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Cooperstown Fans Snap Up 400 Seats At Saturday Action

FOLLOW BROADCAST LINK AT ALLOTSEGO.COM Coop Fans Snap Up Tickets, But You Can Still Get Seats COOPERSTOWN – The 300 advance tickets provided Cooperstown Central for Saturday’s state quarter-finals in Whitesboro were snapped up, and another 100 provided Thursday. But Lady Hawkeye’s player Maggie Schuermann’s mom Maureen reports fans can still get through the gate:  As other fans leave the gym after they complete their games, seats will be available for Coop fans.…

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$21 Million Expected For Fox Joint Center

$21 Million Expected For Fox Joint Center  ONEONTA – Word has been received that $21 million in state funding is en route to Fox Hospital to restructure its finances and build a new joint center. The funding is part of $125 million for facilities improvements aimed at reducing expensive emergency-room usage by 25 percent, announced by state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker at a press conference that ended a few moments ago. Further details should be forthcoming shortly.…

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Education Commissioner Elia Tours Laurens Central School

Education Commissioner Elia Tours Laurens Central School LAURENS – Stopping into classrooms and talking with students were all on the agenda as Senator Jim Seward and MaryEllen Elia, Commissioner of Education, visited Laurens Central School this morning to tour the facilities and to discuss the needs of the teachers and changes in NY State testing standards.…

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Gary Bean, 66; Ran Mill Work Company Locally

IN MEMORIAM: Gary Bean, 66; Ran Mill Work Company Locally EAST WORCESTER – Gary R. Bean, 66, who operated Gary Bean & Son Mill Work Inc. here, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. He was born April 22, 1949, in Exeter, N.H., the son of Marshall G. and Stella Elaine (Tait) Bean.…

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Proposed City Charter Changes Head Toward City Council Vote

Proposed City Charter Changes Head Toward City Council Vote ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has called a special meeting of Common Council’s Legislative Committee for 4 p.m. Thursday, March 10, to begin reviewing changes to the City Charter proposed by the ad hoc committee he established for that purpose, according to a report in this week’s Hometown Oneonta. The next step would be for Common Council to schedule a public hearing.  The charter changes would then go to a vote,…

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Fred Kurkowski, 85; Chaired SUNY Education Department

IN MEMORIAM: Fred Kurkowski, 85; Chaired SUNY Education Department ONEONTA – Frederick F Kurkowski, “Fred”, 85, retired chairman of SUNY Oneonta’s Education Department, passed away on March 1, 2016, at Fox Hospital with his family at his side. Fred was born on Jan. 19, 1931, in Cooperstown, the son of August and Mary (Burke) Kurkowski. Fred graduated from Richfield Springs Central School and then entered the Army and was honorably discharged.  Fred was an outstanding athlete who played all sports…