TRADITION RECALLED A DEBATE Then A Newcomer, Waller Helped End Union-Ticket Idea By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s been 42 years, but the idea of the “Union Ticket,” and the community amity it suggests, lives on. It was the subject of a lively debate last Thursday, March 5, at the League of Women Voters’ Candidate Night – three candidates are running for two trustee seats. Early in the evening, Dr. Roger MacMillan, the retired Bassett physician,…
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LETTER from JEANNE DEWEY Incumbents Can Maintain The Positive Momentum To the Editor: As a Cooperstown village trustee, I have had the privilege of working closely with Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh for the past two years, and with Trustees Joe Membrino and MacGuire Benton for the past one year. We all bring different strengths and ideas to the board, and I firmly believe this benefits Cooperstown. Ellen has vast knowledge of Cooperstown’s history and has been an integral part of the…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 12-13, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE SUNY, Hartwick, Bassett Ban Travel LeCATES: 6 Quarantined, But No Outbreak Schenevus Top Site For Distribution Center Newcomer, Waller Helped End Union Ticket Mom Found ‘Not Guilty’ In Twins’ Deaths Elementary Principal To Succeed CCS Colleague ENDORSEMENTS Mary Margaret Will Put People In Picture Membrino Fills Key Role: Finance Chairman COLUMNS MORGAN: Nothing To Fear But Flu Itself ZAGATA: NYC Looks Upstate…
CORONAVIRUS WATCH Bassett President Reports 6 Quarantined, But None Ill By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Though six local people have been voluntarily quarantined as precautions against coronavirus (COVID-19) since the first case was reported in New York State, said Bassett Hospital President William LeCates Tuesday, March 10. As of presstime, none had developed symptoms or tested positive, Dr. LeCates said. “We’ve administered between two and five tests, and not one has come back positive,” he said.…
CORONAVIRUS WATCH Colleges, Bassett Impose Travel Ban SUNY Brings Back Students On Exchange In Italian Cities By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With Coronavirus cases increasing daily, SUNY Oneonta students who hoped to study abroad will have to wait until the fall semester. “We have cancelled all study abroad programs for the rest of the semester,” said Kim MacLeod, SUNY Oneonta associate director of communications. “And we called back 33 students and faculty members who were already abroad,…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Trustee Backs Colleagues In March 18 Village Polling To the Editor: I endorse and urge you to go out and vote for Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Trustee MacGuire (Mac) Benton for re-election and Trustee Joe Membrino for election to the Cooperstown Village Board. I have worked with all of them on the board, on village committees and other boards, and in other endeavors, and they have all been selfless in their positions, working for the best…
PRICE FOR CVS DROPS $600K At $815K, Realtor Says There’s Interest In Cooperstown Anchor By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lamb Realty has just lowered the price for the former CVS at 100 Main St., empty for three years, from $1.4 million to $815,000, according to today’s real-estate section in The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. “I spoke to the owners,” said Realtor Nancy Angerer. “We discussed it, and looked at other commercial property, looked at the…
BUTLER TOOK JOB WITH HIGH HOPES CCS Principal To Resign At End Of School Year Meccariello Recommended To Succeed COOPERSTOWN – After less than a year as Cooperstown Junior-Senior High School principal, Kristin Butler will resign at the end of the school year, according to a letter sent out this afternoon by Superintendent William Crankshaw. She cited “personal reasons,” according to Crankshaw’s letter. According to his letter, the superintendent says he’s recommended Ann Meccariello, the elementary principal, to succeed Butler,…
JURY DELIBERATES 3 HOURS Mom Not Guilty In Twins’ Deaths By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In just over three hours, a jury found Kimberly Steeley, 27, Decatur, not guilty in the June 2018 deaths of her infant twins, Bonde and Liam. Steeley’s attorney, Andrew Van Buren, made the case that the babies died of SIDS – Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – in part, because they had come home from the hospital too soon. Both babies were…
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