Bassett COO Bertine McKenna Planning To Step Down Shortly COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network’s chief operating officer for the past 13 years, Bertine McKenna, is retiring, she and President/CEO Vance Brown announced jointly today. Brown and McKenna said succession planning for network operations has routinely been discussed since he arrived. When it comes to succession planning, most companies decide to recruit internally, so they can prepare and train these employees as soon as they start showing promise. But all in…
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Village Tickets Hotel Developers After 9 Trees Cut At Project Site COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board this evening voted to “issue a ticket” to BTP Cooperstown, the partnership proposing a downtown hotel, after nine trees were cut on the 124 Main St. project site. In making the motion, however, Trustee Lou Allstadt said the minimum fine should be sought – perhaps as little as $250. The purpose of issuing the ticket, he said, is to make clear that village law…
Beekman Boys To Debate, Receive Honorary Doctorates At Cobleskill COBLESKILL – The Fabulous Beekman Boys will receive honorary doctorates at SUNY Cobleskill’s commencement Saturday, May 9, and stage a debate, “The Reality of Life After College,” the college announced today. Dr. Brent Ridge and Mr. Joshua Kilmer-Purcell of Sharon Springs, the TV stars and agri-entrepreneurs, will compete with each other to see who can offer the best advice to the grads. Dr. Debra H. Thatcher, acting president of SUNY Cobleskill,…
County Buddhist Center Raises Funds For Nepal Quake Victims COOPERSTOWN – Rangjung Yeshe Gomde‘s website has links for people to donate to the monasteries of the Rinpoche family, who are aiding recovery efforts by providing healthcare and shelter throughout Nepal after the devastating earthquake on Saturday, April 25. Phakchok Rinpoche founded the Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Meditation Center in 2009, at 412 Glimmerglen Road, outside Cooperstown, and returns yearly to teach. In 2012, his father, Choklin Rinpoche visited and performed a “Fire Offering” to bring…
Seward Obtains $100,000 For History Day, Which Brings Students To County Monday COOPERSTOWN – New York State History Day, which comes to Cooperstown Monday, is funded in part by a special $100,000 allocation included in this year’s state budget by Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. “State participation in National History Day promotes academic achievement, intellectual growth and offers the personal reward of knowing more about our past,” said Seward, who obtained the allocation for the New York State Historical Association, which…
IN MEMORIAM: Jim Baldo, 67, Prominent Oneonta Businessman ONEONTA – Jim Baldo, 67, well known in Oneonta for his business ventures in radio, real estate and restaurants, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 24, 2015, at home, surrounded by his family. James A. Baldo was born on Nov. 16, 1947, in Oneonta, the son of “Pat” Pasquo and Ida (DaDario) Baldo. A graduate of Oneonta High School, Jim received his bachelor’s in political science from SUNY Oneonta in 1971. He…
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Common Council Agrees To Work Through Issues By LIBBY CUDMORE • www.allotsego.com ONEONTA – When City Manager Martin Murphy read The Daily Star on Wednesday, April 22, he was surprised to see that Council Member Mike Lynch, Fourth Ward, was quoted as saying that he had conversations with city workers who felt “either that they’re not getting the respect they deserve or they feel that they have no voice.” It was news to him. “Until recently, I was not aware of concerns by…
Opt-Out Leader Turning Sights To Electing Allies To CCS Board COOPERSTOWN – Buoyed by an apparent collapse in support for the Common Core in the Cooperstown Central School District, opt-out leaders are turning their focus on the Tuesday, May 19, school board elections. “My feeling is that Cooperstown doesn’t want to see business as usual, and want to see people who support the test-refusal movement and people interested in considering faculty concerns and faculty working-place environment,” said local opt-out leader Kim Jastremski, “to help serve the…