Fenimore Hosts Mass Book Signing By Local Authors COOPERSTOWN – Call them the 12 Regional Authors of Christmas: The Beekman Boys, “our” Saint Nicholas, author of “Santa’s Second Home” (Cooperstown), Marly Youmans, Cindy Falk, Richard Duncan, Bob and Trish Kane, Calvin Boal, Chuck D’Imperio, Jim Atwell, and Anna Membrino. And they’ll all be gathered 11-2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, for a mass book-signing at The Fenimore Art Museum. The genres will range from historical fiction to children’s books, heirloom cookbooks,…
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IN MEMORIAM: Dee Mahalick, Food Pantry Founder CHERRY VALLEY – Glora K. (Dee) Mahalick , 71, founder of the Daily Bread Food Pantry here, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 at Bassett Hospital.…
POLLS OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. FOR GOVERNOR, CONGRESS COOPERSTOWN – When the county’s Republican candidates can all be found partaking of pancakes and sausage in the front window of the Vets Club on Main Street, you can bet it’s Election Day. And today, as Cooperstown Rotarians served their traditional Election Day pancake breakfast, it is. Governor Cuomo is being challenged by Republican Rob Astorino. Congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, who is expected at the Vets Club before noon, is being challenged…
Good Turnout At Chamber Job Fair…
Oneonta Veterinarian Helped Amend State Law ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, yesterday presented Dr. David Leahy of Community Veterinary Center in Oneonta with a pen certificate from the governor commemorating the signing of senate bill 2742B into law. The legislation amends the state Veterinary Practice Act, clarifying that animal dentistry is a specialty included within the scope of veterinary medicine. “This new law languished for sometime in Albany until Dr. Leahy took up the cause and successfully advocated for its adoption,”…
Fingers Crossed. Forums May Achieve ‘Single Point Of Contact’ Editorial for the edition of Thursday-Friday Oct. 16-17, 2014 Otsego County has never done economic development – and never will, county Treasurer Dan Crowell told the 2014 Otsego Leadership class when it convened last April at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Economic development requires risk-taking, Crowell said, and the county Board of Representatives simply has been unwilling to risk taxpayer money. He couldn’t imagine the reps ever will. That’s prudent; they shouldn’t.…
Mall Manager Montanti New Foothills’ President By LIBBY CUDMORE•Hometown Oneonta Edition of Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 When the Foothills Board of Directors needed a new president, Louisa Montanti was happy to step up. Montanti, the manager of the Southside Mall, joined the board in 2011 and was elevated to president of the board Monday, Oct. 13, succeeding Carol Blazina. “It’s a great foundation and I’m looking forward to taking it to the next level,” she said. “I want to give…
Charter Input Parsed By JIM KEVLIN•Hometown Oneonta Edition of Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 There were many issues raised, but two predominated at a tense Common Council meeting Monday, Oct. 13. One, that watering down city-manager credentials from a master’s in public administration (MPA) to a bachelor’s, was an attempt to circumvent the new City Charter, which residents adopted by a 1,128-348 vote in November 2011. Two, that by bypassing former City Manager Mike Long – the city’s first – and…
Forums May Build ‘Single Point Of Contact’ By JIM KEVLIN•HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 Three forums for small-business owners – in a month or so – are being planned, with a goal of achieving what’s been an elusive “single point of contact” for economic development in Otsego County. “We want to outreach to people in the trenches,” Bob Hanft, county Industrial Development Agency chair, told the county board’s Intergovernmental (IGA) Committee – its responsibilities include economic development…
