Treasurer Warns Of Overages, But Chair Unruffled $12M Gap Already Down To $7-8M, Bliss Says As Deliberations Ensue By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Saying he has no “black magic” to fix it, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles has advised the county Board of Representatives it is facing a $12 million gap in the upcoming 2020 budget. “I hear every year that Dan (Ruffles predecessor, Dan Crowell) used to work his ‘black magic,’ and always reduced the budget…
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CCS Board Creates Special-Education Administrator Job As Services Leap 40%, Public Told, ‘Litigious Environment’ Requires It By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With 14 percent of Cooperstown Central students in special-education programs, up from 10 percent a handful of years ago, the school board this evening created a new administrative position: “director of pupil services.” With the complexity of the services growing, and the “litigious environment” – parents suing who are dissatisfied with the level of service…
EDITORIAL NAYSAYERS NEED TO BE AYE-SAYERS If Not Constitution Pipeline, Then What? As any one of you who have been there know, Owego’s a delightful community, rich with history – Belva Lockwood, the first woman presidential candidate, taught there. Fine mansions line the Susquehanna River. There’s a funky, arts-oriented downtown. A half-block off Main and Front streets, however, you see the rot. Solid homes are in disarray; when the money’s not there, maintenance is the first thing to go. There…
BOUND VOLUMES Sept. 13, 2019 200 YEARS AGO The inhabitants of Texas, disappointed in the hope of being included within the territories of the United States, by the recent treaty between our government and that of Spain, have declared themselves independent of the Spanish crown, and state that they have “prepared themselves to meet and firmly to sustain, any conflict in which this declaration may involve them.” Died: In this village on Wednesday last, Ellen, an infant daughter of Mr.…
FUNDRAISING UNDERWRITES LESSONS Tennis Club Goes Private, Aims To Train The Future By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2017, Phyllis Orlowski discovered a worrisome trend in Oneonta in 2017: not many kids knew or were learning how to play tennis. There was no equipment, like racquets, balls and ball hoppers available and there was no motivation to even plat the sport. In July, Oneonta High School’s Varsity Tennis coach, who commutes from Cooperstown, she began reversing…
READ THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN, JOURNAL ONLINE General’s 1st Mission: Can He Raise Enough? Oneonta’s German Challenge To Delgado Intrigues Former Congressmen Gibson, Faso Congressional candidate and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Anthony German and wife Diana pose with family, from left, Josh, 32, Zach, 24, Becca, 21, (a spring SUNY Oneonta grad, soon to be married) and Ben, 29. The sons followed their father into military service. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 36 years in the New…
GERMAN V. DELGADO General’s 1st Mission: Can He Raise Enough? Oneontan’s Run Intrigues Gibson, Faso By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 36 years in the New York State National Guard, retiring Feb. 2 at adjutant general, the top commander, Tony German’s career was guided by a set of values: Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. That’s the code of the U.S. Air Force, he explained. “I’m not going to change now,”…
HOMETOWN History Aug. 16, 2019 150 Years Ago The total eclipse of the sun which occurs this week Saturday, will not only be a most imposing spectacle, but also one of the most important of astronomical phenomena. Among barbarian tribes it ever excited apprehension, while among cultivated nations it is recognized from the exactness with which the time of occurrence and the various appearances answer to the prediction, as affording one of the proudest triumphs of astronomy. Although such an…
Cleinman Reflects on 30 Years Knowledge. It’s The Key To Business Growth, Longevity By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The secret to business longevity, said Al Cleinman, is knowledge. “We had six people around the table the other day, and I realized that between them, they had 70 years of experience here,” he said. “We employ smart people.” The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce honored Cleinman Performance Partners this morning with a luncheon celebrating their 30 years…
DOUBLE YOUR DONATION SSPCA Benefactress To Match Gifts Up To Total Of $250,000 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK SEMINARY – When it comes to taking care of animals, Stacie Haynes never gives up. “Stacie approached me multiple times about fundraising,” said Anita Vitullo, Staffworks president and Susquehanna SPCA benefactress. “She was tenacious! But I was happy to help.” On Tuesday, April 30, Vitullo and Haynes announced a $250,000 gift to the $2 million “Shelter Us” campaign to build…
