HEARING, VOTE DUE DEC. 4 County-Manager Plan Draws Few To Briefing The League of Women Voters’ moderator, above, greets attendees at this evening’s informational meeting on hiring a county manager, underway at this hour in Courtroom #1 at the county courthouse in Cooperstown. A half-dozen members of the public attended, including Bill Waller, left, and Sydney Waller (not related), at right. In the background are Village Trustee Jim Dean and Marie Ajello, Toddsville. Inset, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, who chairs…
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Energetic Case Made For County Manager Only 10 At Briefing In Oneonta City Hall; Second Session Tuesday In Cooperstown “I don’t think (county government) is run as effectively as the people who elect us should demand it should be,” county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, inset at right, told the 10 people who attended an informational session this evening in Oneonta City Hall on the county Board of Representatives’ plan to create a $150,000 county manager job to run the $116…
LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS SAYS: 5¢ Fee Will Reduce Solid Waste, Pollution Editor’s Note: This position paper was prepared by Liane Hirabayashi and Julie Sorensen, co-presidents, League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area and Steve Londner, Chair, Steering Committee, League of Women Voters of the Oneonta Area. “No, I brought my own bag,” many shoppers are telling store clerks when asked “Do you need a bag?” And more shoppers will be giving the same reply starting in March 2020…
IN MEMORIAM: Joyce A. Hickling, 71; League Moderator Had Wide Interests NORTH EDMESTON – Joyce H. Hickling, a woman of wide interests, passed away on July 8, 2019, in the loving arms of family, and friends at her home on Sunnyview Dairy in North Edmeston. Joyce was born was born on Aug. 14, 1947, in Syracuse, raised in Manlius, and educated at Fayetteville-Manlius Central School in Manlius. Joyce attended Eastern Baptist College in St. Davids, Pa., where she met her…
STATE LEADER AT LOCAL FORUM LWV: Can Democracy Be Achieved Politely? How can we debate the issues of our Democracy in a civil way, particularly in the current atmosphere? Today, that was the question before “A User’s Guide For Local Democracy,” a morning of presentations and discussion in Springbrook’s Family Center, organized by the Cooperstown and Oneonta chapters of the League of Women Voters. Tom Pullyblank, above, Catholic Charities director of Planning & Mediation Services, outlined discussion circles – literally,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Democracy Workshop With League Of Women Voters WORKSHOP – 8:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. The League of Women Voters hosts a “User’s Guide for Local Democracy” workshop. Free, pre-registration required. Springbrook Family Engagement Center, Rt 28, Milford. Info, registration, (607) 547-2853, www.LWVoneonta.org.…
FATE OF THE EARTH League Finds Downtown Easing Out Use Of Plastic Editor’s Note: This report was issued Monday, April 22, after the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area surveyed the use of plastics in downtown Cooperstown. By MELINDA HARDIN & MAUREEN MURRAY Special to The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERTOWN – Our Planet Earth cannot digest plastic. With that fact in mind the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area has partnered with other local environmentally…
League Of Women Voters Plans ‘User’s Guide For Local Democracy’ Panel Public Welcome To Participate April 27 MILFORD CENTER – Oneonta and Cooperstown’s League of Women Voters chapters are planning “A User’s Guide for Local Democracy: Skill Building for Active Organizations and Individuals,” 8:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Springbrook’s Family Engagement Center on Route 28. Panelists will include Laura Ladd Bierman, executive director the League of Women Voters of New York State. The workshop is designed to build…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 28 League Of Women Voters Hosts History Trivia Contest TRIVIA BINGO – 7 p.m. Test your knowledge of history with the League of Women Voters in a trivia contest. Prizes, snacks available. Cooperstown Fire Hall, 24 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, cynthia.g.falk@gmail.com…
League: No Contest, But Exercise Your Right To Vote To the Editor: The League of Women Voters, Cooperstown Area urges the citizens of the Village of Cooperstown to vote in the village election Tuesday, March 19. Polls are open noon-9 p.m. at the Cooperstown Fire Hall on Chestnut Street. There are three open trustee seats: two for three-year terms; and one for a one-year term to complete the final year of the seat left vacant when Ellen Tillapaugh became mayor.…