News from the Pierstown Grange and Chapter #201 Order of the Eastern Star, and recent awards and promotions, among other news.…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
Bank of Cooperstown
Other voices, other views by Wayne Mellor Public banks and our local economy Adrian Kuzminski’s recent article on the benefits of local business ownership and how a simple regulation can effectively hold off big business consolidation gives us another opportunity to better understand the current state of rural economies like ours. The consolidation and productivity increases in the dairy industry have nearly wiped out the small business farm economy in our region. That economy supported myriad small businesses such as…
Going, Going… Office Razed To Created More Parking For Bank If you hurry over right now to the corner of Chestnut and Glen in Cooperstown, you will catch the final moments of the demolition of a former dentist office at 71 Chestnut St. to create more parking for the neighboring Bank of Cooperstown. Bank President Scott White, watching at left, said the plan is to double the number of bank parking spaces from the current 10. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
INDUCTION WEEKEND 2017 Anticipation Builds Along Main Street Art Boden and son Dan were renting parking spaces this morning at The Bank of Cooperstown, which provided the space to raise funds for Friends Helping Friends, an group that grew out of a community effort to raise funds for Art at the height of his fight against cancer two years ago. Art expected to rent out 30 spaces at $20 apiece each of Induction Weekend’s two days, netting more than $1,000…
Trustees Create First PDD, Leaving Details To Planners…
Bank Of Cooperstown Names Bob O’Neill Emeritus Director COOPERSTOWN – Robert F. O’Neill, a founder of the Bank of Cooperstown, has assumed the role of director emeritus of USNY Bank, the parent company. While an honorary position, it reflects his role in the founding of both the Cooperstown bank and USNY itself. “He and his family had the original vision to create a new bank in Cooperstown more than 10 years ago,” according to a statement from the bank. O’Neill spent…
Bank Of Cooperstown Underwrites NYSHA Tractor Fest, Sugaring Off…
Bank Of Cooperstown Promotes Baker, Lutz Jessup To Assistant VP COOPERSTOWN – Jessica Baker, Cooperstown mortgage originator, and Rachel Lutz Jessup, Oneonta branch manager, have been promoted to assistant vice presidents at the Bank of Cooperstown. Baker is responsible for processing consumer and mortgage loans at both the Cooperstown and Oneonta offices. She began her tenure with Bank of Cooperstown in November 2007, and has over 14 years of experience in the banking industry. Lutz Jessup is responsible for the…
Bank of Cooperstown Reaches New Equity Goal USNY Bank, which operates as Bank of the Finger Lakes in Geneva and Bank of Cooperstown in Cooperstown and Oneonta, has raised $3.75 million through an offering of common stock, according to USNY Bank President & CEO Mike Briggs.…
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…