HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4 Relieve Cabin Fever With These Activities Last day to register for Cornell Cooperative Extension Public Speaking Workshop and the 4-H youth cooking workshop. Info, cceschoharie-otsego.org/events CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar DISCUSSION GROUP – 3-5 p.m. Discussion of Current Events. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar YARN CLUB – 6:30 p.m. For Knitters and Crocheters to learn and share skills and to work on winter…
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CLARK STILL LACKS VOTES TO KEEP JOB By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – According to tally just received, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, still lacks sufficient votes to keep her chairmanship of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Clark has six of the 14 votes, a minority. Under the board’s weighted voting system, those county reps have more-than-average clout, but their combined votes only add up to 2,842, still short of the 3,084 votes she needs for reelection. The…
FURIOUS LOBBYING FOR CHAIRMANSHIP Some Say Rep. Powers Shifts To Clark; Others, Outcome Still Too Close To Call By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Furious lobbying is underway this evening as support for the next chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives sea-saws between incumbent Kathy Clark, R-Otego, and Len Carson, R-Oneonta. Word was circulating that county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, who mounted an unsuccessful challenge to Clark last year, had just this evening agreed to…
City Manager Search Begins This Friday ONEONTA – The search for Oneonta’s new City Manager will formally begin on Friday, Jan. 6. “Our consultant, Catherine Tuck Parrish, will begin looking at applications,” said Mayor Gary Herzig during the Common Council meeting held earlier this evening. “She’ll weed out and present us with the candidates that she believes will be the best fit.”…
IN MEMORIAM: Red Gibson; Teacher Served On Eisenhower’s Color Guard ONEONTA – Brainard “Red” Gibson, a retired teacher who while in the Army served on President Eisenhower’s Color Guard, died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 27, 2016, at his home in Oneonta. He was born May 10, 1930, in Inman, S.C., to Brainard Sr. and Alliene Hipp, the school principal and the English teacher. As a schoolboy he worked as a custodian and bus driver, stoking the woodstoves early…
Village Planners Drill Down Into Concepts For New CVS…
WITH NEW YEAR, NEW LEADER CCS Superintendent Arrives, Meeting With Students, Staff …
State Of The State? Iffy, Chamber Breakfast Told…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JAN. 3 Meet Your Elected Officials STATE BREAKFAST – 8-10:30 a.m. Annual State of the State Breakfast. Come meet your elected officials and learn about government initiatives affecting our county. Registration Required. Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine pkwy, Oneonta. Info, otsegocc.com KNITTING GROUP – 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, www.villagelibraryofcooperstown.org/calendar PLANNING BOARD – 2 p.m. CVS preliminary site plan review workshop. Village Office Building, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. PLANNING BOARD – 5…
First Baby Of 2017 Born At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – The first Otsego County baby of 2017 was born at 6:04 a.m. New Year’s Day at Bassett Hospital. However, the parents asked that their privacy be respected, with no photos taken before Jan. 7. The only information Bassett can released is the mother is from Oneonta.…
