LOCALS

1-29-11

Mark Grygiel, assistant vice president at New York Central Mutual Insurance, Edmeston, is new chairman of the Otsego County Chamber.
New directors are Carolyn Lewis, Cooperstown, the county’s economic developer; Nick Savin, Springfield Center, BOCES superintendent; Steve Sinniger, Otego, county Farm Bureau, and attorney Eric Jervis, Oneonta.


RICHFIELD SPRINGS

Alex Shields, the Oneonta native and retired county representative from Richfield Springs, has been reappointed to the MOSA board he served on in the 1990s.
The county Board of Representatives made the appointment at its reorganizational meeting Wednesday, Jan. 20.
He replaces Martha Clarvoe of Hartwick.
Shields rejoins the MOSA board – his first meeting was Tuesday, Jan. 28 – at a critical time:  With the three-county solid-waste contract due to expire in 2014, the member counties are considering dismantling the authority and finding another garbage disposal option.


Susan Ethington, Springfield Presbyterian Church organist, will directed an area choir now being formed in the Easter cantata, “Forsaken.”
Singers are now being sought for the performance, planned Palm Sunday afternoon, March 28, at Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School.
Anyone interested in singing is invited to the first rehearsal at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Cherry Valley Methodist Church.  All future rehearsal dates will be decided that evening.
For details, call Mrs. Ethington, 264-3000, or organist Irene Fassett, 264-3795.