Scrappy, Innovative GOP Chair Resigns, Focuses on Consulting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It was 2013. The issue was fracking. And four prominent local Republicans knocked on Vince Casale’s door. “It was conveyed to me that the party was in some trouble,” said Casale, who last week advised the Republican County Committee he is resigning as chairman. “My work is done,” he said. “It’s time for a change.” He recommended Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, Republican county elections commissioner,…
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Sanctuary Drive Hits Roadblock D.A. Dismisses Idea; Reps Put Off Action By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The 2A Sanctuary Movement’s effort to banish all gun laws from Otsego County appears at a standstill, at least for now. “The county board has no real authority or jurisdiction,” county Rep. Dan Wilber, last week, told the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee, which he chairs. “Enforcement is left to the district attorney and the sheriff’s office.” Wilber said…
At Year’s End, Transitions Chamber President Heegan Takes People Skill To Carolina By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com No job could be as tough as Barbara Ann Heegan’s first. Right out of SUNY Oneonta with a B.Sc. in Child & Family Studies, she joined 9/11 Family Support Services in Elmont, L.I., where the Queens native had been raised, seeking to help 122 family members mourn the death of loved ones in the attack on the Twin Towers. About the…
With 10th Death, County ‘Overwhelmed,’ Bond Says County Staffing Increased As Deaths, COVID Infections Keep Growing By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Help is on the way after county Public Health Director Heidi Bond lamented that her department is “overwhelmed.” “We’re barely keeping up with the cases coming in,” she said. “With contact tracing, that means you might not get a call if you’ve been identified as a close personal contact in a timely manner.” On Monday, Dec. 14,…
Hospital Awaits 1st Vaccine By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine just days away from a likely approval, Bassett Hospital is prepping to give the first vaccination to one of its healthcare workers as the New Year starts. “It will be a celebration by our organization,” said Dr. Kelly Rudd, Clinical Pharmacy technician. “It’s a way to celebrate the beginning of the end of the pandemic.” Though 170,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were shipped…
Now It’s ‘OneBassett’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ‘OneBassett” is here, Network President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim announced Friday, Dec. 11, and it will lead Bassett Healthcare Network to profitability after four years in the red. In an interview, Ibrahim said the reorganization of the eight-county system that began when he arrived in June from Integris Health Systems in Oklahoma is largely complete. Still, “we’re in the first stages of transformation,” he said. “Now the real work begins.” As an…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Dec. 10 – 11, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE ‘Critical Point’ Near LeCates: ‘Important Moment ‘Code Blue’ Fears Spur Shelter Idea Day of Decision Nears on Gun-Sanctuary Vote ‘Mary’s Plan’ Mailed To President Macron’s Desk Outpouring Helps Buoy ‘Angel Tree’ EDITORIAL Let’s Call It: ‘Profiles In Fairness’ COLUMNS More Thank Ever, Shop Locally This Christmas ‘Sometimes A Firm Rap… LETTERS LaCHANCE: Rotary Helps Fight Social Isolation deBLIECK: Governed Also…
In Memoriam Arthur H. Kiser Sr., 100; Served In CCC, Marines COOPERSTOWN – Arthur “Art” Henry Kiser Sr., 100 years and five days old, who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Marines during World War II, then spent a career with NYSEG, passed peacefully away Nov. 23, 2020, at home, in his own bed, just as he wished. His loving daughter, Teresa, was by his side. Art was born Henry Alvin Kiser Nov. 18, 1920, in Ohio, a…
In Memoriam Charles William Taylor, 92; Farmer Was On Winning Team GILBERTSVILLE – Charles William Taylor, 92, known as a hardworking man of faith, passed away peacefully on Dec. 3, 2020, at the home of his daughter, Ann, in Cortland. He was born on March 28, 1928, in Albany, to Caroline Oliver Taylor and William Maurice Taylor. He grew up on a dairy farm on Delaware Avenue, part of Graceland Cemetery at the time, and attended the Albany public school…
In Memoriam Charles L. Bollinger, Jr. 77; Sold Yearbooks For 40 Years LAURENS – Charles LeRoy Bollinger, Jr., 77, the Town of Laurens tax collector and a founding member of the Gettysburg Auto Medics, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Albany Medical Center. He was born June 12, 1943 in Gettysburg, Pa., the son of the late Charles LeRoy, Sr. and Kathryn E. (Warner) Bollinger. Charlie graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1961 and then furthered his studies at…
