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Public Hearing Tuesday On Chicken Law ONEONTA – At its March 3 meeting, Common Council signaled it will support an ordinance allowing city residents to raise chickens. At the next meeting, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, council will convene a public hearing on the matter, required before the law can be finally approved. In related matters, council will consider charging a $25 fee for a two-year permit to raise chickens. And Mayor Russ Southard, in his report, will signal whether he…
Brubeck’s Son Chris Brings ‘Triple Play’ Here ONEONTA – Oneonta Concert Association presents Chris Brubeck’s “Triple Play” at 7:30 Friday, March 20, in SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union. Brubeck (son of Dave Brubeck, at right) will perform on on trombone and piano; Joel Brown, folk and classical guitar, and Peter “Madcat” Ruth, harmonica and guitar. All three sing. Triple Play’s musical roots go way back. Chris and Madcat have toured and recorded together since 1969, first as young rock musicians, then playing jazz touring the…
Seward On Conference Committee For Education, Higher Ed Budgets ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has been named to the 10-legislator conference committee – five senators, five assemblymen – charged with negotiating budget differences between the two houses in the areas of education and higher education. In a statement, Seward said the senate version, if it can be largely preserved, will achieve “two of my primary goals, … ending the disastrous Gap Elimination Adjustment and significantly raising school aid…
Mary Iversen Wins CCS Poetry Slam…
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Cooperstown Faculty Association Asks Regents’ Chair Tisch To Quit COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Faculty Association has passed a resolution calling for the resignation of Merryl Tisch, chancellor of the state Board of Regents, who has been an ally of Governor Cuomo in tightening teacher and school evaluations. “During her tenure,” reads a resolution that was passed on Monday, “the perception of the quality of education in New York State has been disparaged by the public comments and choices the Chancellor has…
IN MEMORIAM ‘Wonder Woman’ Lost Family Remembers Tifanne Wells Editor’s Note: Tifanne Wells’ family released this heart-felt obituary Tuesday. A celebration of Tifanne’s life is planned at 4 p.m. Friday at Foothills Performing Arts & Community Center, Oneonta. ONEONTA – The devastated family of Tifanne Kristin Wells, 44, announces with the greatest sadness that Tifanne died tragically on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was born May 31, 1970, in Fort Bragg, N.C., but shortly thereafter became a lifelong resident of…
‘COMMON CORE’ FOES PACK 2 LOCAL FORUMS Parents Warn School Board About Atmosphere Of Fear COOPERSTOWN – Last year, only six families with nine children in all declined to take the state’s Common Core exams in the Cooperstown Central School District. But if the Cooperstown Central School District had mostly avoided protests about the testing-focused regimen, that abruptly and dramatically changed in the past few days. On Wednesday, March 4, more than 100 parents and teachers packed the school board meeting in the…