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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,…
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.…
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.…
DEBATE AT HARTWICK CONFAB Can State Grow Enough Malt To Meet Breweries’ Demand? ONEONTA – What comes first, the chicken or the egg? At the end of the fourth annual Winter Farm Brewery Weekend Conference this afternoon at Hartwick College, that was the question.The state requires brewers licensed under the state Farm Brewery Act of 2012 to use 20 percent in-state ingredients in their beers, with that rising to 60 percent in 2018 and 90 percent in 2024. At the center…
IN MEMORIAM: Harriette Weeks, 80; Nurse At Bassett, ODY Central School SPRINGFIELD – Harriette D. Weeks, 80, surgical nurse at Bassett Hospital who then spent 23 years at school nurse at Owen D. Young Central School in Van Hornesville, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 12015. She was born on May 16, 1935, the daughter of Edna and Kenneth Dunckel. She was one of three children. Survivors include her sister Audrey Nasby, sister in law Madeline Dunckel and family, several nieces and…
Democratic Chairs Unite For Teachout Otsego’s Abbate Joins Consensus Democratic county chairs from across the 19th District met in Ulster County Saturday and emerged with a consensus that Zephyr Teachout should run to succeed U.S. Rep. Chris Gilbson, the Republican who is retiring at the end of the year. Teachout, who won the Otsego County nomination for governor against incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic primary, was in Cooperstown Wednesday, where she obtained the support of with County Chairman…
Standing Room Only At UU Church For MLK Jr. Birthday Celebration ONEONTA – The NAACP hosted the 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday celebration at the Unitarian Universalist Church this afternoon. The celebration included inspirational speakers and musicians with a special talk by Hartwick College Professor Harry Bradshaw Matthews, who spoke on Dr. King in the context of “The Freedom Journey.” The afternoon included an anticipated perennial: The recital of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech…
Chilly Weather Meets Chili Bowls At The Carriage House Art Studio At the Carriage House Art Studio in Oneonta, the face of the Chili Bowl is beginning to take shape. Here, Claire Smith, Oneonta, decorates earthen ware for the upcoming Chili Bowl alongside her grandmother Linda Smith, West Oneonta as part of a pot-throwing day where people could learn how to throw a pot, as well as decorate pre-made ones and socialize with music and food. (Ian Austin/ AllOTSEGO.com)…
Farmers, Maltsters At Hartwick For Sold-Out Brewing Symposium Aaron MacLeod, the new director of Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food & Beverage, speaks today on Barley and Malt Analysis in the Shineman Chapel House. The talk was one of many making up the sold-out Farmer Brewer Winter Weekend, an immersive experience where farmers and brewers could meet and listen to industry experts. Talks continue through Sunday evening.…