HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, NOV. 20 With Santa, Decorate Downtown Cooperstown To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. SANTA’S COTTAGE –2 p.m. Decorating Party. Help Cooperstown Committee decorate Santa’s cottage and the village lampposts for the holidays. All decorations provided; please bring wirecutters, gloves, and ladders, if available. Meet in Pioneer Park. Free photo of your family in front of Santa’s Cottage as a thank you. To reserve a pole, email Meg Kiernan, megk@oecblue.com Meet in…
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85 SOUL-SEARCH FOR 3 HOURS Some County Dems Ponder What To Do By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Melinda Hardin, the local Democratic organizer, hosted a meeting of party faithful this morning to discuss what to do as a result of Donald Trump’s election as president. Hardin had planned to host the gathering at her and husband Lou Allstadt’s home; (he is an independent). But the response was so great – 85 attended – the meeting needed…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, NOV. 19 Santa Parade Today In Downtown Oneonta To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. ONEONTA SANTA PARADE – 11 a.m., Main Street, Oneonta. For more info visit the FACEBOOK page. CRAFT SHOW – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fox Care Center, 1 Foxcare Dr, Oneonta GINGERBREAD CONTEST – Noon-3 p.m. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. signedevents.com/united-states/oneonta/gingerbread-contest/ , (607)432-2941 PAINTING CONTEST – 10 a.m. 3rd annual winter windowland painting contest. Enter,…
Drugovich, 100 College Presidents, Urge President-Elect To Speak Against Hate ONEONTA – Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich this morning added her name to an open letter to President-elect Trump – co-signed by 100 college and university presidents – urging him to speak out against recent acts of harassment, hate and violence. CLICK FOR FULL TEXT OF LETTER…
DEDICATION MONDAY AT BINDER Hartwick Naming Complex For President, Mayor Miller ONEONTA – Hartwick College will dedicate the new men’s locker room complex at the Binder Phys-Ed Center at 6 p.m. Monday in honor of Richard P. Miller, former Oneonta mayor and college president. A 5:30 reception will precede the dedication; tours of the Dick Miller Locker Room Complex will follow. The refurbished complex on the Binder’s third floor includes brand new lockers, showers and shower partitions, lights and light fixtures,…
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IN MEMORIAM Maureen Agnes Gallagher, 63; Hartwick Math Prof For 22 Years ONEONTA – Maureen Agnes Gallagher, 63, 22-year Hartwick College mathematics professor and a life-long Oneonta resident, died on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, after an extended illness. She was born May 10, 1953, at Fox Hospital, the daughter of John J. and Catherine M. Gallagher. Maureen was a graduate of Bugbee School and a proud “Bugbee Brat,” having attended from Junior Kindergarten through ninth grade. She graduated from Oneonta…
Proceeds From Laurens Openers Underwrite Grasso Scholarships LAURENS – The Laurens Central School Booster Club is honoring the memory of beloved Pat “Coach” Grasso at the Leopards’ opening games Tuesday, Nov. 29. Admission will be by donation, and proceeds will go to the Pat Grasso Scholarship Fund, according to Margie Barker, LCS Booster Club secretary, who called Coach Grasso “the heart and soul of our athletic program, our school and our community.”…
School Board President Apologizes ‘Mishandled’ Communication Led To Appearance Of CCS Insensitivity Editor’s Note: CCS board President Theresa Russo issued this statement this afternoon, saying a miscommunication inadvertently created the appearance of insensivity toward 30-year elementary school secretary Laurie Pestar. The matter has now been resolved to the family’s satisfaction she said. On behalf of the Cooperstown Central School Board of Education, we apologize for what appeared to be an insensitive response to Mrs. Pestar’s situation. While it is true…