Public Hearing On County Budget Planned Monday In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Representatives have scheduled a public hearing for 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in the County Office Building to hear comment on the proposed 2015 budget. The $103 million document includes a local tax levy slightly over $11 million. That reflected a property tax decrease of 2.4 percent. But given the decision to keep the Cooperstown DMV office and the “Gathering Place” senior site in…
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Despite Legal Threats, Trustees Tighten Rental-Property Rules Cooperstown Trustees Adopt 5 New Ordinances By JIM KEVLIN • www.allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – In the face of threats of legal challenges, the Village Board tonight unanimously adopted one law that further regulates rental properties, and another that “sunsets” grandfathering provisions on those properties if neighbors complain. “Good actors and bad actors don’t deserve the same protections,” said Mayor Jeff Katz as the trustees prepared to vote on those two laws after a dozen…
Public Hearing Tuesday Evening On Proposed Oneonta City Budget ONEONTA – The public hearing on the proposed 2015 Oneonta City Budget will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) in Common Council chambers at City Hall. Public welcome. REVIEW BUDGET, CAPITAL BUDGET, CITY MANAGER’S BUDGET MESSAGE…
Canadarago Lake Plan Will Be Detailed Tuesday COOPERSTOWN – The Tuesday, Nov. 25 meeting of the Otsego County Water Quality Coordinating Committee will feature a presentation by Carter L. Bailey titled “Canadarago Lake Watershed Protection Plan: Working Together for a Common Goal.” The meeting is at 1 p.m. in Classroom A at The Meadows, hosted by the Otsego County Planning Department. It is free and open to the public.…
Hilbert College’s Gregg Fort Named Hartwick’s VP, College Advancement ONEONTA — Gregg Fort has been named vice president/college advancement at Hartwick College, President Margaret L. Drugovich announced today. The appointment, effective Jan. 12, concludes a six-month national search after Fort’s predecessor, Jim Broschart, joined SUNY Binghamton on July 1 as vice president for advancement. Fort joins Hartwick following a position as vice president for Institutional Advancement at Hilbert College in Hamburg, outside Buffalo. As a member of Hilbert’s senior leadership…
John Nader Among 4 Finalists For Herkimer College President Dr. John S. Nader, SUNY Delhi provost and former mayor of Oneonta, is one of four finalists for president of Herkimer County Community College. The college announced today that the four will be invited to Herkimer in December for campus forums before a final decision is made. The other three are Dr. Eunice Bellinger, vice president/academic affairs, Niagara County Community College; Dr. Stuart T. Blacklaw, vice president for instruction and student…
Town Of Otsego Overestimated Revenues, State Auditors Find FLY CREEK – The Otsego Town Board “did not adopt realistic budgets; budgets varied significantly from the actual results each year,” state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli concluded in an audit of town finances released over the weekend. The Town of Otsego includes the Village of Cooperstown west of the Susquehanna River. An analysis showed divergences at high as 64 percent between estimated and actual revenues over four years. In her response to DiNapoli, Supervisor Anne Geddes-Atwell…
Cooperstown Decorates for Santa’s Arrival…
Enthusiastic Frank Rollins Fans Find Mementos In His Archives COOPERSTOWN – Hundreds of Cooperstonians are taking trips down memory lane at this hour, looking through thousands of the remaining images from Frank Rollins photo archives and buying those memories for 25 cents apiece. Rollins, who was hired as a Cooperstown school teacher in the late 1950s, and for the next half-century took tens of thousands of photos – from street scenes, to school plays, to formal graduation portraits, to sporting…
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