Letter by Harry Levine Writer endorses Dave Bliss for re-election in District Seven I have known David Bliss for over 15 years during all of which time he has served in public office. He is open, collaborative, fair, and dedicated to our community. He is a true public servant. Please re-elect him as a representative to our county legislature. Harry Levine Springfield …
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Community Foundation announces it raised more than $2 million STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Community Foundation of Otsego County announced in a media release Wednesday, Sept. 22, it had raised more than $2,035,246, exceeding its goal of $2 million as part of its Founders Campaign. The money raised will be used for awards for non-profits tackling different issues in Otsego County. CFOC raises money to help “address challenges and increase opportunity in Otsego County” according to its website.…
Community Foundation announces $2 million fund, initial campaign success By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Community Foundation of Otsego County announced Tuesday, May 11, that it is launching a new funding campaign to raise $2 million and has already taken in most of that money in pledges. The 16-member board was formed about two years ago to help solve issues of business and poverty that are affecting Otsego County. When the coronavirus pandemic hit not long after the…
LETTER from HARRY LEVINE Now’s Time To Invest In County We have only one week left in 2020, a remarkable year that hit us with surprises and painful disease. We lost jobs, got sick, and even died due to COVID-19. But the year had its bright spots too. One of them was the extraordinary efforts by all the front-line medical professionals and other essential workers who risked their own health to serve us. Another is the amazing generosity that poured…
Chamber Donates $1,500 To Community Foundation…
FROM PHILANTHROPY’S FRONT LINES Needs Met, But Much Left To Do By HARRY LEVINE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com We first announced the creation of the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund in this newspaper on April 21. We had not intended to start our public life this way, but the need for such a fund was obvious to us and we felt a deep responsibility to join those already fighting the pandemic. What we can now report is that the community,…
In 3 Days, Foundation Achieves $30K Target, Has $80K In COVID Aid Ohio Foundation Offers $20K In A Dollar-For-Dollar Match COOPERSTOWN – By yesterday afternoon, less than 72 hours after the Community Foundation of Otsego County formally announced the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund, community members sent in checks and used credit card payments that succeeded in meeting the $30,000 challenge match. “Good news,” said Harry Levine, foundation board chairman, in announcing the response, adding, “We now have $80,000 to…
Building A Foundation – Together Community Foundation Takes Aim At COVID-19 By HARRY LEVINE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COVID-19 has changed our world. Our community faces dire health and economic shocks that have disrupted our way of life and will continue to affect us for the foreseeable future. The Community Foundation of Otsego County was created in 2019 with the mission of improving the quality of life for all the Otsego County area. We were about to publicly announce our…
For More Details, See This Week’s Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta FOUNDATION FORMS, FIGHTING COVID-19 ITS FIRST PRIORITY Levine, Herzig In Leadership Roles; Public Asked To Assist Fundraising COOPERSTOWN – Local citizens face “an emergency need” to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the new Community Foundation of Otsego County. So at 2 p.m. today, the CFOC announced it has created the COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund. “Otsego County unemployment is rising and we are seeing growing numbers of potentially fatal…
Editorial, May 11, 2018 WERTENBAKER LAND TRUST PRESIDENT The Right Leader, At The Right Time? People generally recognize Otsego County’s geographic schizophrenia. (Schizophrenic, in the best possible way, of course.) To the south, there are 10 Interstate exits – 11 if you count Sidney’s – largely undeveloped (except Exits 14-15, at Southside Oneonta), ideal for commerce, manufacturing, distribution and other job-creating uses. To the north is the pristine Glimmerglass watershed, a national environmental icon, surrounded by pretty hamlets and villages,…