ON NORTH SEA RIG Ekofisk Trip Builds Camaraderie Among Phillips Petroleum Directors Editor’s Note: Dolores Wharton of Cooperstown and NYC, the SUNY system’s former First Lady, was the first black woman, as well as the first black, on a number of Fortune 500 boards. In her new memoir, “A Multicultural Life,” she describes Phillips Petroleum directors’ 1990 camaraderie-building trip to a North Sea oil rig, which helped “the old guard (adjust) to us interlopers.” By DOLORES WHARTON • from “A…
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DOLORES WHARTON’S ‘MULTICULTURED LIFE’ From Harlem Aristocracy, She Reached Nation’s Heights By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lee Brathwaite, a rising executive as NYTel evolved into Verizon, found himself in a tough transition – from operations to sales. “It was the most challenging transition of my career,” said Brathwaite, now CEO of Apex Construction, a Harlem-based company building commercial and multiple-unit residential structures and a board member for the Golub Company, which operates Price Chopper. Among other…
EDITORIAL ‘There are no Caucasians present, though it would be difficult to distinguish them from many of those mingling in the mix of multi-hued wedding guests. Without exception, the guests are dressed fashionably, with stylish attire and stunning jewelry. The men are doctors, lawyers and undertakers; the women are school teachers and social workers … (The) waitstaff make their way through the crowd, bearing silver trays laden with chicken and crab croquettes, creamed sweetbreads on toast points, and slices of…
BOUND VOLUMES Aug. 15, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Agricultural Notice – A meeting of the Agricultural Society of the County of Otsego, will be held at the house of Joseph Munn in Cooperstown, on Thursday, the 26th day of August, inst., for the purpose of organizing the Society, agreeably to the Legislature of this state. Robert Campbell, Rec. Sec. Cooperstown, August 12, 1819. Welch Indians – It seems that a Society in the State of New York has sent out…
Mayor Tillapaugh, Husband Welcome First Grandchild…
Goal: Recognize Service To Youth Nominations Sought For Fetterman Award COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center is seeking nominations for the annual Fetterman Award. This award is given in memory of Patrick C. Fetterman, long-time associate director of the ACC Gymnasium/Clark Sports Center. Recipients are honored for their dedication to serving local youth, especially in the area of athletics. Please send nominations to Brenda Wedderspoon-Gray, Clark Sports Center, Box 850, Cooperstown NY 13326. Or drop off letter of nomination at…
100 Kittens, Adults At Discount Thru 8/17 With Shelter At Capacity, Cat Adoption Fees Halved COOPERSTOWN – With 100 cats and kittens in house, the SQSPCA is offering half-price on feline adoptions through Saturday, Aug. 17. For those that are on the fence about whether or not they should adopt a cat, check out some great information from websites like zooawesome.com. Knowing is half the battle to being a great pet owner. So study up on how much of a…
JANE CLARK NAMED CITIZEN OF YEAR Mayor Details Advance Of Cooperstown’s Parks The feud between James Fenimore Cooper and Cooperstown over citizens’ unauthorized use of what today is the Three Mile Point village park went on four decades after the writer’s death in 1851, until Samuel Shaw, half-century editor/proprietor of The Freeman’s Journal, bought it from a Cooper heir in the 1890s and turn it over to the village. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch recounted that controversy in discussing the history…
At Same Time, Kilimanjaro Lured SUNY President, Cooperstown Teen…
Magazine Includes Cooperstown Firm Casale Group Make List Of ‘Top 50’ Consultants COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown-based Casale Group has been listed as Number 31 in the “Power 50,” New York State’s most influential political consultants, in the City & State New York magazine. In particular, Vince Casale and Lynn Krogh, the husband-and-wife team, are identified as key advisers to Marc Molinaro, both in his gubernatorial run last year and this year’s race for his reelection as Dutchess county executive. …
