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Pro-Environment Groups Back 50-Job Farm Credit East Office

Pro-Environment Groups Back 50-Job Farm Credit East Office Springfield Planning Board Moves Project Forward, Too By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Farm Credit East’s plans for a low-profiled 50-job office building just north of the Glimmerglass Festival on Route 80 this evening appeared to have won support of all the major local environmental advocates. The project was also moved forward by the Town of Springfield Planning Board, which unanimously agreed to be lead agency in the SEQRA process; it…

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Alice Brandofsky, 76; Worked In Family’s Oaksville Florist

IN MEMORIAM:  Alice Brandofsky, 76; Worked In Family’s Oaksville Florist COOPERSTOWN – Alice M. Brandofsky, who worked in Brandofsky’s Florist, Oaksville, for several years, died peacefully on May 16, 2016, at home in Baltimore, Md., surrounded by her family,  after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 76. Alice Brandofsky was born on Jan. 13, 1940, in Brooklyn, to her parents, Emil Groesser and Marie Groesser née Schaeffer. At age 10, her family moved to the Cooperstown area, where…

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SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher To Retire At End Of 2016-17 Year Chancellor Zimpher Chancellor Zimpher

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher To Retire At End Of 2016-17  Year Nancy L. Zimpher, SUNY chancellor for seven years – the longest tenure since Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., of Cooperstown in the 1980s – is stepping down next year, the New York Times is reporting. According to The Times, “Zimpher has relentlessly promoted the system, through a strategic plan called ‘The Power of SUNY,’ as an engine of economic growth and community development. “She has also sought to raise academic standards and has…

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Bassett, Oneida Healthcare Announce Partnership Plans

Bassett, Oneida Healthcare Announce Partnership Plans COOPERSTOWN – Oneida Healthcare and Bassett Healthcare Network today announced their intention to pursue a partnership agreement. Oneida Healthcare President and CEO Gene Morreale says the board of trustees has been considering the benefits of a partnership with a larger health system for three years, and decided on Bassett because of its experience in primary care, population health management and accountable care. Earlier this year, Bassett opened the doors on a new primary care…

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Worcester Man Arrested With Heroin, Coke, Gun

Worcester Man Arrested With Heroin, Coke, Gun Three-Time Offender Faces Life In Prison WORCESTER – Investigators with the Otsego County District Attorney’s Office partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration to take down an alleged drug trafficker and three-time felon in the Town of Worcester. Paul James Velleca, 45, was arrested yesterday after a no-knock warrant was served following an investigation put in place by Town Supervisor Donald L. Lindberg, who reported suspicious activity at Velleca’s mobile home.…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

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