Area businesses seek solutions to employee void Plans could include refugee recruitment, resettlement By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A possible solution to worker shortages in Otsego County could be employing refugees and resettling them in Otsego County communities, some local leaders suggest. Al Rubin, CEO of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, and Tom Armao of the Country Club Auto Group, said they are having preliminary discussions in finding ways to alleviate the problem of understaffing and the…
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Folks Flee Upstate, USDA Exec Learns Fewer Students For Hartwick College, Jobs Available But Unfilled, Hazlett Told By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Not only did the USDA assistant secretary for Rural Development learn about Upstate declining population at her visit to Hartwick College this morning, she got a sense of the impacts. In her opening remarks, Hartwick President Margaret L. Drugovich reported a 17 percent decline in high school graduates between 2009 and 2017, and some…
Tom Armao, Patricia Kennedy Fill 2 Otsego Now Board Spots COOPERSTOWN – Country Club Automotive proprietor Tom Armao and Springbrook President Patricia Kennedy were appointed this morning to fill two vacancies on Otsego Now, the county IDA. The county Board of Representatives voted unanimously, with one abstention, at its monthly meeting. …
Steady Stream Of Well Wishers Bid Dr. Bill Streck Fond Farewell Bassett President/CEO Bill Streck, who is retiring July 1 after 30 years at the helm of what has grown into a nine-county medical system, greets Oneonta businessmen Tom Armao, left, Country Club Automotive, and Bob Harlem, Oneonta Block, at the last of three receptions today under a tent on the Bassett Hospital veranda in Cooperstown. Streck’s successor, Dr. Vance Brown, arrives on site Monday for a two-week transition.…