Chair: Animal Shelter Won’t Get $100,000 From County This Year HARTWICK SEMINARY – The Susquehanna Animal Shelter is asking Otsego County for $100,000 to help fund its operations. The organization, formerly known as Susquehanna SPCA, made an appeal Tuesday to the Health and Education committee, according to Chair Janet Hurley Quackenbush, R-Town of Oneonta. The committee took no action on the funding request but did invite the organization to try again in the early stages of the 2017 budget process.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Leland W. Utter, 87; Navy Veteran Leland W. Utter, 87, of Lake City, Fla., and formerly of Schenevus, passed away Oct. 11, 2015, at the New York State Veterans Home, Oxford. He leaves survivors in Oneonta and Cooperstown. He was born Nov. 14, 1927, in the Town of Maryland, the son of William H. and Ruby (Ritchey) Utter.…
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…
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…
Otsego Chamber VP To Join Corning ONEONTA – Today was Shelly Giangrant’s last day at the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, where she has been a mainstay for the past 15 years. Giangrant, vice president/member services in recent years, will be joining Corning Inc., and teaching horseback riding in Otego. Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan recognized Giangrant for “providing dedicated service to our members. We wish her great success in this new opportunity.” Shelly was recognized at the Chamber After Hours…
Kiwanis Distributes $3,000 In Grants…
IN MEMORIAM: Nancy Kiser Feola, 66; Milford Woman Fought Cancer 19 Months MILFORD – Nancy Feola (nee Kiser) of Milford, who retired from a 30-year career with the Otsego County Attorney’s Office, lost her gallant 19-month struggle with cancer Monday evening Oct. 5, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. She was 66. Born April 1, 1949, she was the oldest daughter among six children of Arthur Sr. and Helen (Platt) Kiser. She attended the one-room Westville School from 1954 to 1961, then attended…
Bob Hall Wins Fetterman Award, Joining Sports Center Pantheon By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – For Bob Hall, while growing up in Springfield, a trip to the Clark Sports Center was about as good as a day could get. “On Saturdays, my friends and I would get a parent to bring a carload of us down to the Clark Sports Center – it was next to the Baseball Hall of Fame back then – and we’d play all day.”…
Republicans Sue To Knock Sharratt Off Hartwick Ballot COOPERSTOWN – The county Republican Committee is going back to court this week to try to knock another Democrat off the ballot, county Democratic Chair Richard Abbate said this evening. “They must have a lot of money for legal fees,” he said. According to Abbate, the GOP committee has filed papers challenging one of the petitions submitted by Juli Sharratt, the Hartwick Town Board member who won the Democratic primary for town…
Bassett Flag Raising Honors Organ Donor COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital and the Center for Donation and Transplant raised a Donate Life Flag Friday to help honor a local organ donor whose gifts of life helped save two other New Yorkers. The flag was raised outside of the Bassett Health Clinic across from the hospital.…
