Heavner, van der Sommen Win 2nd Annual Streck Fellowship COOPERSTOWN – The William F. Streck, MD, Fellowship in Health Policy and Management, created to acknowledge Bassett Hospital’s retired 30-year president, has been awarded to Philip Heavner, MD, FAAP, chief of pediatrics, and Susan van der Sommen, executive director of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. Established in 2014, the fellowship will be awarded annually to one or two Bassett employees to pursue a non-degree educational opportunity to study health…
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IN MEMORIAM: Leah Waits, 97, Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Leah Maxine Henry Waits, 97, of Cooperstown, formerly of Springfield, Ohio, passed away on Dec. 14, 2015. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Pamela and Philip Washburn of Cooperstown. Born to the late Lucinda (Lula) Hubbard Henry and Carl Henry of Chicago, Ill., Aug. 6, 1918, in St. Louis, Mo., Leah graduated from Milan High School in 1938 and attended Trenton Junior College, now North Central Missouri College, Trenton, Mo.…
‘Code Yellow’ At Bassett After Norwich Fatal Crash NORWICH – State Police are responding to a head-on collision in Norwich that has resulted in at least one fatality, according to Trooper Nathan Regal, Troop C public information officer. At 7:36 a.m., troopers responded a two-car, head-on collision on Route 8 in Norwich. It is unknown at this time how many people were involved in the accident. Because of the number of victims, a Code Yellow was declared at Bassett Hospital…
ANDREW MARIETTA, D-DISTRICT 8 Better Communications Key For New Town Of Otsego Rep By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In the run-up to taking office, county Rep.-elect Andrew Marietta, D-Town of Otsego, has had a chance to chat with County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner about the DMV dilemma. It’s this: The state requires counties to have Departments of Motor Vehicles, but is sending license renewals to drivers directly, urging them to renew by mail with Albany or online. “If…
IN MEMORIAM: Mary E. Higgins, 61; With Leatherstocking Corp. Since 1994 HARTWICK – Mary E. Higgins, 61, wife of Hartwick Town Justice Orrin D. Higgins, passed away Monday, https://www.allotsego.com/19011-2/Dec. 14, 2015, at Bassett Hospital with her family by her side following a long illness. Born Dec. 26, 1953, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, Mary was one of nine children of James H. and Kathleen M. (Healy) Millea. She graduated with the Class of 1972 from Cooperstown Central School. She was first employed…
President Loves Lauren Groff’s Latest; Common Council Says Final Goodbye THIS WEEK’S EDITIONS AVAILABLE AT THESE FINE ESTABLISHMENTS…
LETTER TO ALLOTSEGO.COM EDITOR Fellow Town District Residents Say: Sign The Fire Contract With City Now Editor’s Note: Here is a Letter to the Editor of www.AllOTSEGO.com from Carol Malz, who was elected to the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 board of commissioners on Dec. 8. Because of the time-sensitivity of negotiations between the commissioners and the City of Oneonta on fire protection, send any letters to info@allotsego.com and they will be posted on this site. To the Editor of…
LETTER TO ALLOTSEGO.COM EDITOR Town Board: Offer Would Raise Fire Fee Only 15¢ Per Thousand Editor’s Note: This letter from the Oneonta Town Board arrived too late for this week’s editions of Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. Due to its timely nature, we are publishing it as the first Letter to the Editor of our website. To the Editor of AllOTSEGO.com: The Town of Oneonta is protected by two fire districts. West Oneonta protects the town basically west of…
Fire Commissioners Low-Ball It, So Council Denies Fire Protection ONEONTA – Common Council this evening received an offer from the Town of Oneonta’s Fire District #1 offering even less for fire protection from the city than it paid this year. Council members rejected it handily. This leaves 15 days until, if no fire contract is agreed upon, the town’s Southside and East End commercial strip, and West End homes will be without fire-protection when the year ends. DETAILS IN THIS…
Land Trust Sticks With Brookwood Status Quo COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego Land Trust has brought plans to change the status quo of 22-acre Brookwood Gardens on Otsego Lake to a close. Meeting over the weekend, the Land Trust board determined none of the proposals received in response to an RFP process met its “requirements to actively protect the conservation values of the property,” Land Trust chair Harry Levine announced Tuesday, Dec. 15. DETAILS IN FREEMAN’S JOURNAL, ON NEWSSTANDS TODAY…