HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Writers Presentation With Open Mic WRITERS SALON – 7:30 p.m. Virtual writers salon by CANO hosted on Zoom. Features author Tessa Yang and an open mic session. Presented by Community Arts Network of Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/CANOneonta for info.…
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It’s (Indeed) A Tie Candidates Agree: Runoff, Not Coin Toss COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Elections today certified the Republican Mary Margaret Robbins and Democrat MacGuire Benton are indeed tied at 272 votes for a Cooperstown Village Board seat. The next question: coin toss or runoff? Both candidate ruled out the coin-toss option. “I want the people to decide,” Benton said. “The vote is critically important; it’s democracy.” Asked if she supported a runoff election, Robbins replied, “Absolutely. …
Austin Partridge Wins Seat As Milford Village Trustee…
MEMBRINO LEADS TICKET Mary Margaret, Mac Tie At 272 For Village Post Democratic incumbent MacGuire Benton and Republican challenger Mary Margaret Robbins, top photo, share a shrug and a laugh after Village Administrator Teri Barown announced that the two tied, 272-272, for a seat on the Cooperstown Village Board in today’s election. Democratic incumbent Joe Membrino led the ticket, with 287 votes, winning one of the two seats outright. (His wife Martha hugs him, inset photo.) It’s unclear what happens…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Public Health In A Pandemic PUBLIC HEALTH WEBINAR – 7 p.m. Join in for conversation ‘Public Health Insight into COVID-19’ featuring Dr. Charles Hyman, MD of infectious diseases, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Director of Public Health, & Dr. Diane Georgeson, City of Oneonta Health Officer. Learn about contact tracing, serum testing, more from these unique perspectives. Registration required for Zoom meeting. Presented by Otsego County Chamber of Commerce. Visit otsegocc.com for info.…
Homeless Man Arrested For Stealing From Cars ONEONTA – A homeless man was arrested by state troopers and charged with stealing items from cars on Southside Drive and Glen Drive in Oneonta, according to Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C Public Information Officer. Eric M. Meade, 26 (Homeless) of Oneonta, was arrested after troopers were dispatched to a complaint of a theft in progress on Southside Drive in the town of Oneonta just after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13.…
Knapp, Partridge Seek Seat On Village Board In Milford MILFORD – In addition to Cooperstown, the polls are open in Milford until 9 p.m. today, where two candidates, Kathleen Knapp and Austin Partridge, are competing for one vacancy on the Village Board, according to Village Clerk Kitty Ruling. The two, who are not running under a party label, are seek to succeed Village Trustee David West, who decided not to run again. The polling place is Village Hall on South…
IN MEMORIAM Sarah Cunningham Sumner; Noted Violinist Was ‘Beacon’ In Baroque Revival In U.S. SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Sarah Cunningham Sumner, a noted violinist involved in the revival of Baroque music in the United States in the 1970s, passed away Aug. 26, 2020, at the Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. Sarah was born on Aug. 31, 1925, in New York City and spent her childhood there and in Springfield Center. She attended Harvard at the age of 16, studying…
Benton, Membrino, Robbins Vie For 2 Trustee Vacancies COOPERSTOWN – Polls will be open noon-9 pm. today in the fire hall on Chestnut Street for Cooperstown Village Board elections, where three candidates are competing for two seats. Two Democratic incumbents, MacGuire Benton and Joe Membrino, and Republican candidate Mary Margaret Sohns are on the ballot. So is Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who is running unopposed.…
Bill Streck Is Joining National Consultancy Canton & Company Recruits Him To Advise Clients Across Nation COOPERSTOWN – Bill Streck, who built Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital into today eight-county Bassett Health Network, has joined a national consulting firm, Canton & Company, Baltimore, as chief clinical officer. The addition of Streck, who retired this summer as Bassett Network president/CEO, enhances “the firm’s capabilities in the areas of healthcare strategy, innovation and reform,” according to the company’s announcement. “Having someone of his…