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Retired Bishop Who Witnessed 9/11 At Cooperstown Community Service COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown’s community memorial service for the victims of 9/1 on today’s 13th anniversary included two witnesses to the tragedy, Mark Sisk, the retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and his wife Karen. After the service at Cooperstown Methodist Church, Bishop Fisk recalled that, on the morning after 9/11, emergency workers allowed him through the police lines where he was able to determine that Trinity Church at…
TEACHOUT HAMMERS CUOMO IN OTSEGO COUNTY, LOSES NY Zephyr Teachout hammered Governor Cuomo in Otsego County in today’s Democratic primary, 1,372-480, although Cuomo won statewide. In the 21st Assembly District, Bill Magee won this county and Madison. With 60 percent of the vote in, county Democratic Chairman Richard Abbate of Cooperstown said he believed the veteran legislator has turned back a challenge from Sherrill Council member Mike Hennessy. In the Town of Oneonta, Republican Trish Riddell Kent beat Democrat Dave Rowley…
Bank of Cooperstown Cuts Ribbon On Branch In Oneonta, Its First Bank of Cooperstown President Scott White cuts the ribbon this afternoon on the 7-year-old bank’s first branch office, at 34 Main St., Oneonta. Others, from left, are community board members Tony Casale, Cooperstown, and Mark D’Amico, Oneonta, bank Vice President Christine Amos, Oneonta; Lori White, Scott’s spouse; teller Evelyn Zuk, Oneonta; personal banker Jennifer Deleo, Delhi; attorney Don Snyder, a community bank member; Gavin MacMillan, representing Eastman Associates, the builder; branch…
NY Grange Convention In Otsego County For First Time Since 1935; 200 To Attend ONEONTA – The Otsego County Pomona Grange will host the state Grange’s four-day annual convention Friday-Tuesday Oct. 24-28 at the Holiday Inn Southside. This is the first time that the state Grange annual meeting has been held in Otsego County since 1935. It is expected to attract 200 Grangers from around the state, according to Roger Halbert, president, Gilbertsville Grange and state Grange secretary.…
Oneonta History Center Ready To Install Shaft, Then Elevator…
16 MILLIONTH VISITOR CROSSES BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PORTAL…
Otsego Electric Coop Crew, CEO Doused Participating In ALS ‘Ice Bucket’ Challenge HARTWICK – Otsego Electric Cooperative President Steve Rinell asked his employees to participate in the ALS “Ice Bucket” Challenge that has raised $93 million so far to help fight Lou Gehrig Disease. At 4 p.m. today, then took him up on it. The coop crew filled a backhoe bucket with water and ice and, with Steve sitting in their midst, underwent an icy dousing. For the privilege of…
SUNY Oneonta of the Future: Big Data U By JIM KEVLIN Last year, sociology professor Brian Lowe’s “Animals and Society” class read Jon Mooallem’s “Wild Ones,” where the author draws conclusions about how humans are coming to grips with the extinction of wild animals, polar bears, a type of butterfly and whooping cranes in particular. “Its central theme,” as the review in Mother Jones had it, “has more to do with the qualities we project onto animals than the creatures…
SUNY Opens Doors; Students’ Success Most Gratifying, President Avows By JIM KEVLIN Asked to recall a memorable story as she begins her seventh year as SUNY Oneonta’s president, Nancy Kleniewski told about a student – let’s call her Kate – who entered under the EOP program. (That stands for Educational Opportunity Program.) Kate planned to study fashion, but during her first semester “she took a chemistry class. The chemistry professor” – Bill Vining – “realized how smart she was and,…
