ON THANKSGIVING, HELP FOR ADDICTS Coop Chief’s Immediate Response Plan Starts COOPERSTOWN – Beginning Thanksgiving Day, heroin addicts can walk into the Cooperstown Police station at 22 Main and be assigned to a detox and recovery program “on the spot,” Chief Michael Covert is announcing on his department’s Facebook page. “Bassett Medical Center has committed to helping fast-track people that walk into the police station so that they can be assessed quickly and the proper care can be administered quickly,”…
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2 Days, 2 Crack Raids Reported In Oneonta ONEONTA – Police Thursday executed a warrant at 8 Wells Ave., seizing one ounce of crack cocaine, a set of digital scales, drug packaging material and $22,000 in cash, according to a state police press release. After the search, Godfrey A. Little, 33, who lives at 8 Wells, was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a Class B felony, and two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia,…
Greens Up – And More Coming…
IN MEMORIAM: Ralph J. Sobers, 64; Fisherman ONEONTA – Ralph J. Sobers, 64, an avid fisherman and the Susquehanna Bass Club’s Angler of the Year in 1997, retired from the physical world Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, to hunt and fish with the angels.…
STAMMEL: Voters, Thanks For Your Help To the Editor: Thank you to everyone who supported me and our campaign this fall. These races are long and difficult and without the support of friends, families, and neighbors, they would be impossible. Thank you especially to former Rep. Rich Murphy, whose eagerness to offer me assistance and advice was instrumental.…
BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by TOM HEITZ with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library 200 YEARS AGO 175 YEARS AGO Latter Day Saints – The Liverpool Chronicle contains the following: “The New York packet ship North America, Captain Lowbar, sailed on Tuesday with 19 cabin passengers and 200 in the steerage. The whole of the…
On-Street Parking Settled, Residential Permits Await COOPERSTOWN – Villagers whose heads may still be spinning over on-street parking, P&D machines and downtown parking permits, now have another concept around which to wrap their brains. Residential parking permits. The Village Board has scheduled a “workshop meeting” for 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20. Mayor Jeff Katz anticipates a free-floating discussion to see if there is any consensus on the matter. The public is welcome, but no public comment.…
Condescending, Arrogant Editorial Fails To Heal Tensions To the Editor: In last week’s editorial, “Republicans Romped. Now, What Are They Going to Do?,” much was made of the results of the recent election for the Otsego County Board of Representatives. It was pointed out that county Republicans did very well, putting the Republicans, with 4,600 weighted votes, well ahead of the Democrats, with 1,627 weighted votes, in the county’s system of weighted voting.…
County Envisions Future From Ground Up Summary Meeting Due Next Week…
26 Layoffs Balance County ’16 Budget 7 Parttimers, 19 Fulltimers To Lose Jobs COOPERSTOWN – The $9.2 million gap in Otsego County’s proposed 2016 budget is closed. It took the layoffs of 19 full-time and 7 part-time county employees, slashing some services and raising property taxes by about $100,000 total, the maximum allowed under the state property tax cap. The layoffs, agreed on Friday, Nov. 6, by the county board’s Budget Review Committee and county Treasurer Dan Crowell, followed six weeks of…