IN MEMORIAM: Bernice Strong, 85; Raised 6 Children, Drove School Bus MILFORD – Bernice E. Strong, 85, of Milford, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, May 23, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Oct. 19, 1931, on Crumhorn Mountain in the Town of Maryland, the daughter of Lewis and Lillian (Wright) Virtell.…
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OBITUARY IN NEW YORK TIMES Environmentalist Bob Boyle, Retired To Springfield, Dies…
READ RESIGNATION LETTER MATHES, WHO REVITALIZED IDA, LEAVING 3rd Resignation Creates Crisis For Otsego Now By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.allotsego.com ONEONTA – The coup is complete. Sandy Mathes, who revolutionized economic development in Otsego County in the past three years, has given the 90-day notice required by his contract, and will be departing as CEO of the Otsego Now organization he created by summer’s end. As if to punctuate the end of an era, Bob Hanft of Pierstown,…
BULLETIN Mathes Resigns At Otsego Now ONEONTA – Sandy Mathes, who as CEO of Otsego Now revolutionized economic development in Otsego County over the past three years, has resigned. He gave the 90-day notice required by his contract, the Otsego Now board learned this morning. DEVELOPING STORY; CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS…
Curious Bear Enjoys The View From Otsego Lake’s East Side Brigitte Priem, who runs the Lakeview Lodge on the ridge to the east of Otsego Lake, reports this bold bear walked onto her porch last evening. “I bring my bird feeders in during the night, but this bear walked up onto my porch and took a look at the view,” she related in an email today, “turned around, looked through my French doors into the house, and then casually walked back…
Doctor Wins Donnall Prize For Linking Fainting, Clots COOPERSTOWN – Dr. Umair Iqbal, in his second year of training at Bassett Hospital, has won the 2017 E. Donnall Thomas Award for research linking fainting spells to blood clots in the lungs. “More than 40 percent of patients who are evaluated in the emergency room with fainting are discharged with an unknown cause,” said Iqbal, whose research project competed with nine others for the award. “Syncope (passing out) is sometimes the…
PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:30 MONDAY Village Of Milford Considering Short-Term Rentals Moratorium MILFORD – Reflecting the same concerns debated in Cooperstown in recent weeks, the Village of Milford is planning a hearing on a temporary moratorium on short-term rentals at 6:30 p.m. Monday the 22nd in the Village Office, 64 South Main St. The village is not opposed to short-term rentals during the summer to Dreams Park families and other visitors, said Mayor Brian Pokorny. However, he added, residents have…
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BFS Deploys Buoys For Summer, But Flashing Lights Found Lacking COOPERSTOWN – It means summer isn’t far behind. Volunteer Divers Pat McCormack, Lee Ferrara, Bjorn Eilertsen, and Sarah Coney deployed no-wake zone buoys (NWZBs) and retrieved the over-winter spar buoys this morning, according to Paul Lord, who oversees the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field State diving team. All NWZBs are deployed except for the Four Mile Point East and Five Mile Point Buoys, Lord reported. The Five-Mile Point NWZB is entangled with the…
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