READ PROFILE OF CCS INTERIM SUPER Laurens Superintendent To Fill Interim Position At Cooperstown Central Romona Wenck Begins Duties On Oct. 1 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bill Crankshaw will be leaving Cooperstown’s school superintendent post Sept. 30. On Oct. 1, he will be succeeded as interim super by Romona N. Wenck, who retired last summer from Laurens Central as the longest-serving superintendent in Otsego County. “We’re very fortunate to have her,” said CCS board President…
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Delgado Obtains $475K For ‘Violence Against Women’ Program Operated By OFO ONEONTA – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today announced $475,000 in federal funding for the Transitional Housing Assistance Program at Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. The grant, from the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women, will provide funding for 42 residences for survivors and their families through private landlord housing units.…
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…
Hartwick’s ‘Clean Sweep’ Marks 10th Anniversary Hartwick Town Board Member Bruce Markusen tosses debris into dumpsters at Saturday’s 10th annual “Clean Sweep,” where volunteers and homeowners bring scrap metal and electronics to the town barn next to Town Hall for disposal. At right is Chris Briggs, who volunteered with son Andrew to help with the cleanup. Inset, Town Clerk Andrea Vazquez signs in participants. Seated behind her is Pat Ryan, who began the “Clean Sweep” a decade ago while she…
19 YEAR AGO, TERRORISTS KILLED 2,977 In Time Of COVID-19, Low-Key 9-11 Arrives Rudy’s proprietor Fred Lemister ponders the lessons of 9-11 while inspecting the memorial that has been growing year to year in his front window on Main Street, Cooperstown, since terrorist hijacked airliners and drove them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, 19 years ago tomorrow. The exhibit includes a portrait of Father Michael F. Judge, the NYFD chaplain, who suffered…
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Pioneer Patio, The Henricis, The Havliks Win Top Prizes In ’20 Beautification Contest Clark Foundation Continues 60-Year Tradition COOPERSTOWN – Clark Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark today announced the winners of its 2020 Cooperstown Beautification Contest, including three first-place winners: Most Attractive Floral Display in a Business Setting: Pioneer Patio, Richard and Kathryn Busse, 46 Pioneer St. JUDGES’ COMMENTS: An impressive multi-level floral display utilizing a wide variety of plant material. A lot of work, obviously a labor of love.…
75 YEARS LATER, HE REMEMBERS Davis Helped Fly General To See Missouri En Route By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com OTEGO – Last Friday, Aug. 28, Bill Davis wasn’t thinking about the thunderstorm warnings for Otsego County. He was contemplating Aug. 28, but the one 75 years earlier, when he was aboard a B-29 bomber high over the Pacific Ocean with a special sightseer, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater, as World War II was nearing…