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In Cooperstown, Bells Toll For COVID’s 200K Victims

MARK PASSED SUNDAY EVENING In Cooperstown, Bells Toll For COVID’s 200K Victims A few minutes ago, volunteers finished a noontime tolling of the bell on Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church 200 times, symbolizing the 200,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths, a mark passed Sunday evening.   “This loss has been heartbreaking for the families affected and, indeed, it is a loss shared by all of us,” said Richard Blabey, above, the member of the congregation who organized the commemoration.  Behind him is his wife,…
September 21, 2020

LeCates Promoted To Colonel In NYS Army National Guard

LeCates Promoted To Colonel In NYS Army National Guard COOPERSTOWN – Dr. William LeCates, Cooperstown, president of Bassett Hospital, was promoted to colonel in the state’s Army National Guard during a ceremony this morning at the National Guard headquarters in Latham. LeCates, who joined the New York Army National Guard in 2009, currently serves as the National Guard state surgeon, in addition to his duties as president of Bassett Hospital. As state surgeon, he is chief medical adviser to state…
September 18, 2020

Laurens Superintendent To Fill Interim Position At Cooperstown Central

READ PROFILE OF CCS INTERIM SUPER Laurens Superintendent To Fill Interim Position At Cooperstown Central Romona Wenck Begins Duties On Oct. 1 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bill Crankshaw will be leaving Cooperstown’s school superintendent post Sept. 30.  On Oct. 1, he will be succeeded as interim super by Romona N. Wenck, who retired last summer from Laurens Central as the longest-serving superintendent in Otsego County. “We’re very fortunate to have her,” said CCS board President…
September 17, 2020

Delgado Obtains $475K For ‘Violence Against Women’ Program Operated By OFO

Delgado Obtains $475K For ‘Violence Against Women’ Program Operated By OFO ONEONTA – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today announced $475,000 in federal funding for the Transitional Housing Assistance Program at Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. The grant, from the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women,  will provide funding for 42 residences for survivors and their families through private landlord housing units.…
September 16, 2020

Bill Streck Is Joining National Consultancy

Bill Streck Is Joining National Consultancy Canton & Company Recruits Him To Advise Clients Across Nation COOPERSTOWN – Bill Streck, who built Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital into today eight-county Bassett Health Network, has joined a national consulting firm, Canton & Company, Baltimore, as chief clinical officer. The addition of Streck, who retired this summer as Bassett Network president/CEO, enhances “the firm’s capabilities in the areas of healthcare strategy, innovation and reform,” according to the company’s announcement. “Having someone of his…
September 15, 2020

Hartwick’s ‘Clean Sweep’ Marks 10th Anniversary

Hartwick’s ‘Clean Sweep’ Marks 10th Anniversary Hartwick Town Board Member Bruce Markusen tosses debris into dumpsters at Saturday’s 10th annual “Clean Sweep,” where volunteers and homeowners bring scrap metal and electronics to the town barn next to Town Hall for disposal.   At right is Chris Briggs, who volunteered with son Andrew to help with the cleanup.  Inset, Town Clerk Andrea Vazquez signs in participants.  Seated behind her is Pat Ryan, who began the “Clean Sweep” a decade ago while she…
September 13, 2020

In Time Of COVID-19, Low-Key 9-11 Arrives

19 YEAR AGO, TERRORISTS KILLED 2,977 In Time Of COVID-19, Low-Key 9-11 Arrives Rudy’s proprietor Fred Lemister ponders the lessons of 9-11 while inspecting the memorial that has been growing year to year in his front window on Main Street, Cooperstown, since terrorist hijacked airliners and drove them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, 19 years ago tomorrow.  The exhibit includes a portrait of Father Michael F. Judge, the NYFD chaplain, who suffered…
September 10, 2020
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