New CCS Superintendent Arrives TV Spot Piqued Educator’s Interest By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Kismet? Focused on finishing her doctorate, Sarah Spross, an assistant commissioner in Maryland’s Department of Education, drove up last summer and closeted herself at Cooperstown’s Landmark Inn. On Aug. 28, she turned on the TV and saw the news: Bill Crankshaw, Cooperstown Central School superintendent since 2016, had resigned to return to his hometown and the Greater Johnstown School District. It clicked, and Monday,…
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From Oneonta To Fame Locally, Ibram Kendi Recalled For Honesty, A Gentle Disposition By MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Before Ibram X. Kendi was Ibram X. Kendi, he was Ibram Rogers and he taught at SUNY Oneonta. Kendi, a history professor and now director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, has built his academic career on the study of racism. He views racism – rather than race itself—as a defining feature of American history and…
‘DRIVING WHILE BLACK’ HEADLINED Gretchen Sorin In Line For National Recognition COOPERSTOWN – SUNY Oneonta Distinguished Professor Gretchen Sullivan Sorin is a finalist for a 2021 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction for her book “Driving While Black” (W. W. Norton & Company). The 52nd NAACP Image Awards ceremony will air live on BET March 27 at 8 p.m. “I am tremendously honored and very grateful,” said Sorin, director of the Cooperstown Graduate School…
SARAH SPROSS MOVES FROM MARYLAND New CCS Superintendent On The Job In Cooperstown FULL STORY IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
He’s Been Confined For 444 Days Max, SQSPCA Director To Swap Places For Day HARTWICK SEMINARY – Max, a long-time shelter resident, will move into SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes office this coming Wednesday, and Hayne will move into his cage for a day. The idea is to drive home to the public – and Stacie – what an extended stay means for shelter dogs, and the importance of adopting shelter dogs as quickly as possible. “March 3 marks Max’s…
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2 With County Ties Win Prize For Fossil-Fuel Fight Two environmentalists with local ties – Keith Shue and Jay Egg – share 2020 Constellation Prize for Policy Impact, for helping derail a fossil-fuel project that would have served the Empire State Plaza in Albany. The prize is presented by a group of environmentalists and social scientists from across the country.…
MAYOR HERZIG REVIEW TERM Carson, Gelbsman Both Intend To Run For Oneonta Mayor 2 Republicans Would Primary On 6/22; So Far, Mark Drnek Is Sole Democrat By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Republicans Len Carson and Craig Gelbsman confirmed today they intended to run for mayor to succeed incumbent Gary Herzig, a Democrat, at the end of the year. If both candidates continue, it would ensure a Republican candidate June 22. A primary may also be shaping…
In COVID’s Grasp Statistics Miss Victim’s Stories – Like Thom Parrotti’s By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Alicia Chase wants you to know about her best friend, a man she calls her “work husband” after the years they spent employed together at Bassett Hospital. Thomas Parrotti worked as an interpreter and manager at the hospital for nearly 20 years. One month ago, he was enjoying semi-retirement, raising goats with his husband Brett Miller on their small farm in…
State Sen. Jim Seward Joins Community Foundation Board Former state senator Jim Seward, R-Milford, who retired Dec. 31 after representing the county in Albany for 34 years, has joined the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Otsego County (CFOC) . “My top priority has always been to work hard and collaborate with others to improve the quality of life for all those who live, work and are raising a family in this wonderful area,” Seward said on his…
