ATTENDEES DEPART MOUNT VISION AREA Troopers At Festival Sought ‘Land Leasee,’ Security Chief Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MOUNT VISION – State police arrived at the 23rd annual NY Harvest Fest & Freedom Fair/Political Rally at 2 p.m. today looking to “serve an arrest warrant,” according to a security officer who identified himself as proprietor of N.E.S. Solutions, Providence, R.I. He said N.E.S. has provided security at the event for the past nine years. “It’s always been…
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IN MEMORIAM: Dee Bachanas Burnett, 72; With Husband, Ran Western Auto Locally COOPERSTOWN – Delores (Dee) Bachanas Burnett, a native of Cooperstown who, with husband, Bill, owned the downtown Western Auto store, died Sunday night, Oct. 4, 2020, at Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville. She was 92. Born May 14, 1928, at Bassett Hospital, Dee was one of five children of Edmund J. and Harriet (Cross) Bachanas. Dee grew up in Fly Creek, attending the three-room Fly Creek School…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 8-9, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Suspect In Mask-Sign Defacement Suspect ID’d Oneonta Law Requires Masks In Private Homes Village Administrator Teri Barown Retires Wenck: CCS Students ‘Happy To Be Here’ Route 205 Dedicated To Fallen Marine Freeman’s Journal Village’s Official Paper ‘Gun Sanctuary’ Petitions To Be Presented EDITORIALS County Treasurer Has Way Out Of Crunch Barown Set Standard For County Municipalities LETTERS DUNCAN: Come Together To Build…
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City Manager Idea Going Out Of Favor After Three Failures, Disillusionment By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After Common Council’s lively discussion last night over whether to replace a city manager with a city administrator, Mayor Gary Herzig today summoned council to a special meeting next Monday, Oct. 12, to decide the question and move on. At last night’s meeting, veteran Council member John Rafter has dim predictions for the current system: “I don’t think we’ve been…
Cooperstown Man, 45, Charged In Vandalism Of ‘Mask On Main’ Signs COOPERSTOWN – A 45-year-old, Luke Smith, 67 Chestnut St., was arraigned in Otsego Town Court this afternoon on charges of spray-painting big Xes on 12 “Mask on Main” signs late Monday night in Business District. Five of the signs were 24- by 36-inch sandwich boards at the entry to Cooperstown’s downtown, designed to alert visitors that mask-wearing is required on Main Street sidewalks between Fair and Chestnut streets, and…
CLICK HERE FOR 2AS STATEMENT Petitions Signed By 3,295 Seek Gun Sanctuary Chairman Bliss Refers Issue To Public Safety Committee By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego 2AS movement arrived this morning in the county Board of Representatives’ chambers. County Rep. Rick Brockway, R-West Laurens, presented petitions on 2AS’ behalf with 3,295 signatures calling on the county board to declare Otsego County a gun-law sanctuary, where the state’s SAFE Act, consider one of the toughest such laws…
Senator Seward Mourns Leader Bruno’s Passing ALBANY – On the news of former state Senator Majority Leader Joe Bruno’s passing, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today issued a statement praising him as “a mentor, a friend and a dynamic public servant.” “Joe was a fighter through and through who stood up to every challenge he faced,” Seward said. “The Capital District as well as all of New York State will reap the benefits of his dedication for generations to come.…
County Sales-Tax Loss Largest Across NY State ‘Baseball, College Students’ Among Culprits COOPERSTOWN – Only two counties in New York State saw their sales tax drop in the most recent report – Hamilton in the Adirondacks and Otsego, county Treasurer Allen Ruffles reported to the county Board of Representatives this morning,. “It was very disheartening,” said Ruffles.…
