Oh Tannenbaum, Oh Tannenbaum, So Long! ONEONTA – City Clerk Doug Kendall is alerting residents that the final curbside pickup of Christmas trees will be on Wednesday, Jan. 28. After that, residents may bring Christmas trees to the green-waste disposal site on Silas Lane weekdays from 7 to 3:15. Sign in at the public service office at 76 Silas Lane.…
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Reval Notices Arrive In Cooperstown, But It Doesn’t Mean Taxes Will Rise By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – If you own a downtown business or high-end mansion, your property taxes may be going up, but don’t jump to any premature conclusions, according to Mayor Jeff Katz. Property owners in the Village of Cooperstown and Town of Otsego have begun receiving new assessment notices in their mailboxes in the past few days, the result of a joint village-town assessment underway…
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Pete Rose May Make It Into Hall, Nation Bobblehead Hall, That Is For the first time, the public will have the ability to put Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame – the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame, that is, planned for Milwaukee, Wisc. According to a press release, fans may visit www.bobbleheadhall.com/peterose to make a simple “yes” or “no” vote as to whether the Pete Rose bobblehead should be the first one inducted into the National Bobblehead Hall. When…
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7 p.m. Seats Available Sunday at Grilled Cheese for Good Cause COOPERSTOWN – The 6 p.m. seating Sunday for the fourth annual Grilled Cheese for a Good Cause is sold out, but there’s still room at the 7 p.m. seating at Brewery Ommegang. (That’s SUNDAY) In addition to grilled cheese sandwiches, offerings include hot soups, cider or Ommegang beer, and toffee crunch brownies from The Otesaga. That’s $25 for adults, $15 for children. For tickets, call 547-8881, stop by the…
DOT Commissioner Unveils Plan Aimed At Easing Local Anxieties FIVE MILE POINT – Camp owners near Five Mile Point, on a stretch of Route 80 that has been sliding into Otsego Lake, can lay fears to reach that a state DOT plan would force them off their properties. In a letter released today by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, the state transportation commissioner, Joan McDonald, said a new plan has been developed that “will deep traffic flowing, not affect Otsego Lake…
Funeral Friday For Philomena Naples, 89, Oneonta ONEONTA – Philomena M. Naples, 89, matriarch of an extended Oneonta family, passed away on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Fox Nursing Home. She was born in Oneonta on June 9, 1925, the daughter of Louis and Josephine (Colone) Colone. She married Peter O. Naples, Sr. on Nov. 10, 1947, and he predeceased her on Aug. 18, 1982. Phil retired as a school aid from Valleyview Elementary School, where she worked for many…
Otsego Among Counties Vying For $1.5B In New Ec-Dev Funds Governor Cuomo, in Rochester today, announced seven Upstate economic-development regions – including the Mohawk Valley, which includes Otsego County – can compete in a $1.5 billion Upstate New York Economic Revitalization Competition. This competition will replicate the successful Buffalo Billion initiative, a program that focused on jumpstarting the economy of the entire Western New York region. The proposed competition uses the Buffalo Billion’s model in an effort to drive community revitalization, job…