Former Manor Employees Ratify 3-Year Contract With New Owner INDEX – Employees of Focus Rehab & Nursing have overwhelmingly approved a contract between the company and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) through 2018, the company announced today. Secure working conditions are crucial for a happy workforce, which is why Deputy’s timesheet app is such useful software for employers. “We know that in order to give our residents the best care and to meet our expansive plans we need a…
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Rockin’ Round Cooperstown Will Happen COOPERSTOWN – Due to a forecast of inclement weather, there have been some changes in the Rockin’ Around Cooperstown Ugly Sweater Run/Walk. The race WILL still go on, beginning at approximately 12:30 p.m. at Santa’s Cottage in Pioneer Park. Main St. will be closed from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. South Pioneer St. will be closed from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Following the race, prizes will be announced at the Smithy Art Gallery at 1:30…
December 5, 2014 E-Edition The Freeman’s Journal Hometown Oneonta All Otsego…
Receiving Grants, City Mayor Praises Partnership With State ONEONTA – The $1.25 million in grants to the City of Oneonta, announced by Governor Cuomo yesterday, will “continue to strengthen economic-development activities, housing and the quality of life for our residents, businesses and our workforce,” Mayor Russ Southard said today. They are: • $250,000 to rehabilitate 18 housing units. •$600,000 for infrastructure needs in the Market Street area. • $400,000 to address streetscape needs in the Main Street area. The local grants…
Oneonta Town, City Councils To Look Into Collaborations ONEONTA – The Oneonta Town Board and Oneonta Common Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, to consider a comprehensive two-municipality town-sewer master plan, GO-EDC, the economic-development facilitation group, announced this afternoon. The joint meeting will also review the recommendations in the 2008 Center for Government Research study, “Opportunities to Use Shared Services & Consolidation Strategies to Improve Efficiency, Effectiveness and Equity in Local Government,” which used Greater Oneonta as…
Cooperstown Distillery Marks 1st Anniversary…
Sweet Adelines To Perform Saturday At Mall ONEONTA – The City of the Hills Sweet Adeline Chorus is planning a special performance of Christmas songs in four-part harmony at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Southside Mall.…
6 Plaintiffs Say Constitutional Rights Violated By Richfield Wind Farm OK RICHFIELD – Six property owners have filed suit in state Supreme Court, saying their constitutional rights were violated when the Town of Richfield Planning Board twice approved the Monticello Hills Wind Project. Approvals for the wind project were granted by the planning board in 2011 and 2013, but were struck down both times by state Supreme Court Judge Donald F. Cerio, Jr. The latest lawsuit, filed in mid-November, seeks…
An Estimated $112,000 In Pot Seized Locally In Past 10 Days A Morris man, James Chicorelli, 56, was arrested Tuesday by county Sheriff’s investigators for possessing nearly 7 pounds of marijuana in a Town of Morris residence on Oct. 1, sheriff’s Senior Investigator Mike Ten Eyck announced today. The arrest results from the third sizeable seizure of alleged marijuana by Otsego County deputies in the past several days, including 13 pounds last Friday in another Morris home and more than…
Santa, Hundreds Of ‘Elves,’ Bring Magic To Muller Plaza ONEONTA – More than 200 people braved the cold and crowded into Muller Plaza to help Mayor Russ Southard and Santa Claus light the Oneonta Christmas tree earlier this evening. “I tried to light the tree earlier, but I couldn’t get it to work,” said Southard. “The maintenance guys told me I needed two things: Santa Claus and elves.” He had Santa, and Santa quickly dubbed all the people gathered in the plaza as…