COMMISSION FOR CORRECTIONS DUE Sheriff Asks State: Review Allegations By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. said today he has called in the state Commission for Corrections “to conduct a professional and impartial investigation” at the county jail and bring to his attention “any concerns or issued that need to be addressed or corrected.” READ SHERIFF’S FULL STATEMENT “As your elected sheriff,” Devlin said in a statement released this afternoon, “I have a…
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Richfield ZBA ‘Voids’ Project 55 Lake Street Housing For Homeless Not Hotel, It Finds By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The village Zoning Board of Appeals last night voided both permits issued for a homeless lodging proposed at 55 Lake St., ending a months-long controversy that brought 250 people to a January hearing at the high school. James Bent of Mayville, Fulton County, had obtained permits for a hotel, which then turned out to be a lodging…
READ TEXT OF COMMITTEE’S STATEMENT COUNTY PROBE INVESTIGATING SHERIFF’S SON Public Safety Committee Explores ‘Workplace Violence’ Allegations By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son, Sgt. Ros Devlin, a correctional officer at the county jail, was identified this evening as the subject of allegations that “concerned potential violations of the county’s Workplace Violence Prevention Program” in a Jan. 9 incident. A statement describing the investigation to date was released late this…
BULLETIN Sheriff’s Son Target Of Probe COOPERSTOWN – The county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee has issued a statement identifying Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son, Ros, a correctional officer, as the subject of its investigation into an incident at the county jail in January. DEVELOPING STORY; CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS…
CDC Traces Two Deaths To Walton Cheesemaker WALTON – Vulto Creamery here has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control as the source of a multi-state outbreak of listeriosis that infected six people in four states. The CDC said all six were hospitalized, and two – one each from Vermont and Connecticut – died, including a newborn. The suspected source is Vulto’s Ouleout soft wash-rind raw milk cheese. The company withdrew its Oulelout brand from the maket, as well as…
IN MEMORIAM: John D. Cook, 57; Oneonta Job Corps Security Guard ONEONTA – John D. Cook, Jr., 57, a security guard at Oneonta Job Corps for several years, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017, at Fox Hospital. He was born Aug. 9, 1959, in Portsmouth, N.H., the son of John D. Cook, Sr. and Joan (Bennett) Cook. John loved his motorcycle, working on vehicles and fishing and boating.…
Wells Bridge I-88 Rest Area Reopens, Joining Worcester’s WELLS BRIDGE – After seven years of rest, the Interstate 88 rest area here is open again to between exits 12 and 11 to westbound drivers. On site today, State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who obtained the necessary state funds to reopen this rest area – and, in 2014, the one in Worcester as well – announced the news. When the closings were announced in 2010, “I joined with the motoring public…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Describes Local Impact Of ACA Reform In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on former Bassett Healthcare president/CEO Bill Streck’s PowerPoint for HANYS, the state’s Hospital Association, premiered last week in Cooperstown’s Templeton Hall, that describes what the local impacts will be. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
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