COUNTY BOARD APRIL MEETING Child Abuse Cases Rising, Otsego County Reps Told COOPERSTOWN – Bill Hayes, retired Bassett Hospital social worker and local coordinator of National Child Abuse Prevention Month in Otsego County, told the county board at its monthly meeting this morning that 41 more cases of child abuse were reported locally in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter last year. Most of the cases are not life-threatening; they involve unnecessary physical abuse, neglect and…
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Ailing College Student Brings ‘Be The Match’ To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Stephanie Talaia-Murray was diagnosed with leukemia in the fall of last year. The 21-year-old geology major at Hamilton College was stunned by the news from her doctor at Bassett Hospital. “I had some facial lesions that prompted me to make an appointment to get checked out,” recalls Talaia-Murray. “It was during my treatment for the skin problem that a blood test showed my white blood cell count was quite low.…
$200,000 OFFSETS POLICING COSTS Seward’s ‘Pilot Program’ Approved For 2 Cities Hosting SUNY Campuses ONEONTA – $200,000 is en route to the City of Oneonta to offset policing costs that result from being a SUNY host community, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a few minutes ago. The money was included in the 2016-17 state budget agreed upon by the state Senate, the Assembly and Governor Cuomo by last week’s April 1 deadline. “This is a big win for Oneonta,” said…
Work Starts Next Monday On Oneonta Streetscape ONEONTA – Construction of the City of Oneonta’s new Downtown Streetscape will begin next Monday, the 11th, Community Development Director Bill Kerbin announced today. REVIEW LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT’S REPORT Work will begin on the corners of Chestnut Street and Main Street, and will proceed eastward block by block. Work will occur weekdays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. …
Ansel Adams Exhibit First Topic Of Fenimore Luncheon Lectures COOPERSTOWN – The Fenimore Art Museum’s weekly “Food for Thought” luncheon lectures will start up again next week with Michelle Murdock, director of exhibitions, discussing Ansel Adams, whose “Early Works” exhibit opened April 1. The first Food for Thought will be Wednesday, April 13, and all run from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Pre-registration required; call 547-1461. $22 for NYSHA members; $25 for non-members. Here’s the rest of the 2016 schedule:…
CCS ’93 Grad Celebrated For Teaching Kids To Fight Back HERE’S AN EXCERPT FROM SEVEN DAYS PIECE “I hate fighting,” Tom Murphy announces to several hundred students at Williston Middle School, using what’s become his signature line about differentiating between contact sports such as MMA and hate-fueled violence. “There’s nothing that I find more despicable on the planet.” And with that hook, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound powerhouse owns the kids for the next 90 minutes. In a video recording of that…
IN MEMORIAM: Carol Ann Brannigan, 64 MILFORD – Carol Ann Brannigan, beloved wife and mother, passed away Sunday morning, April 3, 2016 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. A long-time employee in the Bassett Hospital’s Finance Department, she was 64. Arrangements are pending under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown. …
