CCS Hosting Leadership Conference For 140 Athletes Tuesday At Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – More than 140 student athletes from 30 school districts around Central New York will be represented at “Positive Leadership is Powerful Leadership,” a day-long conference planned Tuesday at The Otesaga. Hosted by Cooperstown Central School’s Leadership Training for Athletes Program, the conference for high school juniors will feature several workshops as well as speakers such as Jess Jecko, Syracuse University’s senior field hockey captain and member of the…
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Rate Of Bed-Tax Growth Up 2.5 Times In ’15 Over ’14 COOPERSTOWN – County Treasurer Dan Crowell reported today that the rate in bed-tax growth in 2015 was almost 2½ times higher than the year before – 11.21 percent last year, compared to $4.74 the year before. He cited increased number of visitors, new hotel construction (Courtyard by Marriott in Oneonta), increased weekly rentals and enhanced collection of sales-tax revenues as among the factors. He didn’t specify it, but the…
Herzig, Hungerford To Deliver State Of City Speech Tuesday ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig and Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford will collaborate on this year’s State of the City speech, which will be delivered at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the start of the Common Council meeting. Herzig said he asked Hungerford to begin with a presentation of highpoints of 2015 – he wasn’t appointed until October (and elected in November). Then, he will discussed challenges and opportunities facing the city…
IN MEMORIAM: Margaret H. Schneider, 73; Teacher, Curator, Active In Opera Founding FLY CREEK – Margaret H. Schneider, 73, teacher and museum curator active in the early years of Glimmerglass Opera, passed away surrounded by her family Feb. 4, 2016, at Bassett Hospital following a battle with cancer. She was 73. Born Nov. 24, 1942, in Salem, Ore., Maggie was the daughter of William and Eileen (White) Gentzkow. Maggie graduated from North Salem (Ore.) High School with honors and from…
Legends Bar Back In Business After Liquor License Suspension ONEONTA – Three weeks after being shut down and charged with serving minors, Legends Filling Station re-opened this morning at 11 a.m., according to the bar’s Facebook page.…
Cooperstown Farmers’ Market Again Offers Fresh, Local Milk COOPERSTOWN – The Byler family’s Mountain View Dairy Farm, Richfield Springs, has just expanded to include production of pasteurized bottled milk for the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, beginning last Saturday. “It’s brilliant for our customers and the market, for sure,” said Lyn Weir, market manager, “our thanks to the Byler family for making it all possible!” Bottled by the half gallon, the new product is called creamline milk. It is pasteurized whole milk that…
OJC Reports To Community On Renovations, Programs Chris Kuhn, top, Oneonta Job Corps director, reports on achievements at the OJC’s annual Community Breakfast this morning at the Holiday Inn/Southside. Foremost among them was the recent renovation of the Oneonta Municipal Airport’s terminal. In recent years, Kuhn said, the OJC has completed 1,700 work orders, including renovating 10 rooms a year at its headquarters, the former Homer Folks TB Hospital on West Street, and 50 bathrooms. Attendees included, at right, clockwise from…
Felicia Weaver Arc’s Top Employee Of 2015 ONEONTA – The Arc Otsego has named Felicia Weaver, RN/Residential Services, as the 2015 Arc Otsego Employee of the Year. Weaver and the Arc Otsego 2015 Employees of the Month were honored Wednesday at a luncheon at Brooks BBQ. “Felicia’s work ethic embodies The Arc Otsego mission, vision and values,” said Executive Director Patricia Knuth in announcing Weaver’s selection. “Felicia supports people to be as healthy as they can so they can participate…
For 2nd Year, CCS Swimmers Qualify For State Competition…
Heavy Lifters In Training At Muscles In Motion Gym A lot of time, sweat, and effort goes into becoming a bodybuilder or a weightlifter. They often must make personal sacrifices in order to see the gains that they aspire to have. Their fitness journey means they miss out on meeting up with friends, early mornings in the gym and late nights after work, a strict diet, and sometimes even injury. There are a few things they can do to make…
