Common Council Finds Little Of Merit In Charter Review By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com ONEONTA – For a rancorous 90 minutes this evening, Common Council debated the 20-page Charter Review Commission report and decided to do little about its recommendations. “The council feels, virtually unanimously, that the charter was implemented,” Mayor Dick Miller said when it was over, summing up the sense of the board. Miller had appointed the commission to review the charter, approved by a wide margin in…
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Cuomo Delays Past Election Day Lose-Lose Decision On Fracking ALBANY – Governor Cuomo won’t make a decision on fracking until after the November elections, one of a number of tough decisions he’s delaying past election day, according to an AP dispatch published in Newsday, LongIsland’s newspaper. “A decision to allow fracking would delight many in the state’s economically distressed Southern Tier, but would upset environmentalists and others opposed to the drilling,” according to the report. “Polls show New Yorkers are…
Oneonta’s Mike Hamilton Wins Bassett Cupola 5K in 00:16:56.5 SEE OVERALL RESULTS • SEE RESULTS BY GROUP…
Rock & Roll Hall President Harris Among 250 CGP Alums At Reunion…
Farmers’ Museum Tractor Show Puts Local Ag History On Display COOPERSTOWN – His prize-winning 1924 Ford Tractor is a gem in itself, but Fred Zimmerman of Davenport Center, who was displaying his treasure on wheels at The Farmers’ Museum Tractorfest (it continues Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.) also sees it as an entry point into local history. Zimmerman brought along a photo of Stanley Miller using a Ford tractor in the mid-’20s on his farm in Well’s Bridge. Miller had two…
Today’s Bassett Healthcare Cupola 5K To Benefit Woman’s Imaging Center COOPERSTOWN – This year’s Bassett Cupola 5K, a collaboration with the Clark Sports Center, will benefit the establishment of a Women’s Imaging Center at the hospital. The project will replace aging equipment with the sophisticated breast imaging technology needed to help detect cancers early and renovate existing space for an overall better patient experience. The annual event was a collaboration with the Clark Sports Center and is open to everyone in…
Curbsider Green-Waste Pickup Planned Tuesday-Thursday ONEONTA – The City of Oneonta will conduct curbside pickup of green waste from Tuesday, October 14 through Thursday, October 16 in wards one through four. Information regarding wards five through eight will be released at a later date. Residents no longer need to call the city to request green waste pickups.…
HOUSING VISIONS PROPOSES 58 DWELLINGS IN ONEONTA ONEONTA – Housing Visions of Syracuse is bringing its first round of housing projects – a mix of apartments and townhouses, 58 housing units in all – to the city Planning Commission at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Common Council chambers. Patrick Stanczyk will appear on behalf of Housing Visions for a “sketch plan conference” on two projects: • One townhouse and two buildings with four dwellings each on the corner of…
Zephyr Teachout To Visit For Book Signing ONEONTA – Zephyr Teachout, who beat Governor Cuomo in Otsego and 29 other Upstate counties in the September Democratic party, is coming back Friday, Oct. 17. At 2 p.m., the Fordham law professor and former staffer in Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, will be autographing copies of her book, “Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United,” in the Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St. “This is going to be an…
October 10, 2014 E-Edition The Freeman’s Journal Hometown Oneonta All Otsego…