’s Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta Innkeeper Asks: Did Van Buren Sit HERE? By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – During home renovations, Barbara Hall and her husband, Gary Lozier, found where President Martin Van Buren likely sat when he visited the village in 1839. Not a chair. A toilet seat. “The whole back room was garbage,” she said of the former Story Tavern, now her refurbished home at 171 Main St. “As we were cleaning…
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IN MEMORIAM: Janice Whipple, 89; Engineer, Buddhist, World Traveler COOPERSTOWN – Janice Whipple of Utica, an engineer and world traveler who was raised in Cooperstown, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. No matter how you knew Janice in this life, you knew her life was extraordinary. Born on the first day of May in 1930, she and her sister, Elsie, lived happily in the Cooperstown area. When her mother, Madilyn, died, their beloved Aunt Martha took the girls in and…
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Jim Powers Runs For 122nd Assembly Seat Former Otsego County Board Chairman Seeks To Succeed Retiring Cliff Crouch By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SOUTH NEW BERLIN – Republican Jim Powers, former Otsego County Board of Representatives chairman, announced this morning he’s running for state Assembly in the 122nd District to succeed Cllifford W. Crouch, Bainbridge, who is retiring. Both are career farmers. “I enjoy public service and being able to help people with their problems,” and to do…
CLICK FOR SLIDE SHOW Siena Picks Chris Gibson As President Otsego’s Former Congressman Applies Leadership To Academe Otsego County’s former congressman, Chris Gibson ’86 Ph.D., will be Siena College’s new president, effective July 1, the Capital District college announced yesterday. He will be formally inaugurated in the fall. Dr. Gibson’s appointment – he is the first permanent lay leader at the Catholic institution – was approved unanimously by the College’s Board of Trustees in a special session. “Siena played an…
