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Company news: James McClendon hired by syracuse.com | The Post-Standard
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
McClendon is the former sports editor at the
Observer-Dispatch in Utica. He graduated in 2017 with a journalism degree from
Utica College, where played on the intercollegiate basketball team.
He has taught communications courses at Utica College and
Mohawk Valley Community College.
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Mar 15, 2021
GLOVERSVILLE Micropolis Cooperative Art Gallery announced that Linda Kollar will be its featured artist for March and April. Her show is titled “Colorful Collages.”
Kollar’s passion for art started in high school where she took every art course offered, according to a news release.
She received an AAS degree in advertising, design and production from Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica.
For 30 years, Kollar worked as a commercial artist, with the last 21 years in graphic design and production at the Olson Sign Company in Scotia.
Kollar studied experimental water media with Karen Rosasco, learning to work with fluid and tube acrylics and to develop layers of texture within a painting.
ALEXANDRIA BAY â Come summertime, there may be no lifeguards available to watch the village beach.
According to village Trustee Julia Erck, nobody has applied to work as a village lifeguard yet this year. She said the village has had an ongoing issue getting enough lifeguards every year, but this year is the first time in recent memory they havenât had any applicants at all.
Facing a total lack of lifeguards for this year, Mrs. Erck said that if the village doesnât get some applicants before the season begins, theyâll have to keep the villageâs public beach closed.
Varney To Challenge Otsego County Board Chair in Next Election
Otsego County board Chairman (Rep.) David Bliss has a challenger in the upcoming November 2, 2021 elections. According to AllOTSEGO, business owner and Democrat Charles Varney, who operates the Cooperstown Underground Barbershop on Main Street has announced he intends to run against Bliss for district 7 (includes Cooperstown, Towns of Middlefield, Roseboom and Cherry Valley) on the Otsego County Board of Representatives.
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Varney cites poor county response to COVID-19, mismanagement of finances and a decline in service by the county as reasons for his run. Varney, a Milford Central School graduate, attended Mohawk Valley Community College and worked as a respiratory therapist before opening his own business.