Closing $9.2 Million Gap ‘Daunting, Do-able,’ County Treasurer Declares COOPERSTOWN – Closing the $9.2 million gap in Otsego County’s prospective 2016 budget is both “daunting and do-able,” county Treasurer Dan Crowell said today of what will be his seventh budget. He added, “I haven’t been through a budget year that’s been easy.” He was commenting after county Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, Budget Review Committee chair, sent out a notice that preliminary budget meetings will be at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.…
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Gibson Bill Will Rename Post Office For WWII Medal Of Honor Winner WASHINGTON D.C. – Otsego County’s congressman, Chris Gibson, R-19th, announced a few minutes ago that the House of Representatives approved legislation he authored to rename the Post Office at 90 Cornell St. in Kingston in honor of Staff Sgt. Robert H. Dietz, a Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II. The bill passed the House today, September 24, with unanimous bipartisan support. “Having served…
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Strategic Plan Kickoff Sets Outreach Schedule REVIEW OTSEGO COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN SCOPE OF SERVICES…
SUNY’s ‘Common Read’ Author Urges Students To Help Others By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Before he even knew he wanted to be a writer, Ishmael Baeh was learning the fundamentals of storytelling. “My father and I would play a game where he would put me on his shoulders and he would play he was blind,” he said. “I had to tell him the world. He would pretend to walk into the wall, into the fire, and I would…
Hall Leadership Remembers Yogi As Icon, Legend, Great American “Yogi Berra was an American icon, whose impact on baseball and everyday American culture was enormous. Yogi connected with every baseball fan, as a 10-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees, as one of the world’s most notable personalities, and as one of baseball’s most beloved Hall of Fame members. His contributions to our game and to our country will never be forgotten. The National Baseball Hall of Fame…
IN MEMORIAM Yogi Berra, 1925-2015 NYTimes: Yankees Hall of Fame Catcher With One-of-a-Kind Wit Yogi Berra: Site Dedicated To Greatest Baseball Player…
GOP Nod Goes To Bob O’Brien For Hartwick Town Supervisor HARTWICK – The GOP Town Committee voted this evening to give the endorsement for town supervisor to Hartwick hamlet Fire Chief Bob O’Brien, not the Republican two-term incumbent, David Butler. O’Brien, the county’s recently named 911 Center coordinator, and Butler had been tied when absentee ballots in the Sept. 10 primary were counted Sept. 17, bouncing the choice to the town committee. The nominee said “I’m relieved and I am very pleased…
Democratic County Committee Gives Supervisor Nomination To Sharratt HARTWICK – The Otsego County Democratic Committee a few minutes ago gave its party’s nomination for Hartwick town supervisor to Juli Sharratt, a town board member. When absentee ballots in the Sept. 10 primary were counted Sept. 17, it was discovered that Sharratt had tied with Bob O’Brien for the Democratic nomination. Ties were also recorded in the Republican primary – O’Brien vs. incumbent Supervisor David Butler – and in the Conservative…
IN MEMORIAM: Ruthann P. Johnson, 60; Retired Postmaster In Fly Creek, Morris MORRIS – Ruthann P. Johnson, 60, former Fly Creek and Morris postmaster, passed away on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, at her home with her loving family by her side. Ruthann was born in Bay Shore, L.I., the daughter of Vittorio and Ruth (Kypta) Perri. She grew up in Brentwood and attended SUNY Oneonta, later moving Upstate. She worked for the Postal Service for 25 years until retiring from…