Hodges Pond Open For Skating ONEONTA – The City of Oneonta announces that Hodges Pond in Neahwa Park will open for unsupervised public ice skating and non-contact hockey beginning Saturday, Jan. 23, pending sufficient ice depth. Skating is only allowed when ice conditions are safe and the green flag is posted. There is no skating allowed when the black flag is posted. …
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Seward Brings $1/4 Million To Beverage Center Opening Hartwick College Cuts Ribbon On New Center ONEONTA – Saying “I thought I should buy the next round,” state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, brought a $250,000 check to today’s grand open of Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food & Beverage. In announcing the legislative grant in a ceremony in the Johnstone Science Building, Seward called the center “a one of kind resource for existing businesses and budding entrepreneurs that will help develop…
IN MEMORIAM: Sonny Kelsey, 69, Dies Suddenly ONEONTA – Donald L. “Sonny” Kelsey, 69, a roofer with F.L. Hall & Son for many years, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Fox Hospital. He was born Feb. 28, 1946, in Hobart, a son of Frank Leslie Kelsey and Mary Jane Whispell Kelsey.…
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Mayor Says He Will Ask Council To Support Fire Pact With Town ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig said a few moments ago that, while the tentative agreement with Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 doesn’t give the city everything it wanted, he will encourage Common Council to adopt it when it meets Feb. 2. “It didn’t bring the total value that we thought our services were worth,” said the mayor. “But there are some good things to it, and I…
CITY-TOWN FIRE DISPUTE IT’S A DEAL! Agreement on ‘Framework Of Settlement’ By TOM HEITZ • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lawyers for City Hall and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 agreed this afternoon on a package that would raise the district’s contribution for fire protection incrementally over this year and the next two. It would also resolve the stalemate pending since the city-district agreement ran out Dec. 31, ensuring Southside and the East and West ends will continue to receive…
Agreement May Be Close On Oneonta Fire Contract Coccoma To Reconvene Court at 1:15; Meanwhile, Lawyers, Clients To Confer COOPERSTOWN – An agreement may be close. Reconvening the hearing in state Supreme Court here shortly after noon, Judge Michael V. Coccoma said “there have been proposals” that City Attorney David Merzig and the lawyer for the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1, Terrence Hannigan of Delmar, should discuss with their clients over the lunch hour. Coccoma said he will reopen…
CITY-TOWN FIRE DISPUTE After 45 Minutes In Chambers, No Decision; Lawyers Try Again COOPERSTOWN – State Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma took lawyers for the City of Oneonta and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 into his chambers at 10:15 a.m. to see if they could talk their way through to a resolution of the fire-contract standoff. HERE ARE CHARTS TOWN USING TO MAKE CASE BEFORE COCCOMA The closeted discussion was supposed to last half an hour, but City…
Online Poll Results Here are the online poll results for the question: ‘Which slogan for Oneonta do you prefer? Oneonta – Life Enjoyed or Oneonta – City Of The Hills.’ …
Online Poll 01.21.16…