‘DRIVING WHILE BLACK’ HEADLINED Gretchen Sorin In Line For National Recognition COOPERSTOWN – SUNY Oneonta Distinguished Professor Gretchen Sullivan Sorin is a finalist for a 2021 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction for her book “Driving While Black” (W. W. Norton & Company). The 52nd NAACP Image Awards ceremony will air live on BET March 27 at 8 p.m. “I am tremendously honored and very grateful,” said Sorin, director of the Cooperstown Graduate School…
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CLICK FOR OVERVIEW OF NEW EFFORT Town-Gown Task Force Convenes First Meeting After meetings and discussions since last September, the City of Oneonta’s Town-Gown Task Force held its kickoff meeting Thursday over Vimeo. The effort is co-chaired by Common Council member Mark Drnek, who is running for mayor, and Melissa Marietta, SUNY Oneonta adminstrator. Both Mayor Gary Herzig and SUNY Oneonta President Dennis Craig are members.…
GLIMMERGLASS PLANS TO OPEN IN SUMMER 2021 4 Outdoor Operas Offered COOPERSTOWN – Opera will be back on Otsego Lake’s shores this summer. The Glimmerglass Festival announced today it will build an outdoor stage on the festival grounds, where it will present four operas. The 2021 season will run July 15 through Aug. 17 with performances of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Offenbach’s “Songbird” (La Périchole), and the world premiere of “The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson,” a…
Oneonta’s Oliver, Party Chair, Seeks 2nd Term As County Rep ONEONTA – County Rep. Clark Oliver, D-Oneonta, who is also the county Democratic chairman, announced today he plans to run for a second term. His district includes Wards 1 and 2, encompassing the city’s East End and the colleges. “I’m very grateful to the people in my district for placing their trust in me, and hope they will do so again,” he said. Oliver said “the unexpected events regarding the…
All GOP County Reps Ready To Run Again By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – All Republican members of the county Board of Representatives plan to run again this fall, according to Dan Wilber, R-Burlington, who has been designated to recruit candidates. Wilber said his goal is also to run Republicans, who now control six of the 14 districts, in all district seats now held by Democrats. Democrats control seven districts, although – with Conservative Meg Kennedy voting…
SARAH SPROSS MOVES FROM MARYLAND New CCS Superintendent On The Job In Cooperstown FULL STORY IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
After Balmy Weekend, Winter Returns Today After a weekend with highs in the upper 40s, winter returns to Otsego County this evening, with temperatures dropping to 27 by 5 p.m., and — driven by gusts over 40 mph — wind chill is expected to drop to minus 9. Here’s the last report for Otsego County from the National Weather Service in Bingham:…
Oneonta Republicans Endorse Len Carson Gelbsman Didn’t Concede At Caucus By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayoral candidate Len Carson announced a few minutes ago that he received the city Republican Committee’s endorsement this evening to run for the city’s top office in the Nov. 2 elections. The committee chair is Susan Lettis. Carson said both he and Craig Gelbsman, who has also indicated he is interested in running for mayor, were at the caucus. After receiving…
He’s Been Confined For 444 Days Max, SQSPCA Director To Swap Places For Day HARTWICK SEMINARY – Max, a long-time shelter resident, will move into SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes office this coming Wednesday, and Hayne will move into his cage for a day. The idea is to drive home to the public – and Stacie – what an extended stay means for shelter dogs, and the importance of adopting shelter dogs as quickly as possible. “March 3 marks Max’s…
IN MEMORIAM Virginia B. Miner Oct. 7, 1936-Feb. 23, 2021 SIDNEY – A good person, a well-lived life. Ginny traveled many miles since she was the only student in her grade at the one-room school in Colchester, part of the Walton School District. Later, she attended Franklin Central School and graduated at age 16 from Sidney, where the business courses and bookkeeping prepared her well for the future. Her first job was at Public & Loan in Sidney, and then…
