Stuligross: Meet In Evening So More Can Run For Office ONEONTA – Many people are unable to run for the Otsego County Board of Representatives because it meets at 10 a.m. in the middle of the work week. County Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, hopes to do something about it: She is introducing a resolution at Wednesday’s county board reorganizational meeting to change the monthly meeting to sometime between 5-7 in the evening, so people who work 9-5 can participate. The veteran…
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Minimum Wage, Heroin Among ‘State Of State’ Breakfast Topics Hartwick College’s internship director Kirsten Oehl, top photo, thanked state Rep. Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, the congressional candidate, on his support of “experiential learning.” “The gauntlet has been thrown,” she said. She was speaking at this morning’s annual State of the State Breakfast, hosted by the Otsego Chamber of Commerce at The Otesaga. At right, state Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, speaks on importance of high speed broadband internet for the county and the ramifications for…
AGAIN, POWERS TILTS AT CLARK Board Reorganizes Wednesday By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Veteran county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, is again seeking to bump county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, from the chairmanship, according to representatives whom he’s approached asking for support. The Otsego County Board of Representatives, which Clark has chaired for four one-year terms now, will hold its reorganizational meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the County Office Building on upper Main Street here. Powers, a dairy…
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Hall of Fame 2016 Class To Be Revealed Thursday COOPERSTOWN – The National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the 2006 Induction class at a press conference at 3 p.m. this Thursday at the New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South. The inductees have been chosen by a vote of members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. VIEW PREVIEW OF CLASS OF 2015 BY MLB.COM …
IN MEMORIAM: Olive Engelman, 88; WWII Nurse Raised Family In Oneonta ONEONTA – Olive Virginia LeDene Engelman, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. Her life was a rich one, filled with love from her husband, Peter, her children Peter, Paul and Susan, and their respective families (Karyn, Kyle and Claire, and Vicki, Jeremiah, Jessica and Jennifer). Olive began her life on June 6, 1927, on Long Island, graduated from…
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All Welcome To Sing In Choir On MLK Birthday This Year ONEONTA – Everyone will be welcome to sing along with the MLK Choir at this year’s commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Regina Betts, vice president of the NAACP, Oneonta Branch, announced today. The only requirement is that people intending to sing with the choir should arrive at 1 p.m. for a rehearsal, according to Robin Seletsky, the…
Freshmen Nicosia, Rafter To Chair City Common Council Committees ONEONTA – Two new Common Council members will be appointed to chair two of the Council’s four committees when the new members meet for the first time at the reorganizational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. ALL APPOINTMENTS LISTED ON COUNCIL AGENDA Melissa Nicosia will chair the Community Development Committee, and John Rafter the Legislative Committee. Veteran Council members David Rissberger and Russ Southard will chair the Operations/Planning/Evaluations Committee…
Swearing-Ins Raise Hopes Of New Beginning For City SEE SLIDE SHOW FROM TODAY’S SWEARING-INS …
