Maher, Oberacker Calling forUniversal School Meals Program STAFF REPORTALBANY Assemblyman Brian Maher (R,C-Walden) and Senator Peter Oberacker (R,C-Schenevus) are among a group of legislators reaching across the aisle to support creation of a permanent healthy school meals program in New York State. Maher is a co-sponsor of the legislation introduced by prime sponsor Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (D, WFP-East Elmhurst). The bill as proposed, A0194/S01678-A, would establish the program to provide breakfast and lunch to all children in public school districts,…
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In Memoriam James E. Myers, 62 COOPERSTOWN—James Edward Myers passed away on February 28, 2023 at age 62. He worked as a respiratory therapist at Bassett Healthcare for years and enjoyed helping his patients. He loved the outdoors, especially during turkey season. He is survived by his mother, Jean Myers, daughter Molly Myers (Dan), sister Jennifer Tibbens (Bernie), granddaughter Penelope Hernandez, nephews Cameron and Jesse Yerton, and grandnephew Chance. He was predeceased by his father, John Myers, sister, Janice Yerton,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MARCH 3 The Medicinals To Perform At The Otesaga CONCERT—7:30 p.m. Come out for a concert by the reggae afro funk band, “The Medicinals.” Tickets, $20/person. Presented by the Cooperstown Concert Series at The Otesaga, Cooperstown. Visit cooperstownconcertseries.org/medicinals/…
Village of CooperstownTo Receive $4.5 Million COOPERSTOWN—During a press conference held earlier today at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, it was announced that the Village of Cooperstown will receive $4.5 million, and the Villages of Sharon Springs and Dolgeville will each receive $2.25 million in funding, as the Mohawk Valley winners of the first round of NY Forward. Building on the momentum of the state’s successful Downtown Revitalization Initiative, the $100 million NY Forward program adopts the…
Public Hearing Set for March 7 Lake Street Permit To Be Considered By CASPAR EWIGCOOPERSTOWN At 5 p.m. on March 7, the Cooperstown Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing to consider an application for a special use permitting short-term rentals to exist on the property at 40 Lake Street. The original application, heard on February 7, was tabled to determine whether the 400-foot-radius of notification to adjacent property owners had been completed as required. The home in…
Editorial Saving Article IX Among the most important sections of our New York State Constitution is Article IX, one that has been on the local books since the organization of our local governments—our counties, cities, towns and villages: home rule. This, in a broad sense, describes those governmental functions and activities traditionally reserved to or performed by local governments without undue infringement by the state. More technically, home rule refers to the constitutional and statutory powers given local governments to…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 2 Connections Presents “How America’s Greatest Hoax Got A Home In Cooperstown” CONNECTIONS—1:15 p.m. Join former Freeman’s Journal editor Tom Heitz to learn “How America’s Greatest Hoax Got a Home in Cooperstown.” Community Room, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. connectionsatcsc@gmail.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 Colleges Present Lecture & Reading Series MEMORIAL LECTURE—4 p.m. Join Union College Political Science professor Zoe Oxley for her lecture, “This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest” which is this year’s Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture. Free, open to the public. Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, Hartwick College, Oneonta. (607) 431-4887 or visit hartwick.edu/academics/annual-celebrations-lectures/leslie-g-rude-lecture/ READING SERIES—7:30 p.m. The community is invited for the first reading of the 2023…
A.O. Fox Hospital Announces FoxCare Fitness Will Be Closing June 1 ONEONTA—A.O. Fox Hospital and Bassett Healthcare Network announced on Tuesday, February 28 that FoxCare Fitness in Oneonta will be closing permanently as of June 1. Hospital and network leadership reached the decision following an extended period of declining membership and operational challenges, many of which are directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “FoxCare Fitness, like many other gym facilities, has experienced significant business impacts as a result of the…
Oxley To Deliver Memorial Lecture ONEONTA Union College Professor of Political Science Zoe Oxley will deliver the 2023 Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, March 1 at 4 p.m. in the Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, on the Hartwick College campus. Her presentation, “This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest” is free and open to the public. Oxley is part of a team whose latest research on gender and political socialization…
