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Third Top Executive Resigns At City Hall HR Director Kathy Wolverton Steps Aside ONEONTA – Kathy Wolverton, personnel director, has become the third top executive to leave City Hall in recent months. Mayor Gary Herzig and Common Council accepted Wolverton’s resignation yesterday afternoon. “While we are sad to have Ms. Wolverton leave City Hall, we expect that her decision to pursue new challenges will prove rewarding,” Herzig and Common Council member Larry Malone, Human Resources Committee chair, said in a statement…
State Agricultural Commissioner Due At Hartwick Entrepreneurship Class ONEONTA – The state agriculture commissioner, Richard Ball of Schoharie, will speak with students in Hartwick College’s Entrepreneurship class this coming Friday. Ball was invited by Lecturer in Business Scott Schwartz, after the two met recently at Schoharie County Family Farm Day. Ball is not only the state’s agriculture commissioner, but also a farmer and businessman. “Commissioner Ball’s visit is perfectly timed to emphasize how our campus theme, Food and Community, overlaps with…
Seward Launches New Home Page VISIT OTSEGO COUNTY’S SENATOR’S NEW WEBSITE…
California Bans ‘Redskins’ As Public-School Nickname California became the first state to ban public schools from using “Redskins” as a team name, nickname or mascot on Sunday in a move applauded by Native American activists, the Associated Press is reporting. Signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown (D), the California Racial Mascots Act, authored by Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D), outlaws schools’ use of the slur effective Jan. 1, 2017. The issue was confronted in the Cooperstown Central School District two years ago, when it…
IN MEMORIAM: Elaine Beck Schaeffer, 62; Formerly With Interior Design Firm In NYC COOPERSTOWN – Elaine Beck Schaeffer of Cooperstown passed away suddenly at Bassett Hospital on Thursday evening, Oct. 8, 2015. She was 62. The funeral service is Thursday. Elaine was the loving wife of Charles and beloved mother of Scott and Elyssa. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of Kenneth and Phyllis Beck. Elaine spent her early formative years with her family in Nice, France. She was educated…
DJ, Author Chuck D’Imperio Wins GOHS’ 20th Albert Morris Award ONEONTA – The Greater Oneonta Historical Society today announced DJ and author Chuck D’Imperio will receive this year’s 2015 Albert E. Morris Award. The award will be presented at a reception 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St. The public is welcome. D’Imperio is the 20th recipient of the award, named in honor of the city of Oneonta’s first mayor. The honoree will be recognized…
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Despite Ruling, Sharratt Continues Supervisor Bid By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Despite a major legal setback, Hartwick supervisor candidate Juli Sharratt says she’ll continue her campaign. “I’m just really disappointed,” Sharratt said this morning. “What can I say, the law is the law.” She will appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot on the independent Parity line. Yesterday, state Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dowd threw Sharratt off the Democratic ballot line in the Nov. 3 general election.…
