LETTER from MARY-MARGARET ROBBINS-SOHNS Village money should improve lives of villagers In regard to the pier in the lake “viewing deck,” I urge the Board of Trustees to stop spending money on tourist attractions. Rather focus on our neglected community. Sidewalks, piers, etc., don’t make a village. Its people do. The viewing deck/dock may sound fun, but it provides little to the community. It is not environmentally friendly and poses numerous liability issues, not to mention potentially risking our water…
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Clark Foundation announces scholarship awards STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Clark Foundation announced the scholarship recipients for 2021 in a Tuesday, June 15, media release. The scholarships were awarded to 188 students, with a total of $742,600. “The board and I are pleased to recognize the accomplishments of this distinguished group of graduating seniors by assisting them in their undergraduate studies,” Janes Forbes Clark said in the release. “Despite having to navigate and manage the impact of the…
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CLICK FOR THIS YEAR’S WINNERS Again, Pioneer Patio Wins Beautification Contest 1st By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – One, it’s good business strategy. “We use them for advertising,” said Pioneer Patio proprietor, “to pull people down the alley” – Pioneer Alley, where the back of Main Street buildings aren’t much of a draw. Two, “it’s a labor of love, that’s for sure,” said Kathy, his wife and business partner. Three, it’s become a perennial prize-winner in a competitive…
Bassett Opens 21st School-Based Clinic Seward, Clark Foundation Helped Float Clinic At GMU GILBERTSVILLE – Bassett Healthcare Network announced a few minutes ago it has opened a new school-based health center – its 21st – at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, serving pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students. The program is funded through grants obtained by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and a contribution by the Clark Foundation.…
EDITORIAL In Time Of Trial, All Of Us Have A Chance To Do Good Otsego County is blessed with generous foundations. The Clark Foundation and its spinoffs have, of course, been transformative, and continue to be, with supporting the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Fenimore and Farmers’ museums, Glimmerglass Opera and more than $10 million in college scholarships to top local students countywide since the 1960s. The Clark’s Scriven Foundation is focused exclusively within the county, and it’s the rare…
CLARK FOUNDATION ANNUAL CONTEST Beautification Winners: Inn At Cooperstown, Pioneer Street Homes COOPERSTOWN – The Inn at Cooperstown, Ursula and Chuck Hage, and Brian Barlow and Chris Law took the top three $1,000 prizes in this year’s Clark Foundation Cooperstown Beautification Contest, foundation President Jane Forbes Clark announced Tuesday, Sept. 16. “Over 60 years ago, my grandmother, Susan Vanderpoel Clark, founded the Cooperstown Beautification Contest to recognize the tremendous time and effort so many of our residents take to make our…
PIONEER STREET WINS 2 OF TOP 3 PRIZES Clark Foundation Announces 2019 Beautification Winners FOR COMPLETE RESULTS, MORE PHOTOS SEE THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
Editorial, May 5, 2018 If We Want Solar Energy, Let’s Get Serious About It If we care about solar energy, it’s time to get serious about it, don’cha think? Happily, Otsego 2000 may be doing just that, having taken a leadership role among local environmental groups on this matter. On Feb. 24, its board adopted a resolution that reads, in part: “Climate change, driven in large party by fossil-fuel use, is a significant threat to our region and way of…
Clark $300k Grant Sets Up ‘Hospital Suite’ At Hartwick ONEONTA – Hartwick College has received a $300,000 grant from The Clark Foundation to help fund a new Hospital Suite Simulation Unit for the college’s Nursing Department. The new equipment will be located in repurposed space in Smith Hall. The grant will enable the college to better prepare its nursing students to enter the field, and grow the department by another 10 students. This is the fourth such award from the…