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December 2015 - Page 4

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Pending Council Approval Town, City Agree to Extension

Town, Mayor Agree To Extend Fire Pact Special Common Council Meeting Called COOPERSTOWN – Mayor Gary Herzig and the Town of Oneonta Fire Commissioners today agreed to extend the town fire district’s current contract until Valentine’s Day, pending approval at a special Common Council meeting to be announced after Christmas. Herzig spoke to seven of the eight council members and reported that the majority of them said they would vote in favor of approving the extension.  During that time, the city…

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Judge Coccoma Advises City, Town To Negotiate Temporary Fire Contract

Judge Coccoma Tells City, Town To Negotiate Temporary Fire Pact By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A state Supreme Court judge this morning ordered the City of Oneonta and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 to negotiate an extension to the current contract so the Oneonta Fire Department can continue protecting homes and businesses after midnight Dec. 31. “It’s not the role of the court to negotiate a contract,” said Judge Michael V. Coccoma.  “But I’ll make myself available.” During the hour-long hearing in…

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Mayor Herzig Drafts Response To Fire Commissioners, Lawyer

Mayor Herzig Drafts Response To Fire Commissioners, Lawyer ONEONTA – Below is the letter from Oneonta City Mayor Gary Herzig sent today in response to attorney Terence Hannigan, esq., a lawyer representing the Town of Oneonta Fire District.  Hannigan had requested additional data on the number of fire calls to the town fire district. Dear Mr. Hannigan: I am in receipt of your letter of December 21,2015, notifying me that the Town District Fire Commissioners do not wish to meet unless the…

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Experience In EMS, Business Will Guide County Legislator

LEN CARSON, R-DISTRICT 13 Experience In EMS, Business Will Guide County Legislator By JIM KEVLIN – for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Should it be any surprise that “the possibility of public service” caused Len Carson to run for the Otsego County Board of Representatives in District 13, representing Ward 5 (outer Chestnut Street) and the city’s fabled Sixth Ward? As a teenager, he became an Eagle Scout.   Even before graduating from Laurens Central School in 1983, he was a volunteer firefighter in his…

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Santa Does Stand-Up

DAH-DUM-DUM-DUM… Santa Does Stand-Up What do you call a line of men waiting for a haircut? A barberqueue Why was the turkey in the pop group? Because he was the only one with drumsticks! What do you call a boomerang that does not come back? A stick…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.