Wall Street Investor Criqui New Springfield Supervisor SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Galen O. Criqui, a Wall Street investor who played varsity basketball at Princeton, has agreed to succeed Bill Freeland, who has retired as Springfield town supervisor. The town board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Community Center to appoint the new supervisor, Town Clerk Jeannette Armstong reported today. “He has agreed to serve the town,” she said.…
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IN COVID ERA, PEOPLE REACHED OUT Gifts Pile Up; Salvation Army Can Help 500 Kids At the Salvation Army gym, 25 River St., Oneonta, volunteers Joan Hill and Judy Barnum, top photo, yesterday were sorting piles of Christmas presents, enough to help 216 family with a total of 500 children. “This year has been really great.” said Capt. Selah Bender. “A lot of bank lobbies have been closed, so it has been difficult for people to get tags from the…
Boy, 11, Deputies Contribute $550 In COVID Aid To MCS…
Food For Thought It’s Still Unclear What Biden, Harris Can Do All new Presidents inherit messes from their predecessors, but Biden is the first to have to think about literally decontaminating the White House. Combatting the pandemic is only the start of the challenge, at home and abroad. There are alliances to rebuild, a stimulus package to pass, a government to staff. Biden’s advisers are preparing a slew of Executive Orders: restoring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program,…
Editorial Heegan, Casale Engergy, Brains, A Credit To County To begin, no one can rival state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, in contributions to our Otsego County. He’s a giant. THE giant, who is retiring at year’s end after 34 years representing us in the state Legislature. He’s primus inter pares – or simply primus. The gold standard. (More accolades coming.) But he’s at the top of a pretty tall pyramid of people with energy and brainpower in Otsego County public…
Scrappy, Innovative GOP Chair Resigns, Focuses on Consulting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It was 2013. The issue was fracking. And four prominent local Republicans knocked on Vince Casale’s door. “It was conveyed to me that the party was in some trouble,” said Casale, who last week advised the Republican County Committee he is resigning as chairman. “My work is done,” he said. “It’s time for a change.” He recommended Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, Republican county elections commissioner,…
At Year’s End, Transitions Chamber President Heegan Takes People Skill To Carolina By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com No job could be as tough as Barbara Ann Heegan’s first. Right out of SUNY Oneonta with a B.Sc. in Child & Family Studies, she joined 9/11 Family Support Services in Elmont, L.I., where the Queens native had been raised, seeking to help 122 family members mourn the death of loved ones in the attack on the Twin Towers. About the…
Cooperstown Distillery Set To Open Store In Saratoga The Cooperstown Distillery is about to open a store in the heart of vibrant Saratoga Springs – 453 Broadway – Proprietor Gene Marra said this morning, with a “soft opening” perhaps as soon as the end of this week. “It’s a dream come true,” said Marra. Visitors from Otsego County will find a locale quite similar to the distillery’s Beverage Exchange at Main and Pioneer streets in downtown Cooperstown, he said. Along…
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EMS Food Drive Underway At Price Chopper ’til 5 Today…
