As SUNY, Hartwick Open, Oneonta Control Group To Meet In Public View New Panel Monitors Students’ Return ONEONTA – The first meeting of the “Oneonta Control Group” – it was set up to monitor the impact of returning college students – is at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, and will be broadcast on the city’s YouTube channel. All meetings are virtual and open to the public. Mayor Gary Herzig set up the group, which includes both college staff and students,…
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CLICK AT 7 P.M. FOR CONVOCATION COVID-19 Free, Hartwick Takes Added Precautions, Limiting Who’s On Campus Violators Will Be Charged With Trespassing ONEONTA – Hartwick College is COVID-19 free, and today announced additional precautionary steps to keep it that way, further limiting public access. Effective immediately, only the following persons are permitted on the 425-acre private property (including Table Rock and Strawberry Fields, Elmore Field and running track, and the Pine Lake Environmental Campus):…
SUNY Investigates Off-Campus Parties, Suspends Sorority With 13 Cases Confirmed, Plus Quarantines, Rush Week Halted ONEONTA – As COVID-19 cases multiply in the campus community, SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris is cracking down, announcing late yesterday: • SUNY Oneonta’s Office of Community Standards has opened an investigation into student off-campus parties that may violate city law, and will discipline students or student organizations found in violation of the campus code. • In response to complaints, the college yesterday suspended…
LETTER from DAN BUTTERMANN Dissolving NRA Not Fair To Its Members To the Editor: I was delighted to see the attorney general take direct action against the leadership of the NRA. They have profited millions of dollars at the expense of NRA members and vendors, and this is not the mission and purpose of the organization. However, I find it difficult to agree with the conclusion that the NRA no longer has a place in our society. I am writing…
Bill Crankshaw Is Going Home To Johnstown CCS Superintendent Since 2016 COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Central School Superintendent Bill Crankshaw, here since 2016, is returning to his hometown as superintendent of the Greater Johnstown School District. Crankshaw was appointed by the Johnstown board last night during a special meeting. Under a five-year contract, he’s set to officially assume the duties as the Johnstown superintendent on Dec. 1 or earlier, pending arrangements with Cooperstown, according to the announcement.…
JESS LANZA CO-OWNS KATE’S UPSTATE New Chamber President Has Main Street’s Pulse By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – During down times at Kate’s Upstate, Jess Lanza, new president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce board of directors, sits on one of the turquoise chairs out front, chatting with tourists, customers and other businesspeople who happen to walk by. “We’re right in the center,” said Lanza, the first merchant to lead the Cooperstown chamber board since 2007, when…
Fox Hospital President Promoted To Key Role On Bassett CEO’s Team Ibrahim Moves Up Joyner, Betrus, Purcell, Recruits Top Tech Executive From Integris COOPERSTOWN – The Bassett Health Network this morning announced four key promotions, including that of Fox Hospital President Jeff Joyner to network senior vice president/chief operating officer, as the new president/CEO, Tommy Ibrahim, here since July, begins to put his team in place. The other three key appointments are: Michael Thompson, as vice president/systems improvement. Most recently, he…
LOCAL COVID CASES SPIKE 9 New Infections: 5 SUNY Students, 4 High-Schoolers By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Nine new COVID-19 cases surfaced locally today, the county Department of Health reported at 5:35 this evening. Five were SUNY Oneonta students, bringing the total to date to seven, all living off-campus. The other four cases came out of a gathering of students from the same high school, but county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said she’s not ready…
CLICK HERE FOR PETITION Dissatisfied With Q&A, CCS Parents Petitioning For In-Person Briefing COOPERSTOWN – Dissatisfied with last week’s three briefings convened via Zoom last week by the Cooperstown Central School administration, a group of parents is circulating a petition for an in-person meeting. The petition is seeking an in-person meeting – perhaps in an outdoors setting, with reservations to ensure social distancing – where administrators and the school board can answer parents’ questions face-to-face.…
IN MEMORIAM Dr. Paula Holleran, 82 Nov. 7, 1937-Aug. 25, 2020 ONEONTA – Dr. Paula Holleran, 82, of Oneonta and Sarasota, Fla., passed away on Aug. 25, 2020, while surrounded by her family. The SUNY Oneonta professor emeritus fought a difficult 16-month battle with a bone marrow disorder which progressed into Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Born on Nov. 7, 1937, in Brooklyn, to Angelo and Jean Rizzo, Paula spent a happy childhood playing stoop ball and stick ball with her neighborhood…
