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Hawkeye Kate Trossett On All-Central New York Girls’ Basketball Team COOPERSTOWN – Senior Kate Trossett, Cooperstown Hawkeyes’ point guard, today was named to the 2018-19 All-Central New York girls basketball team in the small schools category. In all, the teams consist of 24 players – 12 each on the small school (Class B, C and D) and large school (Class AA and A) teams. Here’s what the announcement had to say about Kate: What’s next: I am still deciding where…
Senate Resolution, Pizza Welcome CCS Champs To Albany ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, welcomed the Cooperstown Hawkeyes boys basketball team and Coach John Lambert to the state Capitol this afternoon, where they were honored as the 2019 New York State Class C champions. Seward presented the boys with a Senate resolution recognizing their achievement – and a pizza lunch in his office in the Capitol building.…
Father Rosson Retiring At Cooperstown Parish Final Mass, Celebration Planned This Sunday By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Father John Rosson, pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church, is retiring, effective April 1, after 19 years in Cooperstown. Father Rosson said today his final mass will be at 10 a.m. this Sunday, March 31, followed by a brunch and open house. The news was announced this past Sunday at the end of…
ANNUAL GALA MAY 2 AT FOOTHILLS Chamber To Honor Pathfinder Village, Lester Grummons ONEONTA – The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce will honor Pathfinder Village and funeral director and community leader Les Grummons at its annual gala at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at Foothill Performing Arts Center. Pathfinder will be named as Distinguished Business and Grummons as Citizen of the Year. Pathfinder Village, based in Edmeston, has a four decades’ long commitment to providing community-based and individualized service to…
Kelly Ames, Carol Mandigo Oneonta’s 2019 Trailblazers ONEONTA – Kelly Ames and Carol Mandigo will be awarded the 2019 Woman Trailblazer Awards, Joyce Miller, who chairs the city’s Commission on Community Relations & Human Rights, announced over the weekend.…
Ex- Cooperstonian Bob Schneider Elected Village Mayor In Stamford COOPERSTOWN – Bob Schneider, the artist, realtor and antiques dealer here for many years, was elected mayor last Tuesday of the Village of Stamford, Delaware County, where he moved five years ago. He defeated Naikyemi Odedefaa, 85-51. “I know we both have the same good intentions for the village, and I invite her to participate in any way we can find that serves our mutual interests,” Schneider was reported saying in…
THE TARGET: RSS PROPOSAL 50 Neighbors Uniting To Fight Housing Project By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Christened “Sixth Ward Neighbors United,” River Street residents and businesspeople met for more than two hours with city, county and state elected officials at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club Thursday evening to discuss strategies to oppose RSS’s housing development in their neighborhood. “There are multiple bad reasons for RSS’s project,” said Fran Colone, a vocal critic of the housing development…
TWICE CONSIDERED FOR TOP JOB Meg Hungerford Resigns As City Finance Director By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Meg Hungerford, City Hall’s finance director who was twice considered for city manager during her decade here, has resigned, according to City Manager George Korthauer. The resignation is effective at the end of the month. The East Merideth resident has accepted a position as the business manager of the Walton Central School District. “Our loss is Walton’s gain,”…
Venerable Spurbeck’s Open After Months Of Renovation Spurbeck’s Grocery proprietor Mike Swatling, center right, assisted by his aunt, Kristi Swatling, and Ashley Young of Cherry Valley, foreground, takes sandwich orders over the noon hour. The venerable landmark at Railroad and Leatherstocking opened today after months of extensive interior renovations. Lining up to be served are Jeremiah Parr, Lucas Busse and Matt Kehoe, who work for BTS, installing fiberoptic cable for Middleburgh Telephone’s new downtown Internet “hotspots.” Inset, son Royce Swatling,…