50 GATHER AT BEVERAGE EXCHANGE Democratic Candidates Kick Off Fall Campaign To applause, Democratic County Chairman Aimee Swan, standing at center, introduces city, town and county candidates from across Otsego County seeking office in the Nov. 5 local elections at a kick-off rally now underway at the Beverage Exchange in downtown Coopertown. (In the foreground are Oneonta Democrats Rick Pavlick, right, and Kate O’Donnell, left.) At right, Jill Basile, county rep candidate from District 14, Oneonta, attending with husband Vinnie,…
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Two Dozen Join Veteran On Walk To Neahwa Park By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Since March 1, Frank Romeo has braved 80 mph winds, ice storms and other Upstate winter hazards on his mission to bring awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on his statewide “Walk With Frank” campaign. “This is one of the nice days!” he said this morning in Neahwa Park, where he walked with two dozen under overcast skies, with temperatures hovering in…
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‘Walk With Frank’ Advocate Arrives In Oneonta Tonight ONEONTA – Frank Romeo, the Vietnam veteran who is walking across New York to raise awareness of PTSD, will arrive in Oneonta tonight. Romeo will be at the Oneonta Vets Club 5-7 p.m. tonight for the weekly fish fry dinner. At 10 a.m. Saturday, Gene Schmitt has organized a local walk, where supporters will walk with Frank to the Vietnam Veteran’s memorial in Neahwa Park.…
FORMER CHAIR RETIRING Clark Doesn’t File Petitions For Reelection Brockway, Ogden Vie In District 3 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A dominant actor appears to be leaving the political stage: By today’s 5 p.m. deadline, county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the former two-term board chairman, had not filed petitions to run again for her District 3 seat. Absent an independent filing, it appears that either Republican Rick Brockway, the outdoors columnist and farrier from Laurens, or…
COLLEGE PROVIDING ROTARY SPEAKERS Hartwick E-Hub Students Share ‘Liberal Arts In Action’ Rotarian (and Hartwick College president) Margaret L. Drugovich, above, introduces Hartwick students Allison Taft and Taylor Diepold, who spoke at today’s the Oneonta Rotary Club luncheon at The Elks Club. Each Thursday this month, Hartwick is providing luncheon speakers to the local club. Today’s topic was the “E-Hub Experience: Liberal Arts in Action” initiative. Economics Professor Kristen Jones, at left, explains how uncertainties in the future of the…
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Bill Davis Will Receive Doctor Of Laws Degree At Hartwick Graduation Revered Local Businessman Joined By Sally G. Herbert, Entrepreneur ONEONTA – Bill Davis, ’49, retired president of the Country Club Auto group and a former Hartwick College trustee, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the college’s 2019 commencement at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, on Elmore Field, it was announced today. Another former trustee, Sally Griffiths Herbert, ’88, a successful entrepreneur in New Hampshire with her…
Resident Here 2 Decades Ago, Dr. Tinger Returns To Bassett As Director Of Cancer Institute College Friend’s Experience Inspired Career COOPERSTOWN – A resident at Bassett Hospital 20 years ago, Alfred Tinger, MD, has returned as Bassett Cancer Institute chief and medical director. His appointment is effective today. Tinger, who has more than 20 years of experience as a radiation oncologist, spent his transitional year as a resident at Bassett after graduating medical school in 1992. He also has a…
Retired Priest Named To Fill In At St. Mary’s Father Pagones Served In Albany Area COOPERSTOWN – Father Peter Pagones, who retired from St. Paul the Apostle and Our Lady of Mount Carmel churches in Schenectady last July, will be interim pastor at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church here, according to Diocese of Albany spokesman Mary DeTurris Poust. He will fill in while a permanent successor is sought for Father John P. Rosson, 71, who retired…
