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Mayor To Discuss ‘On Boarding’ City Manager, Charter Changes

Mayor To Discuss ‘On Boarding’ City Manager, Charter Changes ONEONTA – Mayor Miller plans to discuss the “on boarding” of the new city manager, Marty Murphy, during his report to Common Council at its meeting tonight.  Murphy, appointed Sept. 4, starts work Oct. 1. The mayor will also discuss proposed plans to respond to the recommendations of the Charter Review Commission, formed to examine implementation of the new city charter after the resignation of the first city manager, Mike Long,…

CV Man Charges With Possessing Marijuana, Syringe

CV Man Charges With Possessing Marijuana, Syringe CHERRY VALLEY – Kyle L. Cromp, 24, of 33 Railroad Ave., was arrested at his home Friday with six ounces of marijuana valued at $2,000 and a hypodermic syringe, according to the county Sheriff’s Department. Cromp was charged with two misdeamenors. He was arraigned by Springfield Judge Peter E. Johansen and remanded to the county jail on $1,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to a year in jail. A computer file check on…

SCHWERD RESUMES DUTIES AFTER TWO-MONTH ABSENCE

SCHWERD RESUMES DUTIES AFTER TWO-MONTH ABSENCE COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who has been absent from county Board deliberations for at least two months, has returned. Schwerd appeared at the county’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Friday afternoon, and reassumed the chairmanship of that key committee from county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who had been appointed by board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, in the interim. The veteran county rep stepped away from her official duties after leaving the employ…

Despite Deluge, 700 At Harvest Fest On Saturday. Imagine Crowd Today

Despite Deluge, 700 At Harvest Fest On Saturday.  Imagine Crowd Today COOPERSTOWN – Despite Saturday’s downpour, 700 showed up for the annual Harvest Festival at The Farmers’ Museum, so you can imagine the crowd today. All parking lots were filled, and cars lined both sides of Route 80 all the way to the village line. Among attendees were: • Above, from left, Savanna Mayton, Richfield Springs, and Maggie Sherman and Megan Kern, both of Cooperstown, volunteers in 19th century garb. •…

494 County Households Participated In Hazardous Waste Collection Day

494 County Households Participated In Hazardous-Waste Collection Day COOPERSTOWN – Some 494 households took advantage of Otsego County’s 17th annual Hazardous-Waste Collection Day the weekend of Sept. 5-6, the county Planning Department announced today. In all, 362 cars dropped off material from 378 households the Meadows Office Complex in the Town of Middlefield.  The evening before at the Unadilla town garage, 110 cars dropped off material from 116 households. Hazardous wastes commonly found from around the home were collected throughout the…