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Artist Charles Hartley, Oneonta, Wins Coopertown’s 80th National

Artist Charles Hartley, Oneonta, Wins Coopertown’s 80th National ONEONTA – Charles Hartley, the Hartwick College physicist who turned to art in his retirement, was awarded the grand prize for “Wave for Hokusai” this evening at the Cooperstown Art Association’s 80th annual National Juried Art Exhibition. The grand prize came with a $500 award; in all, $3,200 in awards were announced at 6 p.m. on the steps of 22 Main St. during the opening reception. “His handling and awareness of light…

HARTWICK CUTS 23 JOBS TO SHRINK $1.7M DEFICIT

HARTWICK REDUCES WORKFORCE BY 18 Editor’s Note:  This is a new version of the story, revised to correct errors in the first posting. ONEONTA – Hartwick College is eliminating 23 non-faculty positions – five that are vacant and 18 that are filled – to close an estimated $1.68 million shortfall in the 2015-16 academic year, college President Margaret L. Drugovich announced. Also, five year-’round employees are having their positions reduced to nine, 10 or 11 months, the announcement said. Eliminating…

Due To Demand, Hartwick Professor’s ‘Freedom Journey’ Out 6 Weeks Early

Due To Demand, Hartwick Professor’s ‘Freedom Journey’ Out 6 Weeks Early ONEONTA – Hartwick College Professor of History Edythe Ann Quinn’s “Freedom Journey: Black Civil War Soldiers and The Hills Community, Westchester County, NY,” has just been published. It is the story of 36 African American men who drew upon their shared community of The Hills for support as they fought in the Civil War. The work was published by SUNY Press, and released six weeks ahead of schedule due…

Manhattan Realty Entrepreneur Is Hartwick Graduation Speaker

Biggest Manhattan Landlord Hartwick Graduation Speaker ONEONTA – Hartwick College has announced its 2015 Commencement speaker: Stephen L. Green, the founder and chairman of SL Green Realty Corp., New York City’s largest office landlord. The company holds interests in 96 Manhattan buildings totaling 44.1 million square feet of space, as well as properties in New Jersey. Manhattan has amazing properties up for sale for people who would love to live in one of the most famous areas. Some are looking…

Hartwick To Honor Brooks

Hartwick To Honor Brooks By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 When John Brooks got home one night earlier this fall, there was a note from his wife, Joan, next to the phone. “It said ‘Hartwick wants you’ with a little smiley face,” he said. Brooks, the retired second-generation owner of Brooks’ House of BBQ, had been named the 2014 Hartwick Citizen of the Year by the college’s Citizen Board. The award will be presented…

Hartwick Citizen Board Names John Brooks As Citizen Of Year

Hartwick Citizen Board Picks John Brooks As Citizen Of Year ONEONTA – The Hartwick College Citizens Board has named John W. Brooks, retired owner of Brooks’ House of BBQ, as its 2014 Citizen of the Year. He will be honored during the College’s Community Holiday Gathering on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at Thornwood, the home of Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich. For more information and to register for the event by the Tuesday deadline, visit www.hartwickalumni.org/holiday  or contact Carrie…

Hilbert College’s Greg Fort Appointed Hartwick’s VP, College Advancement

Hilbert College’s Gregg Fort Named Hartwick’s VP, College Advancement ONEONTA — Gregg Fort has been named vice president/college advancement at Hartwick College, President Margaret L. Drugovich announced today.  The appointment, effective Jan. 12, concludes a six-month national search after Fort’s predecessor, Jim Broschart, joined SUNY Binghamton on July 1 as vice president for advancement. Fort joins Hartwick following a position as vice president for Institutional Advancement at Hilbert College in Hamburg, outside Buffalo. As a member of Hilbert’s senior leadership…

70 Pack Cooperstown Village Hall For Underground Railroad Lecture

70 Pack Cooperstown Village Hall For Underground Railroad Lecture COOPERSTOWN – Hartwick Seminary Academy, forerunner of Hartwick College, and Isaac Newton Arnold in particular loomed large this afternoon as Harry Bradshaw Matthews, director of Hartwick’s U.S. Colored Troops Institute, detailed the county’s role in the Underground Railroad that ferried a half-million slaves to freedom in the decades before the Civil War. Arnold, born in Hartwick in 1815, attended the academy, was tutored in the law by Cooperstown attorneys, then moved to…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

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