‘Friendliest Town’ Future Promising, Mike Long Says Edition of: June 6, 2014 By JIM KEVLIN Syracuse did it with Armory Square. Rochester, with Corn Hill. Buffalo and Albany are following suit. All these cities see quality housing in city centers as the key to downtown revivals, Oneonta’s first city manager, Mike Long, said in an interview on his last day in the city. If anything, Oneonta is ahead of the wave. “Projects like Bresee’s” – completed this spring and immediately fully…
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Raise Bed Tax 2 Percent To Aid Municipalities, 3 Leaders Say Saying municipal finances are structurally flawed, the top political leaders of Cooperstown and Oneonta have issued a statement calling for a 2 percent bed-tax increase to benefit the communities that generate bed-tax revenues. Cooperstown Village Mayor Jeff Katz, Oneonta City Mayor Dick Miller and Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood provided the statement to Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal, which published it in full in the editions that arrive on…
COOPERSTOWN CHAMBER EXECUTIVE PAT SZARPA HANDS IN RESIGNATION COOPERSTOWN – Patricia Szarpa has resigned as executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, effective immediately, it was announced a few moments ago. She has held the position since April 2012. “I thank the Cooperstown Chamber members and Board of Directors for their support during my tenure. I am now looking forward to pursuing new opportunities,” Szarpa said on tendering her resignation. Ken Meifert, president of the Chamber board, said, “The Board thanks…
Oneonta Rider Trombley Wins Top Award COOPERSTOWN Oneonta’s Taylor Trombley again won the John Moffat Perpetual Trophy at The Farmers’ Museum Benefit Horse Show Sunday, June 8, at Iroquois Farm. Trombley, who attended Hartwick College, also took first place in Open Equitation Over Fences/Class 11 and Open Equitation/Flat/Class 12. Another local rider, Avalon Kubis of Cooperstown, took first place in Open Equitation Over Fences/Class 9. The Farmers’ Museum released the list of local winners today.…
Otsego Lake Association Plans First Fourth Of July Boat Show COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego Lake Association will sponsor its first annual “We Love Our Lake” decorated, judged boat parade at 6 p.m. Friday, July 4, rain or shine. Paticipating decorated boats will gather off-shore at Three Mile Point, three miles north of Cooperstown on West Lake Road, the start and finish of the parade route. The SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station’s research vessel, Anondontoides,which will serve as a committee barge of…
Crash Closed Route 166 After Motorcyclist Injured CHERRY VALLEY – A Warnersville motorcyclist was flown by Life Net helicopter to Albany Medical Center after his southbound 2013 Kawasaki was struck from behind as it slowed to turn off Route 166 onto Route 33 at 3 p.m. Friday, the county Sheriff’s Department reports. Route 166 was closed for about two hours. The motorcyclist was Jason D. Wilber, 38. The driver of the delivery van that struck the bike was Todd J.…
Mayor Says: Let Treasurer, County Planners Help Collect County’s Delinquent Ec-Dev Loans COOPERSTOWN – Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller this afternoon exhorted a key county committee to get four-square behind the new “single point of contact” approach to economic development. “We really need the integration of the county into this work that the IDA is doing,” said Miller, who appeared before the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee of the county Board of Representatives in the county office building here. The mayor outlined how…
Who Should Remove Tree In DEC’s Hands COOPERSTOWN – The Army Corps of Engineers this morning contacted Brian Clancy, village superintendent of public works, on a tree that has been blocking the Susquehanna River near its source for the past few days. Clancy said he was advised the Army Corps has no jurisdiction, and said the matter is now being reviewed the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Stamford office. The tree toppled last Thursday from the river bank along the…
Tomorrow First Anniversary Of ‘Community Conversations’ ONEONTA – Tuesday, June 10, is the first anniversary of Common Council’s “Community Conversations,” weekly 8-9 a.m. meetings at the College Food Boutique in The Shops At Ford & Main where residents have a chance to chat with the city’s leadership. Ward 7 Council member Bob Brzozowski invites folks to stop by.…
BABE RUTH’S FAMILY TO ATTEND HALL’S 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY COOPERSTOWN – Seventy-five years after Babe Ruth stood on the steps of the Baseball Hall of Fame and waved to the gathered crowd, his family will return to Cooperstown to celebrate his legacy as part of the Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, June 12. The festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. on the steps of the Hall, with Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Cal Ripkin Jr., as well…