Salaries Up 10%, Healthcare Costs Down In CCS Pacts With Teachers, Food Service COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Central School District Board of Education approved labor contracts with its teachers and cafeteria workers at its monthly meeting Wednesday. The packages will raise salaries more than 10 percent over the next three years. However, “the concession to change insurance consortia will result in a savings of roughly $500,000 in year-to-year health cost,” said Cooperstown Superintendent C.J. Hebert. The new labor contracts with…
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$6,000 Raised For Monument To Oneonta’s Vietnam Fallen ONEONTA – The necessary $6,000 has been raised for a monument in memory of the nine Oneonta soldiers killed in the Vietnam War, OHS grad Gene Schmidt of Unadilla announced today. The plan, announced last fall, is to install and dedicate the monument this Memorial Day among the cluster of monuments at the end of Neahwa Park’s Veterans Memorial Walkway. It is being constructed by Bainbridge Monuments. Common Council’s finance committee will review…
Bob Boyle’s Vigorous Writing Style Helped Convince His SI Readers Editor’s Note: On the AllOTSEGO.issues page of this week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, you will see a profile of Bob Boyle of East Springfield, the former Sports Illustrated reporter who – according to a new book, “Power on the Hudson,” by Robert Lifset – came up with the idea of challenging potentially polluting projects via the ecology, rather than aesthetics. Lifset said Boyle’s vigorous writing style was…
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.…
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…
Find Winter Carnival Medallion, Win $500 COOPERSTOWN – The hunt for the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Medallion – and the $500 prize – is on! The first clue is in the new edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, on newsstands by 3 this afternoon. This year’s carnival, on the theme “Cooperstown and the Chocolate Factory,” is Friday-Sunday, Feb. 6-8. …
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Common Council Tables Police, Fire Study ONEONTA Though the completed study of the Oneonta Fire Department’s equipment was on the table, Common Council decided early tonight to table a motion that would bring the Center for Public Safety Management back to the city to put together a comprehensive analysis of police, fire and EMS needs. “I remain opposed to this,” said Council Member Mike Lynch, Fourth Ward. “Mayor Miller had us looking at how other communities address these needs constantly. …
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