Clark Removes Carson From Key Committees COOPERSTOWN – Elections DO have consequences. County Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, who fell short in his attempt yesterday to replace Kathy Clark, R-Otego, as chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, lost his committee chairmanship and was removed from the board’s two key committees. As board chair, Clark appoints the committees at the county board’s annual reorganization meeting.…
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IN MEMORIAM “Well done, good and faithful servant … enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” St. Matthew 25:23 Father John R. Roos, 86, Pastor At Cooperstown, Other Parishes Retired Bishop Hubbard To Preside At Cooperstown Funeral Editor’s Note: This is the complete obituary for Father John R. Roos, released a few minutes ago by the funeral directors. COOPERSTOWN – Father John R. Roos, 86, of Cherry Valley, who served Catholic churches in Cooperstown, Cherry Valley, Springfield Center and Sharon…
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IN MEMORIAM: Wilbur B. Carr, 91; WWII Vet Invaded Via Omaha Beach ONEONTA – Wilbur B. Carr, 91, SUNY Oneonta’s chief custodian and a World War II veteran who participated in the Normandy invasion, passed away quietly on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. He had been living at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing. He was born Dec. 26, 1924, in Cooperstown, the son of the late David M. and Martha (Baumes) Carr. During World War II, he entered France…
IN MEMORIAM Father John Roos, 86; Pastor In Cooperstown, Cherry Valley COOPERSTOWN – Father John R. Roos, 86, passed away Tuesday night, Jan. 3, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica following a brief illness. Father Roos is a former pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church in Cooperstown. More recently, he served at St. Thomas the Apostle in Cherry Valley, An Albany native, before coming to Otsego County he served at the cathedral in…
CLARK RULES! (AT LEAST IN ’17) Chair Turns Back Challenge, But Colleagues Are Divided By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Four-year Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, was elected to another year on the helm of the county Board of Representatives, but it was ugly. She ended up with 3,341 weighted votes, comfortably above the 3,115 majority, but hardly a landslide. Three of the eight Republicans on the board didn’t vote for her: her challenger, Len Carson, Oneonta, voted nay, and…
COUNTY BOARD TO VOTE ON CHAIR Carson Offers Plan Of 2017 Priorities COOPERSTOWN – In asking his colleagues to elect him chairman of the county Board of Representatives, county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, laid out a detail plan of goals to strive for in 2017. The county board is scheduled to vote on the chairmanship at its reorganizational meeting at 10 a.m. today. Here is a copy of the the Carson plan.…
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…