Local Agencies Partner to Form Innovation, Acceleration Center ONEONTAOtsego Now, the umbrella organization of the Otsego County Industrial Development Agency and the Otsego County Capital Resource Corporation, is set to launch the county’s first Innovation and Acceleration Center, the primary focus of which will be bringing a booming tech and manufacturing industry to the region. According to a recent press release, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, the IDA witnessed a devastating economic loss due to the lack of tourism. The hospitality…
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In Memoriam Wayne L. Allen, Sr., 76 February 7, 1946 – December 29, 2022 MARYLAND – Wayne Lee Allen, Sr., 76, passed away early Thursday morning, December 29, 2022, at his home in the Town of Milford. He was born February 7, 1946, in Bainbridge to the late Arthur W. and Marian Elizabeth (Williams) Allen. In his youth, he attended schools in Mount Vision and Laurens Central School and lived and worked on the family farm in Laurens and later…
In Memoriam Duane A. Hathaway, 82 May 3, 1940 – October 29, 2022 ONEONTA – Duane “Dee” A. Hathaway, 82, passed away, Saturday, October 29, 2022. Our lives are forever changed. He was born on May 3, 1940 in Binghamton, New York, the son of Margaret (Major) and Harold Hathaway. He attended Bugbee School and Oneonta Junior and Senior High Schools. He went on to graduate from Broome Tech with an engineering degree and began his career working for Amphenol…
In Memoriam Michael A. Bettiol June 6, 1957 – August 8, 2021 Michael A. Bettiol, 64, of Binghamton, NY, and originally from Oneonta, NY, passed away peacefully at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City, NY, on Sunday, August 8, 2021, due to unexpected complications from a very courageous, 5 year battle with metastatic colon cancer. Mike was born in Sidney, NY on June 6, 1957, moving to Oneonta, NY at an early age. He graduated from Oneonta High School, Class…
In COVID-19 Crisis, Pentaris Finds Opportunities By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Everything was going great. A year ago, in collaboration with BriteShot, a TV and movie-industry lighting company in New York City, Custom Electronics was packaging its stand-alone lithium-ion battery packs to illuminate “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order” and other hit TV shows. The product, called The Luminator, made the future look particularly bright for Custom Electronics and its President/CEO Michael Pentaris. Then coronavirus arrived, and…
MAY 15, FACTORIES, CONSTRUCTION A GO BEGINNING OF THE END? Governor Opens Door To County’s Reopening By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com By May 18, Greg Ward hopes that Burt Rigid Box in the Town of Oneonta can bring its 44 employees back to work. “We’re in the process of putting plans in place,” said Ward, the plant’s operations manager. “We’ve got a crew in there deep cleaning now, and we’re constructing Plexiglas barriers for when people can’t exercise…
Chamber To Honor Seward As ‘Citizen,’ Custom Electronics Spring Gala May 7 In Foothills Atrium ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will be the Otsego County Chamber’s Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen of 2020, and Custom Electronics the NBT Bank Distinguished Business Of The Year, the chamber announced this afternoon. Seward and the high-tech battery company will be toasted Thursday, May 7, in the Foothills Atrium, beginning with a cocktail hour at 5:45 p.m.…
Help Custom Electronics Power The Future By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA Custom Electronics President/CEO Michael Pentaris has two degrees – a bachelor’s in accounting and an MBA – from SUNY Binghamton. “But I’m not sold on that,” he acknowledged the other day during a tour of the company’s Browne Street plant in the Town of Oneonta. “I’m looking for people with ambition.” He was accompanied on the tour by Jim Sloan, one of his key lieutenants, an…
IN MEMORIAM: Thomas D. Hurley, 54; Longtime Custom Electronics Supervisor GOODYEAR LAKE – Thomas D. Hurley, 54, of Goodyear Lake, a longtime supervisor at Custom Electronics, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, May 9, 2019, at home. He was born on July 30, 1964, in New York City. He enjoyed spending time with his family, barbecues (especially cheeseburgers), was a lifelong Mets fan and liked motorcycles and classic cars.…
IN MEMORIAM: Blanche E. Powers, 76; Amphenol, Custom Electronics Employee UNADILLA – Blanche E. Powers, 76, of Unadilla, who worked Amphenol and Custom Electronics, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, March 31, 2019. She was born at The Hospital in Sidney, on July 31, 1942, daughter of the late Franklyn and Alta (Thomas) Dunshee. Blanche attended Sidney High School and proudly received her GED later in life.…