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‘Courthouse Area,’ Leatherstocking Might Be Next To Get Paid Parking COOPERSTOWN – Village trustees this evening discussed the “courthouse area” and Leatherstocking Street as the next frontiers for paid parking, and perhaps revisiting River Street. Currently, both streets, located next to the county office building, have all-day free parking. The discussion ensued after Trustee Cindy Falk, Streets Committee chair, reported record revenues of $383,347.55 generated by the 20 Pay & Display machines operational during the season that ended Columbus Day…
DAVID J. BUTLER CANDIDATE FOR HARTWICK TOWN SUPERVISOR RESIDENCE: Hartwick EDUCATION: EMT Paramedic PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Fire Department – 38 years, Emergency Squad – 34 years, Hartwick Town Board Councilman – 12 years, Hartwick Town Supervisor – 4 years, Hartwick Highway Department – 9 years, Bassett Anesthesia Technician – 33 years. COMMUNITY/POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT: Volunteer Fireman, Emergency Squad, Hartwick Historical Society, past member of Hartwick Rod And Gun Club, and lifelong Republican. FAMILY: Wife Lori, daughter Bryn, son Brian. IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES, EXPLAIN YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNMENT: I believe that…
City, Cleinman, New Asbury Plan Garden In Tribute To Dick Miller Plantings At Main, Lettis Highway Begin In Spring ONEONTA – The City of Oneonta, in partnership with Cleinman Performance Partners and Asbury Gardens, a few minutes ago announced plans to build Miller Park as a tribute to Oneonta’s late Mayor Richard Miller. Brian Fawcett of the New Asbury Gardens, who has designed the park, is planning to begin construction in early Spring on the plot of land situated at the…
ROBERT J. O’BRIEN CANDIDATE FOR HARTWICK TOWN SUPERVISOR RESIDENCE: Hartwick EDUCATION: Graduate New Hartford Central School, Naval Technical Training Center, Meridian Miss. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Navy, Retail Store Mgmt., 911 Dispatcher, Asst. Emergency Services Coordinator, Director of E-911 COMMUNITY/POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT: Active member of the Hartwick Fire Dept. Co. #1 & Emergency Squad. Currently serving in the capacity of Fire Chief. Chair of the Hartwick Field Days Committee, Active observer & participant in Town Board meetings. FAMILY: My amazing wife Elizabeth and our two…
JULI SHARRATT CANDIDATE FOR HARTWICK TOWN SUPERVISOR COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Hartwick EDUCATION: B.Sc. in Education from Worcester State College, Summa Cum Laude, double major in education and psychology. Training through Campground Owners’ Associations in planning, budgeting, management, personnel, customer service. Training in several Town government areas: Fiscal Responsibility, Governmental Accounting,Home Rule, Budgeting, Purchasing and Competitive Bidding, Ethics, the Open Meetings Law, Personnel Management, Emergency Management. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 27 years owner/operator of Beaver Valley Campground and Cooperstown Baseball Camp. Counselor at…
ANDREW STAMMEL CANDIDATE FOR OTSEGO COUNTY BOARD, DISTRICT 4 RESIDENCE: Town of Oneonta – West End EDUCATION: Syracuse University College of Law, Juris Doctor; Muhlenberg College; Bachelor of Arts; Stamford Central School; Regents Diploma (Salutatorian) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Attorney/Business Owner: I was admitted to the NYS Bar upon successfully taking the exam in August 2008, my first attempt. I previously was an associate in another nearby law firm before striking out on my own and founding my firm in early 2011. My practice…
Walton Baby Safe After Amber Alert WALTON – Cell-phone users through Otsego County received an Amber Alert at 8 p.m. Friday, and Oneonta Police today report the missing 2-day-old Walton baby girl the subject of the alert, was left by the mother, Edna Cering, 33, with a relative in the Town of Hancock. The baby, who reportedly was born without medical care, was found by Walton police at 12:48 a.m today. She appeared in good health and was taken to…
IN MEMORIAM: Arlene M. Woodin, 81; Nationally Recognized Creative Baker COOPERSTOWN – Arlene M. Woodin, a home-economics teacher nationally recognized for her creative baking, passed away Saturday morning, Oct. 10, 2015, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was 81. Born on July 23, 1934, in Marseilles, Ill., Arlene Marie was the only child of Joseph and Lena née Veronda Viviani. Following her graduation from Marseilles High School in 1952 she attended Illinois State Normal University where she received a…
SUNY Professor Ford’s Short Story Receives Prestigious Pushcart Prize ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta creative writing instructor April L. Ford has won a Pushcart Prize for her short story “Project Fumarase.” The story, which was published in New Madrid Journal in summer 2014, will appear in the 2016 Edition Pushcart Prize anthology, due out Nov. 2. The Pushcart Prize is a literary prize created by Pushcart Press to honor the best poetry, short fiction and essays published in non-commercial, small presses the…