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NY Transgender Task Force

NY Transgender Task Force Plans ‘Open Mic’ In Oneonta ONEONTA – A new statewide task force has scheduled a Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Town Hall meeting Friday evening at the Universalist Unitarian Church at 12 Ford Ave. A meet and greet is 5:30-6 p.m., followed by an event that include an “open mic” portion. “We are on a fact-finding mission to better understand the needs of our communities – spanning from Buffalo to Long Island,” said Task Force member Juli Grey-Owens in…

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Teach Computer Programming

There’s No One To Teach Computer Programming Yelich Raises Issue At Workforce Summit By SAM ALDRIDGE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A glaring gap in the cycle of education-to-employment was laid bare today when Oneonta Superintendent of Schools Joe Yelich pointed out to a workforce-development panel that teachers of STEM subjects, such as computer science, are nowhere to be found. “The shortage (of programmers) starts at grade seven,” Yelich told a panel at the Mohawk Valley Region Small Business/Workforce Development Summit…

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Katz, Herzig Endorse

Katz, Herzig Endorse Teachout In 6/28 Congressional Primary ONEONTA – In advance of last night’s debate at Foothills, the mayors of Otsego County’s largest communities – Oneonta’s Gary Herzig and Cooperstown’s Jeff Katz – endorsed Zephyr Teachout for the 19th Congressional District seat.…

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3rd-Grade Track Meet Named For Kathleen Galland-Bennett

3rd-Grade Track Meet Named For Kathleen Galland-Bennett Pupils Cheer, Reflect At Cooperstown Elementary Ceremony CCS elementary students Isabella Reich and Noah LaPointe, at left in top photo, pause for a moment of silence this morning as the annual third-grade track meet was renamed in honor of Kathleen Galland-Bennett, the teacher who came to exemplify courageous cancer-fighting in her five-year battle with the disease.  She passed away July 12, 2015.   Below right, phys-ed teacher Connie Herzig remembers her friend; at left in that…

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Program Helps NYS&W Reduce Emissions, Costs

Program Helps NYS&W Reduce Emissions, Costs By SAM ALDRIDGE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The worldwide movement of climate change awareness has come home to the New York Susquehanna & Western Railroad. The railway company, based in Cooperstown, has partnered with the state Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Department of Environmental Conversation (DEC) to install four anti-idling engines on their locomotives to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions.  The Utica-based Mohawk Adirondack and Northern is also participating.…

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