IN MEMORIAM: Frank Giudice, 89; WWI Veteran, Mechanic At Packard ONEONTA – Frank Giudice, 89, a World War II veteran and career-long auto mechanic, beginning at the local Packard dealership, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Fox Hospital. Frank was born in Oneonta on March 28, 1927, the son of Sebastian and Maude (Pizza) Giudice, and was one of 10 children. He married Constance Winnie of Port Jervis in 1950; they recently celebrated 65 years of marriage. They had…
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Common Core Opt-Out Rates Down at Cooperstown Central COOPERSTOWN – Opt-out rates for the Common Core’s English Language Arts test are down from 62 percent to 48 percent, according to Interim Superintendent Mike Virgil. “I overheard one parent saying they had opted out last year, but because the changes that had been made, they let their kid take it this year,” Virgil said. Last year, 62 percent of parents opted out of the test, which is given over three days…
Ban On Travel To Carolina Keeps 2 Profs From Confabs By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is feeling the weight of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order barring “non-essential” travel to North Carolina in light of Gov. Pat McCroy’s signing of a law that banned LGBT non-discrimination orders and mandating that schools force transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with the gender on their birth certificate. “It has affected us,” said Hal Legg,…
Hospitals Initiate ‘Code Yellow’ When Word Of Pile-Up Arrives By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com Sunday’s 15-vehicle pile-up on I-88 caused the Schenevus Fire Department to smoothly implement its emergency-management plan. The same happened at the other end – at Bassett and Fox hospitals, where eight people injured in the crash were taken. Without knowing whether there would be “2 or 30” patients coming in from the I-88 crash, trauma surgeon Dr. Shelby Cooper called a “Code Yellow” to alert the…
Editor On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headline’: Cheap NYSEG Power Stalls Solar Farm Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), shares article on Village of Coopertown’s solar-farm initiative with WAMC’s David Guistina on today’s “Morning Headlines” segment. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO TODAY’S REPORT…
STATE BUDGET BRIEFING/2 Half Of $200,000 Impact Aid Will Ease Taxes, Herzig Says ONEONTA – Half of state Sen. Jim Seward’s $200,000 “pilot program” money to help the City of Oneonta cope with impacts of SUNY Oneonta will be used for tax relief, Mayor Gary Herzig told the audience at this morning’s presentation on the state budget at Foothills Performing Arts Center. This announcment comes as so many people have been struggling with their taxes in recent years with some…
STATE BUDGET BRIEFING/1 Cuomo Envoy Peppered On Minimum Wage Hike By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Businesspeople and elected officials peppered state Veterans Affairs Director Eric Hesse with critical questions about the prospective minimum-wage hike and other issues contained in the 2016-17 state budget when he appeared here this morning on Governor Cuomo’s behalf. REVIEW SLIDE SHOW ON DVA CHIEF’S VISIT “Why has the state exempted state workers?” asked county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, to approving murmurs from a…
No Decorations On Mortarboards! ONEONTA – The Oneonta City School Board last evening, by a 6-1 vote, rejected a proposal to allow seniors to decorate their graduation caps at the June 25 commencement, according to school board President Jamie Reynolds. Only board Vice President Bill Grau voted aye.…
Henrici Elected President Of Cooperstown Chamber 100 At Annual Meeting At Otesaga This Evening…
Free Tax Help Until 6 At Foothills…
