NYCM, Remillard, YMCA
Honored At Chamber Gala
![Congratulations to the winners of the Otsego County Chamber Celebration of Business Awards, honored tonight at the 30th Annual Dinner and Celebration of Business at SUNY Oneonta's Hunt Union Ballroom. From left are Dan Robinson, NYCM president, with NBT Bank Distinguished Business Award; Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan; John Remillard, retired Fox Hospital president, with Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen Award; Chamber Vice President Kelly Zack-Decker, and Frank Russo, Onoenta Family Y executive director, with Quality of Life Award. (Ian Austin/ AllOTSEGO.com)](https://www.allotsego.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/chamber-gala.jpg)
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From time to time, we check in to see how various projects and stories are progressing. This week, we “circle back” to YMCA Specialty Fitness and the Otsego County clerk, and provide an update on fundraising efforts on behalf of Enoch Bright Ampong.…
ALBANY – Charles M. “Chuck” Brooks passed away suddenly Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
Born March 30, 1954, in Brockton, Massachusetts, he was the eldest of three children of Massachusetts natives Malcolm Norris Brooks and Esther Claire Kent Brooks. The family lived in Cohasset, Massachusetts, and then moved to Cooperstown in July of 1963 when Chuck’s father was hired as Director of the Alfred Corning Clark Gymnasium. Chuck enjoyed his youth in Cooperstown, and was active with church youth programs, especially at The First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown. Chuck graduated from Cooperstown Central School with the Class of 1972. During his high school years Chuck participated on the basketball and tennis teams. He also enjoyed bowling and playing squash at the ACC gym. He earned both his undergraduate and Master’s degrees at Springfield College and, much like his father, began serving youth in what would become a 34 year a career with the YMCA, 24 of which he was executive director.…
WEST ONEONTA—Olin L. Benedict Jr. of West Oneonta passed away after a short illness at his home, with his loving wife by his side, on December 11, 2023.
Olin was born March 16, 1952 to Elnora (Griggs) Benedict and Olin L. Benedict Sr. of Middletown.
He worked at the “Times Herald Record” before relocating to work at “The Daily Star” and retiring there in 2011. He continued to work for Covidian, Bassett Hospital and Fox Hospital until he fully retired.…