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Cooperstown Central Hires New High School Principal COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Central school board announced today it has selected a new principal to lead Cooperstown Junior-Senior High School: Donna Lucy, an educator from Providence, R.I. She takes over Aug. 1, succeeding Michael Cring, whose resignation was accepted last week by the school board. He is joining Arlington Central School District, near Poughkeepsie, as athletic director.…
ONEONTA WINS $10M – ALL OF IT Cuomo Administration Delivers Downtown Development Bonanza By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo couldn’t make it, called away from a City of the Hills appearance by a collapsing crane on the Tappan Zee Bridge project. But he sent the check. $10 million. Howard Zemsky, Empire Development Corp. president, announced at 3:45 p.m. that Oneonta has won the special multi-million allocation earmarked for downtown redevelopment in the whole Mohawk…
CUOMO DUE IN ONEONTA TOMORROW By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo’s office has announced he is coming to the City of Oneonta tomorrow to make “an important announcement” at 2:45 p.m. at Foothills Performing Arts Center. Local officials have been told no more than that. With this year’s CFA round of economic-development applications just beginning, the only big “ask” pending right now is City Hall’s application for a $10 million grant that might be awarded to…
IN MEMORIAM: Marion Dodge, 94; 25-Year Nurse At Morris Central MORRIS – Marion Ruth Augusta Jacobsen Dodge, 94, nurse/teacher at Morris Central School for 25 years who enjoyed a full role in community life, died Wednesday, July 13, 2016, in the company of her family and her devoted caregivers at Hampshire House in Oneonta. Marion was born June 4, 1922, in New York City, the eldest child of Bernhardt Jacobsen and Ruth Gregory Jacobsen. She grew up in Morris with…
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Privatized Tourism Effort Wins Key Committee OK Administration Committee Acts Wednesday COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives’ Intergovernmental Affairs Committee this morning unanimously approved a three-year contract with Destination Marketing of Otsego County (DMOC), opening the way to end a months-long debate. The contract is for three years, while DMOC was seeking an extension to five years. However, county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, an IGA member, said he would be open to extending it to four years at some…
Glimmerglass Vodka Wins Medal In ‘Fifty Best’ Blind-Taste Ranking COOPERSTOWN – The Fifty Best, which rates fine wines and spirits, recently hosted an Domestic Vodka Tasting which awarded the Cooperstown Distillery’s Glimmerglass Vodka a Double Gold medal. If competed among 23 contenders for the distinguished “Best Domestic Vodka” awards for 2016.…
Bassett Receives National Award For Quick Action On Heart Attacks COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital today announced it has been awarded the American Hospital Association’s Lifeline® Silver Quality Achievement Award. The AHA’s recognition identified institutions that achieve certain metrics meant to promote high standards of care in the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the most deadly type of heart attack caused by a blockage of blood…