GOP, And One Democrat, Gather For Pancake Feast Dave Bliss, Republican chair of the Otsego County Board and a Rotarian, pours coffee for state Sen. – and candidate – Jim Seward, R-Milford, a few minutes ago at the traditional Cooperstown Rotary Club Election Day pancake breakfast at the Vets’ Club. With the senator are, from his left, daughter-in-law of two months Kelly Ann, daughter Lauren, wife Cindy and son Ryan. Seward is being challenged today by Democrat Joyce St. George,…
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WORKFORCE SUMMIT 2018 Knowledge Worker, Not Industry, Is Our Future, Speaker Says Cleinman Wins Seward’s Support To Launch ‘Come Home’ Campaign By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After a rousing salute to “knowledge-based industry,” a local businessman with a national clientele, Al Cleinman, today announced he intends to lead a “Come Home to Oneonta” campaign. Cleinman was addressing the Workforce Summit at The Otesaga, where attendees learned we have more jobs than people. The day was organized…
Seward Announces $30K Grant To Fund W. Oneonta Alert System …
Seward Will Provide Grants To Responders In 3 Counties ONEONTA –On the eve of 9/11, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will be in Delaware, Schoharie, and Otsego counties Monday to announce state grants for police and emergency services.…
Seward Announces $200K For 3 Libraries In County Final Touches Funded In Worcester Building State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today announced almost $200,000 in state grants for three local libraries, including $92,388 to bring the new Worcester Free Library to completion. The Edmeston Free Library receives $75,610 for renovations, inside and outside, to a donated building. And Hartwick’s Kinney Memorial Library received $10,509 for paving the parking lot and driveway in the hamlet.…
Seward Bill OK’d For Baseball To Be NY Official Sport Assembly, Governor Must Now Act On CCS Fourth Graders’ Request ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward’s bill designating baseball New York’s official state sport has passed the Senate, the Milford Republican’s office announced today. “It is time that we formally recognize baseball as our official state sport,” Seward said. “Baseball is known as our national pastime but the game has deep roots and a rich history here in New York…
Beer Ice-Cream Bill Passes State Senate Seward, Magee Collaborate On Sherburne Entrepreneurs’ Idea ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Oneonta, today announced Senate approval of a law he sponsored to allow the sale of ice cream made with beer and hard cider. He was acting on the suggestion of a Chenango County business, the Gilligan’s Island ice cream parlor in Sherburne that already makes 30 flavors of ice cream, and has created beer and hard-cider flavors. “Farmers and brewers already…
Editorial, May 25, 2018 Hail Doubleday! Historic Ballfield To Be Reinvented For 21st Century Fans’ Needs Too much discussion about Doubleday Field in recent years has centered on how it was once considered the Birthplace of Baseball, and now isn’t. That’s not a productive conversation. Let’s stipulate that boys played baseball in Phinney’s Field in the mid-1800s, as boys did across the country. Let’s stipulate that Abner Doubleday was at West Point in 1839, when he purportedly invented baseball here.…
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SEWARD BRINGS $1M TO DOUBLEDAY REDO $3M More Hoped For From New York State By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, delivered $1 million needed for a $5.8 million renovation of Doubleday Field, long considered the Birthplace of Baseball, which marks its 100th birthday next year. The grant Seward announced today is from the State & Municipal Facilities Program. The Village of Cooperstown has applied for another $3 million – earlier reports had…