Dillingham: Middlefield’s Ban Laid Groundwork For State Ban COOPERSTOWN – The Town of Middlefield success in banning fracking within its borders played an “important role” in the decision to ban fracking in New York State, Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham said in a statement released a few moments ago. “It is significant to note that the legal decisions in the Dryden/Middlefield cases played an important role in the analysis,” wrote Dillingham. “In these cases, the New York Court of Appeals…
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Allstadt: Evidence Against Fracking Is Overwhelming COOPERSTOWN – Lou Allstadt was shopping for shoes about 1:15 when the Governor’s Office phone number popped up on his cell phone. The news – that Governor Cuomo had decided to ban fracking in New York State – was being delivered by a governor’s aide to the county’s – and one of the state’s – most formidable opponents of the controversial gas-extraction process. “The evidence was overwhelming,” Allstadt said a few minutes later. “I’ve…
State’s CFA Grants Underwrite D&H Yards Study, Coop Strategy Otsego County obtained 11 grants through Round IV of the state CFA process, announced last week. The grants total $3.27 million, 5 percent of the total awarded to the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council. For complete list, click here and go to pages 60-62 in the statewide report.…
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Cuomo: Fracking Decision Due By Year’s End Gov. Andrew Cuomo today said on WAMC’s “The Capitol Pressroom” he expects a decision on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas will be made before the end of the year, suggesting that the Department of Health’s fracking review will reach some sort of determinative conclusion, lohud.com is reporting.…
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Nader To Meet HCCC Community Monday Evening HERKIMER – An open public forum with Herkimer County Community College presidential candidate Dr. John Nader will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Monday, Dec. 15, in the Hummel Corporate & Professional Education Center, Room 288, located in the Robert McLaughlin College Center. This will be the last of four open forums held with candidates in the search for the College’s fourth president. Background information on each of the candidates is available at www.herkimer.edu/presidentialsearch. Nader, the…
GO-EDC Distributes NY Study Of Town-City Merger Benefits ONEONTA – In advance of Monday evening’s meeting of the Oneonta Town Board and Common Council, GO-EDC has distributed copies of the 2008 study showing the advantages of merging the two municipalities into a single Greater Oneonta. The study, prepared by state Commission on Local Government Efficiency & Competitiveness, found financial and organizational benefits in the areas of police, fire, water & sewerage, public transportation, culture & recreation and emergency management. The two…
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