‘Second Family’ Thanks Bill Streck $1.2 Million Clinic Named In Honor Of Former Bassett CEO COOPERSTOWN – Bill Streck had every reason to be humbled by the opening of the Dr. William F. Streck Health Center at Pathfinder Village. “I was talking to a friend about it, and he said, ‘Let me get this straight. Bassett starts a clinic in a farmhouse. Then you became president of Bassett. You retire. Dr. Vance Brown opens a clinic and they name it…
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Victory Goes To Bob O’Brien HARTWICK – Bob O’Brien, the father of triplets, is used to surprises. Still, when Hartwick’s surprise-rich election year ended Tuesday, Nov. 10, you can understand why the Hartwick town supervisor-elect declared, “Thank God it’s over.” O’Brien learned that day that, 233 to 229, he had defeated two-term incumbent (and longtime Town Board member) David Butler after months of campaigning, legal challenges and political infighting to claim the top office in Otsego County’s fastest-growing town. A third…
Doug Zamelis Testifies In NYC: Don’t Send Trash Upstate Attorney Doug Zamelis of Springfield Center is representing Waterloo Container Co. and Concerned Citizens of Seneca County in efforts to block New York City from transporting solid waste to Progressive Waste Solutions’ Seneca Meadows Landfill. According to the Lansing Star newspaper, Zamelis, who has represented anti-windmill efforts in northern Otsego County, testified against the project Oct. 15 at a Department of Sanitation hearing in New York City. “We testified today to put…
EDITORIAL After 3 Years, It’s Time To Properly Implement City Charter Read the city charter: Meg Hungerford does not have the qualifications to be Oneonta city manager. Efforts to put her in that position regardless damaged the last year of the Miller Administration, and continuing efforts to do so are preventing the implementation of a sensible city charter approved by 75 percent of the voters. It’s past time for Mayor Gary Herzig to close the door on the Hungerford option…
Village Trustees Consider Professional Parking Study…
IN MEMORIAM: Stanley Slovinsky, 85; Half Of Norman & Dean Comedy Act DAVENPORT – Samuel Slovinsky, 85, who as Stanley Dean, half of a comedy act, Norman & Dean, that performed on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1962 and 1963 and across the U.S. and Europe, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 at home after a long illness. He was born July 17, 1930, in Montreal, Canada, the son of Issie and Ray (Dorfman) Slovinsky. Samuel married Pamela Persch, from Gloversville, on…
Efficiencies, Including Center Street School Closing, Equal Tax Rebates MILFORD – Eligible homeowners in the ONC BOCES region – some in the Oneonta and Cooperstown school districts – are slated to receive a tax rebate check due to the successful completion of an efficiency plan. The state announced checks would be mailed starting next Tuesday. The Oneonta City School District was able to contribute $300,000 in savings by closing the Center Street School, the largest single efficiency.…
Craftsmen From Vermont Install Historical Carpeting At Hyde Hall…
Man Charged With Taking Payments For Roofing Jobs, Not Doing Work A four-time convicted felon has been charged with fraud, accused of accepting payment for installing roofs, then not following through, District Attorney John Muehl announced today. Gary R. Murphy, 65, of 6717 Route 7, Town of Maryland, is charged with grand larceny yesterday in Otsego Town Court and was returned to Herkimer County Jail, where he is facing other charges.…
ANDREW STAMMEL, D-DISTRICT 4 Youngest County Rep Supports New Jobs, Including Waterpark Editor’s Note: This is the first of six profiles, one each on the six new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will appear each Wednesday up until they take office Jan. 1. Next week, Megan Kennedy, R-District 5 (Hartwick, Milford and New Lisbon). By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Rep.-elect Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta – he will be the…
