Streck Sees ‘Catastrophe For The American People’ Former Bassett President: U.S. ‘Has Problem On Its Hands;’ Hopes Senate Acts Responsibly By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Retired Bassett Healthcare president Bill Streck says the American Health Care Act passed by the House of Representatives this afternoon is “a catastrophe for the American people.” “The bill is a hodge-podge of agendas absent any coherent theme other than repealing the Affordable Care Act,” he said regarding this afternoon’s 217-213 vote. “The…
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Ruined Beer Dramatizes It: More Energy Needed Here New Ommegang President Campbell Raises Alarm By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The threatened loss of 700 jobs at Amphenol is one thing, but the ruination of hundreds of gallons of beer at Brewery Ommegang last week dramatizes it even more: Otsego County needs more energy. At Otsego Now’s annual meeting this morning at Northern Eagle Beverage’s new Town of Oneonta headquarters, Ommegang President Doug Campbell reported a NYSEG…
Environmental Groups Launch Outdoors Website Shannon Kirch, manager of the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. braves the cold for a paddle on Gilbert Lake to celebrate the launch of OtsegoOutdoors, a website listing all of the cycling, hiking and padding spots throughout the county. At right, Ellen Pope, Executive Director of Otsego 2000, gives visitors the first look at the new website, which goes live tomorrow. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com) Save…
POLLS OPEN 7 A.M-8 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 16 CCS Candidates Outline Backgrounds, Outlooks CLICK BELOW TO READ QUESTIONNAIRES DETAILING THEIR EXPERIENCES, PLANS KIM JASTREMSKI BRUCE MARKUSEN GILLIAN SPENCER JEFF WOEPPEL (Tim Hayes did not submit a questionnaire)…
Short Shorts Show Candidates’ Divides Did Dress Code ‘Shame Bodies,’ Or Put Students In Frame Of Mind To Learn? By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Short shorts enlivened this evening’s League of Women Voters’ forum. “What’s enough?” asked citizen Richard Blabey, referencing the in-school mini-furor when eight female students who showed up at the high school in short shorts on April 11, the first day when temperatures got into the 70s, and were taken out of class and…
IN MEMORIAM Jeremy Allen, 86; Businessman In Kenya And, Later, Oneonta ONEONTA – Jeremy Allen, 86, a polo player, race car driver and businessman in his native Kenya before moving to the U.S. and in 1986 buying Robynwood Adult Home in Oneonta, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2017. Born Oct. 16, 1930, in Nairobi, Kenya, to Brian and Lorna (Henley) Allen, Jeremy spent his youth in Kenya where he developed a lifelong love of nature and agriculture. He spent his…
LEAF’s Julie Dostal Honored, As Are Cooperstown ‘Great 8’ AVAILABLE AT THIS FINE ESTABLISHMENTS TRY FREEMAN’S JOURNAL HOME DELIVERY…
Police Allege Siblings Stole Laptop, Phone ONEONTA – Oneonta Police arrested a brother and sister after surveillance footage allegedly shows them taking a laptop and a phone from a room at Hillside Commons. Yarmenis Maldonado, 20 and her brother, Joshua Maldonado, 21, both of Bronx, were arrested after police met with a 21 year old female who told them that the two had taken her $1,700 laptop and cell phone. Security footage from the Commons allegedly shows the Maldonados walking…
2 Dozen Concerned Citizens Discuss Oneonta Theater Fate…
LEAF’s Julie Dostal Woman Of Distinction She’ll Be Honored At State Capitol May 9 ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a few minutes ago that Julie Dostal, executive director of Oneonta’s LEAF, the addiction-fighting organization, has been selected as a 2017 New York State Senate “Woman of Distinction.” She will be honored on May 9 at an Albany reception at the Capitol along with other “Women of Distinction” from across the state. “Women like Julie Dostal make a profound, positive…
