NEW CHALLENGE: HIRING MANAGER Bliss Anticipates Kennedy Will Lead Recruitment, Too By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If – as is anticipated – Dave Bliss is reelected chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives at the organizational meeting Thursday, Jan. 2, one of his first acts will be to name a committee to recruit the first county administrator. In an interview, he said he sees no reason why county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick, who led the…
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EDITORIAL Everyone Wants Fair Deal For Animal Shelter, County Drop The Threats, Negotiate An Agreement The issue’s been hanging out there for a while: What role should the Otsego County Board of Representatives play in funding the Susquehanna Animal Shelter? Schoharie County’s contribution is $75,000 a year to its shelter. Delaware County splits $88,000 among two shelters. Until now, Otsego County has contributed nothing. The county has been allocating $5,000 a year. It is not a donation, but a fee…
Lagan Sentenced To 6½-Year Term In Federal Prison COOPERSTOWN – Thomas Lagan, one of the investors in a 2015 effort to build a downtown hotel here, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison this morning for allegations arising from the disposal of an estate after the deaths of philanthropists Warren and Pauline Bruggeman, RPI benefactors, the Times Union is reporting. In all, the Bruggeman and other estates involved the misallocation of $12 million, the newspaper reported.…
COLLEAGUES HERALD EDITOR Libby Cudmore Feted On 10th Anniversary…
1ST ENTRIES IN CLASS OF 2020 Marvin Miller, Union Leader, To Enter HoF COOPERSTOWN – Marvin Miller, who as leader of the MLB Players Association established free agency, turning players into tycoons, will enter the Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020. He will be inducted posthumously Sunday, July 26. He was elected yesterday by the Modern Era Committee, along with Ted Simmons, 70, an eight-time All-Star catcher who played 13 seasons with St. Louis. The Baseball Writers of…
IN MEMORIAM: Ann Lewis Enright, 79; Nurse Played Key Roles At Fox, Bassett ONEONTA — Ann Lewis Enright, 79, Fox Hospital’s former director of nursing services and a nurse anesthetist at Bassett Hospital for 20 years, passed away on Dec. 1, 2019, with her loving husband, Dennis, by her side. Ann was born on June 26, 1940, in Bainbridge, the daughter of Randolph and Helen Foote Lewis. She graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1958. After graduating, Ann attended the…
80-YEAR TRADITION STILL STRONG Santa, Games, Kids Aplenty At Cooperstown’s Fire Hall Now you see it, now you don’t! It’s magic, in evidence this afternoon at the Cooperstown Fire Department’s annual kids’ Christmas Party. Delighted by the mystery are, from left, Haley Kehoe, 14, and sister Natalie, 8, from Hartwick, Angelo Martinez, 8, Hartwick, and Alex Pernat, 11, Fly Creek. Inset, Abigail Pierce, 3, is determined to win a contest of skill. The annual Christmas party has been a Cooperstown…
AT COOPERSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH Tea, Then Acoopella Wishes All Of Us A Merry Christmas Before a packed church hall, Acoopella’s rousing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” wraps up the annual Christmas Tea (and cookies) today in the Cooperstown Methodist Church hall. Performing are, from left, Chris Kjolhede, Jim Dalton, Bill Hayes (great top hat!), Melinda Hardin, Ivy Bischoff and Judy Steiner Grin. Second row, from left, are Vicki Gates, Deb Dalton and the Rev. Elsie Rhodes, the First Presbyterian…
IN MEMORIAM Suzanne S. Dean, 96; Cherished Otsego Lake While A Child, Adult COOPERSTOWN — Suzanne Smith Dean (Susie), 96, of East Orleans, Mass., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. She was born on April 15, 1923, in New York City, daughter of Dorothy Bostwick Smith Campbell and W.T. Sampson Smith, Sr. Mrs. Dean spent her early years in that city attending Shipley School and Miss Hewett’s Classes. She was a member of the Red Cross Nurses’ Aid…
Former Home Caregiver Pleads Guilty To Stealing $32K From Elderly Clients COOPERSTOWN – Stephanie Shulgay, who was charged with stealing more than $32,000 from the elderly couple who employed her as a home health aide, has plead guilty to Grand Larceny, fourth degree, according to District Attorney John Muehl. “You can’t take advantage of people like that,” he said. Over 15 months, Shulgay stole money from the couple by using their credit and debit cards between July 2017 and October…
