SHARING FINANCE DIRECTOR WITH NORWICH WAS AIRED $15,000-20,000 Extra Pay Discussed, Former City Manager Says By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com ONEONTA – While Dick Miller was mayor, discussions were initiated with the City of Norwich about the possibility of sharing the services of Oneonta Finance Director Meg Hungerford, three days here, two days in the Chenango County seat, according to former city manager Martin Murphy. Murphy said today, recapping a conversation in July, that he was surprised to learn of…
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IN MEMORIAM: Patricia S. Ryan, 61; Worked At Popp Butterfly Conservancy LAURENS – Patricia Susan Ryan, 61, Laurens, who worked at Popp Butterfly Conservatory in Oneonta with sister, passed away on Wednesday Aug. 26, 2015. She was born on Aug. 24, 1954, in Forest Hills, Queens, the daughter of William J. Ryan and Gloria T. Ryan. Patty graduated from Unatego High School and attended college at Hofstra University and the Women’s Technical Institute in Boston. She had a curious nature…
Beehive Of Activity At CCS Paving Job…
COUNCIL CONSIDERS PAYING $123,620 TO HUNGERFORD ONEONTA – When it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Common Council will consider a motion to give Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford a stipend that will raise her interim pay level higher than either of the city’s first two city managers. According to the agenda released this afternoon, the motion is for a stipend of $39,074. That is in addition to her finance director salary of $79,546, plus $5,000 extra she received after charter…
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Star Leads Class at Jillian’s Dance Arts…
UTICA NANO WINDFALL LIKELY TO BENEFIT US In Particular, Mathes Sees Boon For Richfield By JIM KEVLIN • for www.allotsego.com Utica’s nanotechnology dream is about to come true with Governor Cuomo’s announcement last week that GE Global Research and an Austrian company, AMS AG, have committed to operations that will create 1,500 jobs in Utica and Marcy in the next five years. That can only mean good things for Otsego County, said Sandy Mathes, president of the Otsego Now economic…
SUNY’s Red The Dragon Mascot To Get New Look ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta will unveil a new look for the college mascot during the 2015 Red Day celebration 11 a.m-3 p.m . Friday, Sept. 4, on the main campus quad. Red the Dragon’s new look will debut at 11:50 a.m. Despite a strong showing in SUNY’s third annual Mascot Madness competition last spring – making it all the way to the final round against Baxter from Binghamton University – Red’s threads…
Town Of Otsego Board To Consider Brookwood FLY CREEK – As suggested by Cooperstown trustees the other evening, the Otsego Town Board will consider whether to play a role in preserving Brookwood Gardens for public use, Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell said today. “Once I meet with the board and we discuss it, I will be able to give more specific information on that,” she said. “I am gratified to have the opportunity to consider the idea.” The next regular town…
HARTWICK FOOTBALL STAR DIES IN SAUGERTIES CRASH SAUGERTIES – Dante Crump, 22, a senior at Hartwick College and a member of the Hartwick Hawks football team, died Wednesday morning after the car he was riding in slid down an embankment at 11:30 a.m. in the Village of Saugerties. “The Hartwick College community, and the football family especially, is devastated by the loss of Dante Crump. He was a valued member of our squad the past three seasons, and beloved by his teammates and…
A Rare Gathering Of Deans…