COUNTY BOARD TO VOTE ON CHAIR Carson Offers Plan Of 2017 Priorities COOPERSTOWN – In asking his colleagues to elect him chairman of the county Board of Representatives, county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, laid out a detail plan of goals to strive for in 2017. The county board is scheduled to vote on the chairmanship at its reorganizational meeting at 10 a.m. today. Here is a copy of the the Carson plan.…
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AllOTSEGO.com EDITORIAL Block Clark, Delay Making Otsego Now Appointments You may remember a year ago, when Kathy Clark, R-Otego, Otsego County Board of Representatives’ chair, forced through the appointment of a favorite, Rick Hulse, who had been defeated for election a couple of months before, to the Otsego Now board of directors. She forced party discipline on newly elected Republicans – Meg Kennedy, David Bliss, Len Carson, Meg Kennedy, Peter Oberacker and Dan Wilber – who bristled at being told…
IN MEMORIAM Russell A. Southard Sr., 96; WWII Vet Supervised Major Construction Projects OTEGO – Services are planned later this month for Russell Anderson Southard Sr., 96, a WWII veteran who helped build the Downsville Dam and supervised other major construction projects while raising six daughters and a son in Otego. He died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at the Oxford Veterans Home. He was born Sept. 11, 1920, one of four sons of Lou and Bethel (Anderson) Southard. He married…
Bud Selig To Enter Cooperstown Mecca COOPERSTOWN – Bud Selig, “the folksy former commissioner of Major League Baseball who presided over an unprecedented period of expansion, innovation and turmoil in the sport,” was elected to the Hall of Fame on Sunday by the hall’s restructured veterans committee, the New York Times is reporting this morning. So was John Schuerholz, the World Series-winning general manager with the Atlanta Braves and the Kansas City Royals.…
Sons Of American Legion Make Annual Donation To Food Pantry…
IN MEMORIAM: George E. Vermilya, 90; Former Cooperstown Milk Plant Manager COOPERSTOWN – George Elmer Vermilya, 90, former manager of the former Sealtest milk plant at Chestnut and Walnut streets, died Saturday morning, November 26, 2016, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. He had lived in New Hartford in retirement. A native of Delaware County, George was born at home in Grand Gorge on Sept. 12, 1926, a son of Leo Eugene Vermilya and Inez Patterson Vermilya.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, NOV. 12 CSO Concert Features Tenor Jon Fredric West THEATER – 7 p.m. High School musical, “Into the Woods.” Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown. Info, cooperstowncs.org SYMPHONY – 7:30 p.m. Catskill Symphony presents Concert II: Featuring Tenor Jon Frederic West performing Wagner and Vaughan Williams. Symphony also performs Brahms Symphony No. 2. Tickets $30, free admission for veterans, children and the adults who bring them. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, (607) 436-2670, www.catskillsymphony.net…
IN MEMORIAM: Gloria Ann Totora, 63; Survivors Include 2 Daughters In Oneonta ONEONTA – Gloria Ann Totora, 63, whose survivors include two daughters in Oneonta, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Feb. 6, 1953, in Bridgeport, Conn., the daughter of the late Chester and Germaine (Ladang) Kisiel.…
ANTI-TRUMP PROTEST SUNY-O STUDENTS TAKE TO RAMPARTS By JASON BIRKELBACH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The election results did not surprise SUNY Oneonta student Kevin Torres. That’s not to say he was happy about them. That night on Facebook, Torres made a “private event”: a protest of Donald Trump’s victory held on campus today, Veterans Day. “In the beginning there were only 10 people,” Torres said. “Until I was pushed to make the event public, which I did, and…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, NOV. 11 Art For The Holiday Veterans Day. HOLIDAY ART SHOW & SALE – 5-7 p.m. Holiday gift giving themed exhibit opening. All pieces by member artists. Village Hall, 22 Main St, Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownart.com or (607)547-9777 THEATER – 7 p.m. “Into the Woods.” High School musical. Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Ave, Cooperstown. Info, cooperstowncs.org SEMINAR – 8-10 a.m. “Business Planning.” Registration required. Cost: $35. Otsego Co. Chamber of Commerce session meets at Northern Eagle Beverages…
