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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO: Celebrate Independence Day! 07-04-21

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 4 Celebrate Independence Day! CELEBRATION – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Celebrate the nations independence with sights and souds of the 18th century. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/event/independence-day-celebration/ INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE – 1 p.m. The parade will line up at Noon at Foothills and proceed down Main Street to Neahwa Park for remarks and festivities. All essential workers are invited to participate and will have a chance to win door prizes from…

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Breaking: Bassett Healthcare announces shake up in top positions

Breaking: Bassett Healthcare announces shake up in top positions STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Bassett Healthcare announced Friday, May 14, that several people in high levels of leadership in the company were departing. Ronette Wiley, vice president of operations and chief quality and experience officer, along with Donna Anderson, chief nursing officer and vice president of nursing, would be leaving their positions. “We are appreciative of their contributions and many years service to our health system and wish them…

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STERNBERG: Neighbors Helping Neighbors Get Shots

LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Neighbors Helping Neighbors Get Shots This past weekend Bassett performed an amazing feat of vaccinating a large group of people, more than 1,100 over two days. The confirmation of vaccine availability only came though on Wednesday, March 3, leaving but two full days to prepare. Nevertheless, I visited on Sunday and it had the appearance of a military operation (which in a sense it was). The Bassett community, from Dr. Tommy Ibrahim on down should be…

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With Seward, Bassett Reclaims Some Of County’s Ebbing Clout

EDITORIAL With Seward, Bassett Reclaims Some Of County’s Ebbing Clout Someone was remarking the other day that, over almost four decades, Otsego County had two key players that could be called upon in any crisis. One, Bill Streck, Bassett Healthcare Network president/CEO since 1984, who spent years developing contacts in Albany. A Democrat, he was a go-to guy around here, someone who could call the Governor’s Office and expect an answer. Two, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who served in…

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Bassett Recruits Seward As Liason With Albany

Bassett Recruits Seward As Liason With Albany Anticipating 36-year state Sen. Jim Seward’s retirement, Bassett President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim “asked me to join his team” when the two met for the first time last fall, the senator said. Conversations continued, and Friday, Feb. 12, Ibrahim made it official: Seward has joined the hospital network as a “strategic affairs liaison,” offering advice on a part-time basis on how it can interact with Albany to obtain the best outcomes. In an interview, Ibrahim…

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Seward To Join Bassett Network In Liaison Role

BULLETIN Seward To Join Bassett Network In Liaison Role COOPERSTOWN – Retired state senator Jim Seward, R-Milford, has agreed to join Bassett Healthcare Network in an advisory capacity as a strategic affairs liaison, Network President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim announced this morning. “The former senator has been a public servant of our area for decades and has an intimate knowledge of the communities served by Bassett,” Ibrahim said in an email to the Network community.…

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In COVID Year, Leaders Did Step Up

Editorial In COVID Year, Leaders Did Step Up The choice of Heidi Bond, “General in the Fight Against COVID-19,” as we put it, has been seconded by many since the “Citizen of the Year” edition appeared last week. She and her team at the Otsego County Department of Health rose to the challenge. All of us thank her for her tireless contributions in 2020. Otsego County has been lucky in leadership this year. Here are four other individuals who shone,…

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‘OneBassett’ Is Promising Idea; Let’s Get Behind It

AllOTSEGO.com MINI-EDITORIAL ‘OneBassett’ Is Promising Idea; Let’s Get Behind It This mini-editorial is prompted by our next two editions’ editorials:  This coming week, the topic is, of course, Christmas.  The following week, Citizen of the Year. That means we would be unable to comment on “OneBassett,” an exciting innovation at the 5,200-employee Bassett Healthcare System, until the New Year. We all depend on Bassett, particularly in Otsego County on the mother ship, Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, and Fox Hospital in…

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‘ONE BASSETT” NOW A REALITY, IBRAHIM SAYS

CLICK FOR TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT ‘ONE BASSETT’ NOW A REALITY, IBRAHIM SAYS North-South Regions, Pay Cuts, Layoffs Open Way To Profitability By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “OneBassett” is here, Network President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim announced yesterday. Ibrahim, who arrived in June from Integris Health Systems in Oklahoma, also announced the reorganization of the eight-county network is largely complete.  It creates a  North Region (Bassett and Little Falls hospitals) and a South Region (Cobleskill, Fox and O’Connor in…

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Bassett Appoints Vice Presidents To Lead Physician, Nursing Corps

Bassett Appoints Vice Presidents To Lead Physician, Nursing Units COOPERSTOWN –Dr. Reginald Knight has been appointed the new senior vice president, chief physician executive for Bassett Healthcare Network, Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, president/CEO announced today. Dr. Denise Robinson has accepted the role of senior vice president, chief nurse executive for the network, Ibrahim also announced.…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.