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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAR. 24 Learn Financial Skills FINANCE WORKSHOP – 5-9 p.m. Learn how to manage a budget and file your taxes and more real life necessities with professor Charlene Deno. Includes free food and door prizes. Ages 18-21. Free admission. Club Odyssey, 22 Elm St., Oneonta. Info, www.facebook.com/ClubOdysseyOneonta/ SOUP & PIE BENEFIT – 4:30-6:30 p.m. Enjoy a delicious dinner of homemade soups and pie. Includes a chinese auction. Donation, $7.50 adult, $5 children. To benefit the Richfield Springs Community…
BASSETT CEO SEES $5M CUTS IN AHCA Patients, Economy Will Suffer, He Says COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare could lose $5 million a year in funding under the American Health Care Act that Congress is scheduled to act on this evening, according to Dr. Vance Brown, the system’s president/CEO. Referring to a state Health Department analysis released yesterday, Dr. Brown said “that loss may be understated, as the analysis … was limited to hospital-based inpatient and outpatient services. It does not…
Banks Act As Drop-Off Points As Church Fire Destroys Pantry MILFORD – Community Bank branches across Otsego County acting as food-pantry drop-off points after the Milford United Methodist Church fire earlier this month. The church operated a food pantry, lost all of its supplies in the fire.…
IN MEMORIAM: Edward W. Losee, 88; Machinist, Korea Veteran, Firefighter EDMESTON – Edward R. Losee, 88, of Edmeston, a Korean War veteran and volunteer firefighter, passed away Wednesday March 22, 2017 in Herkimer, NY following an extended illness. Edward was born in Eastchester, Westchester County, on Nov. 18, 1928, the son of the late Edward Samuel and Bertha Weiss Losee. In addition to his parents, he was pre-deceased by his siblings: Robert Losee, Frank Losee, and Florence France.…
READ HUGH HARDY’S TIMES OBITUARY Glimmerglass Staff Reflects On Opera Theater Architect COOPERSTOWN – At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, The Glimmerglass Festival staff dimmed the stagelights and shared memories of Hugh Hardy, the architect of the Alice Bush Opera Theater who died Thursday, March 16. Built in 1987, Hardy’s design, with its sliding side walls, capitalized on the rural surroundings while providing audiences the chance to experience opera and musical theater locally. He served as an adviser to the company for 35…
ISSUE & DEBATE Read Consultant Report, Decide About Fire Pact The editorial in this week’s Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal urges the Town of Oneonta Fire District and City Hall to settle the lengthy negotiation and agree on a new contract that ensures fire district residents will continue to have the professional protection of the city’s fire department. If not, we conclude, replace the commissioners in the next election. That’s our opinion, and it’s your right to disagree. Either…
Brooks BBQ Bottling Booms; Space Needed Albany County, Cobleskill Poaching Jobs; Otsego Now To Offer Shovel-Ready Site By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Brooks BBQ’s bottling business has taken off, and it needs an extra 150,000 square feet of space in the next two years to accommodate the growth, Otsego Now’s board of director was advised this morning. And Otsego Now has just the place: The shovel-ready site at the former Pony Farm. “You could be in…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAR. 23 Author Viramontes Speaks READING SERIES – 7:30 p.m. The Red Dragon Reading series presents Author Helena Maria Viramontes reading her works followed by a book signing and reception. Free and open to the public. Craven Lounge, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.oneonta.edu/academics/english/reddragonreading/reddragonreadingseries.asp or call Ruth Carr @ (607)436-3446 or George hovis @ (607)436-2571…
‘Repeal, Replace’ Bill Phony, Backers Know It, Streck Says Former Bassett CEO Speaks To Providers At Otesaga By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The American Health Care Act, proclaimed as a replacement for Obamacare, is “stealth” legislation that doesn’t do what its supporters purport it will – and they know it. Former Bassett CEO Bill Streck delivered that message today at a daylong symposium of the Leatherstocking Collaborative Health Partners at The Otesaga. The LCHP includes all providers…