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Cooperstown Winter Carnival First Clue

WIN $500 Follow the clues. Find the medallion. THE FIRST CLUE IS OUT! Check back for updates on when the papers hit newstands! We will keep you informed so you can be among the first to get your hands on the first clue. Follow the clues exclusively in issues of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta during this year’s Cooperstown Winter Carnival and you could find the hidden medallion that wins you $500!…

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Property Revaluation Update Presented To Common Council

On-Site Surveys To Begin In City Revaluation Project By IAN AUSTIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Joe Emminger, president of Emminger Newton Pigeon & Magyar Inc., appraisers from Buffalo, updated Common Council this evening on the city’s revaluation. Using information gleaned from a mailer sent to the 3,500 properties last year, the firm created updated models of area neighborhoods based on square footage, building styles, age, proximity to colleges, as well as land boundaries. The new maps show the housing values…

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Bill Ronovech, 72; Co-Captained OHS Unbeaten Team

IN MEMORIAM: Bill Ronovech, 72; Co-Captained OHS Unbeaten Team ONEONTA – Word has been received that William A. Ronovech, 72, co-captain of Oneonta High School’s undefeated 1959-60 basketball team, lost a 10-year battle with illness on Dec. 9, 2015, passing away in his sleep at home in Nevada, where he had lived the past 30 years. He was born Jan. 4, 1943, in Oneonta, to Eleanor and William Ronovech.  He was active in OHS sports, not only on Coach Drago’s…

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Abbate, Stammel Split On Teachout

Abbate, Stammel Split On Teachout County Committee Meets Feb. 10 To Endorse COOPERSTOWN – A majority of the 19th District’s Democratic county chairs, including Otsego’s Richard Abbate, supported former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout to run for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, at year’s end. The chairs, with Abbate participating by speaker phone, met in Hudson on Saturday, and the chair said he would seek a unified front when he convenes the full county committee Tuesday,…

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Joan Lenore Kingsley, 81, Tennis Player Was Head Of SUNY Women’s Athletics

IN MEMORIAM: Joan Lenore Kingsley, 81, Head of SUNY Women’s Athletics ONEONTA – Joan Lenore Kingsley, a nationally ranked tennis player and the former chair of SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Health and Physical Education, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas, where she resided. Joan was born on Jan. 31, 1934, in New York.  She was raised in Bronxville, and attended Bronxville High School. She obtained a B.S. degree in physical education and health, along with a M.S. and Ph.D.…

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NYCON Offers Management Grants To Non-Profits

NYCON Offers Management Grants To Non-Profits ONEONTA – Grants to “measurably improve” the management of non-profits in Otsego County are being accepted through March 1, NYCON Regional Director Andrew Marietta announced. For grant criteria, check http://tinyurl.com/OtsegoMiniGrantCriteria2016 For the application, check http://tinyurl.com/OtsegoMiniGrantApp2016 The Scriven Foundation has made $45,000 in grants available for general governance and management assistance, merger, crisis management, and scholarships to NYCON’s capacity-building conference.  Grant award announcements will be made by March 31.…