Can County Board Chair Name Committee Chairs? Or Must Committees Pick Own Leadership? By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As the 2017 committees of the county Board of Representatives began meeting this week, a wrinkle surfaced. The question: Does county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego – or any county board chair – have the authority to appoint committee chairs, as has been her practice and that of her predecessors? Just in case, members of at least one and…
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Are You Going To Trump Inaugural? If you’re an Otsego County resident planning to go to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday, Jan. 20, let us at www.allotsego.com (and Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal) know, so we can interview you from the scene. Call editor Jim Kevlin at 547-6013, or e-mail him at jimk@allotsego.com…
4 COOPERSTOWN ISSUES UPCOMING Chamber Exec To Members: Make Sure Your Voices Heard COOPERSTOWN – At the request of the village trustees, Cooperstown Chamber Executive Director Matt Hazzard is alerting his membership to attend upcoming meetings to express their views on four issues: paid parking changes, snow emergencies, trolley stops and flood-damage prevention. Two public hearings on related laws are planned, at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, and 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, and “the public is strongly encouraged to attend…
IN MEMORIAM: Angelina S. Schlesier, 81, Hartwick; Raised Four Daughters On Farm HARTWICK – Angelina S. Schlesier, 81, Hartwick, who with her husband raised four daughters and operated a dairy farm, died unexpectedly on the evening of Jan. 9, 2017, in her home. Angie was born Aug. 18, 1935 in Wyandanch, on Long Island, the ninth of 12 children to Guido and Lucy Cioffi. After graduating from Huntington High School, she was employed as the manager of Conservative Gas Co. of Wyandanch.…
No Doubt About It! Coop Dominates In Home Game Vs. West Canada By EMILY MURPHY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lady Hawkeyes’ battled out a basketball game with the West Canada Indians last night at Bursey Gymnasium. With a final score of 53-31, Coop dominated the game. After many tie-ups and plenty of baskets, the Indians went home with a loss.…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Tells Of Uber-Like Ride-Sharing In Oneonta In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reported on Red Route, an Uber-like ride-sharing system being pioneered in Otsego County by A&D Transportation Services. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
Faso Invites Bobby Walker To Attend Trump Inaugural Editor’s Note: If you’re attending the Trump inauguration, alert Jim Kevlin at 547-6103, or e-mail jimk@allotsego.com By EMILY MURPHY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bobby Walker, the Cooperstown Central School senior who chairs the Otsego County Young Republicans, has received a ticket from U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-19, to attend Donald J. Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Walker had served as a volunteer in Faso’s just-completed Congressional campaign, where…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Wilcox, 85; Mother Of 6 Had Retired In Florida ONEONTA – Mary Louise Delaney Wilcox, 85, a bookkeeper/underwriter for 16 years at Gordon B. Roberts Agency while raising six children here, passed away in her sleep at Haines City (Fla.) Health & Rehab Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017. In recent years, she lived in Haines City, Fla., and summered in Oneonta. Mary was born Jan. 21, 1931, in Greene, to James and Mary (Sykora) Delaney. She grew up…
IN MEMORIAM: Dorman Webb, Cherry Valley CHERRY VALLEY – Dorman Harold Webb, 76, passed away Jan. 11, 2017. He was born Dec. 21, 1940 in Roseboom, the son of Harold and Arlene Webb. He worked for Key Bank holding several positions for several years.…
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