IN MEMORIAM: Eugene Bright, 62, Otego; Mechanic In County Highway Department OTSEGO – Eugene P. Bright, 62, of Otego, a former mechanic in the Otsego County Highway Department, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2016, at home after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born April 23, 1954, in Brooklyn, the son of the late Charles and Dorothy (Rang) Bright.…
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HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2016 Stand-Out Pitcher Denny McLain Begins Autographing Downtown…
HARTWICK OVER $32 MILLION GOAL ‘It’s Personal’ Campaign Fulfilled; Pledge Surpassed By $2.7 Million ONEONTA – Hartwick College today announced it has fulfilled the “It’s Personal” pledge made Friday, May 10, 2013, completing its $32 million fundraising “Campaign for Hartwick Students” and surpassing it by $2.7 million. It was the largest fundraising campaign in the college’s 219-year history. “We achieved our goal of improving the student experience to an even greater degree than we originally thought possible,” said President Margaret…
Cherry Valley Lumberjack To Vie In Germany In Fall Nathan Waterfield Third In U.S Competition CHERRY VALLEY – Two days of national wood-chopping competition in Tinley Park, Ill., is over, and Nathan Waterfield of Cherry Valley tied for third place in the in the STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® 2016 U.S. Professional Championship last Saturday evening. Matt Cogar of Chillicothe, Ohio, was first, competing among the nation’s best lumberjack athletes at Tinley Park Convention Center in Chicago Southland. Arden Cogar, Jr. finished in…
Seward Questions Time-Warner Cable For Removing Binghamton TV News ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is calling on Time Warner Cable/Charter Communications and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to review a recent decision to remove WBNG-TV, the Binghamton TV station, from the Otsego County cable television lineup. “Many families and individuals depend on local television news and programming and the loss of WBNG is a public safety concern as well as a quality of life issue,” said Senator Seward. …
IN MEMORIAM: Kenneth Barron, 84; Dairy Farmer In Otego For 44 Years MOUNT VISION – Kenneth C. Barron, 84, formerly of Otego, retired dairy farmer, passed away peacefully on July 13, 2016, at Fox Hospital. He was born on Sept. 4, 1931, in Pennsylvania, the son of William and Mary (Hyatt) Barron. Ken was a dairy farmer for 44 years.…
SEE SLIDE SHOW OF BIG EVENT County Who’s Who Hails $10 Million Check Arrival…
WHAT A WEEK! Hall of Fame Induction Here, AND Oneonta Wins $10 Million AVAILABLE AT THESE FINE ESTABLISHMENTS TRY CONVENIENCE GETTING JOURNAL AT HOME…
Cooperstown Central Hires New High School Principal COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Central school board announced today it has selected a new principal to lead Cooperstown Junior-Senior High School: Donna Lucy, an educator from Providence, R.I. She takes over Aug. 1, succeeding Michael Cring, whose resignation was accepted last week by the school board. He is joining Arlington Central School District, near Poughkeepsie, as athletic director.…
ONEONTA WINS $10M – ALL OF IT Cuomo Administration Delivers Downtown Development Bonanza By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo couldn’t make it, called away from a City of the Hills appearance by a collapsing crane on the Tappan Zee Bridge project. But he sent the check. $10 million. Howard Zemsky, Empire Development Corp. president, announced at 3:45 p.m. that Oneonta has won the special multi-million allocation earmarked for downtown redevelopment in the whole Mohawk…
