Move Qualifications Out Of Charter, Panel Says Residency Requirement Remains in Charter By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Herzig’s ad hoc Charter Review Committee last evening proposed removing the qualifications for the city manager from the charter, putting them in a job description, like all other positions. That would allow Common Council to change them by a majority vote. “No other job has their requirements outlined in the charter,” said Committee member and Council member Melissa Nicosia,…
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Chenango County Police Force Joins PAARI, Anti-Heroin Push OXFORD – Chief Richard Nolan announced today that the Oxford Police Department has partnered with The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) and Truth Pharm to launch their addiction outreach and recovery program, Road to Recovery. This is the program the Cooperstown Police Department began implementing on Thanksgiving Day. The Oxford Police Department’s program will officially begin on Feb. 15. The department has already hosted a community Narcan training at Oxford High School and…
IN MEMORIAM: James R. Donnelly, 79; Dairy Farmer, Former Exeter Assessor SCHUYLER LAKE – James Reeves Donnelly Sr., 79, a retired dairy farmer and former Town of Exeter assessor, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday evening, Feb. 6, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. He was born on July 19, 1936, in Cooperstown, son of the late William R. and Mary Kraham Donnelly. A lifelong Schuyler Lake resident, he was educated in Schuyler Lake and was a graduate of Richfield Springs High School.…
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Gibson Forms Committee To Explore Governor Race Otsego County’s congressman, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, this morning filed with the state Board of Elections to form “Gibson for New York,” an exploratory committee to run for governor in 2018. The news was reported on nytimes.com last evening, followed by an official announcement this morning. Gibson’s interest in challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo next year surfaced when he announced, as he was sworn in for a third term in Congress last January,…
Before The Super Bowl There Is CANO’s Chili Bowl ONEONTA – Chili lovers from around the area turned out in droves to taste the areas best chilies at the ever-popular Chili Bowl at CANO this afternoon. CANO’s biggest fundraiser, celebrating its 12th year, sold over 430 bowls made by local artisans at the nearby Carriage House Art Studio. This year’s top prizes went to the Oneonta Bagel Company, who won the People’s Choice award with their Bungalow Bills Bayou Chili,…
$1,000, $500 Checks Claimed As Winter Carnival Winds Up Young Tim Feury this afternoon claims the $500 check from 2016 Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee chair Marissa Davidson that he won by finding the Carnival Medallion – a golden football – Friday afternoon at Badger Park. For the ninth year, the prize was underwritten by The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. Seated behind them are Jim and Teresa Donley and their daughter Deirdre. In photo at right, Carnival Committee member Shirley Tyler announces…
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IN MEMORIAM: John H. Murphy, 68; Retired Sergeant Died In Job Accident ONEONTA – John H. Murphy, 68, of Oneonta, a retired Army staff sergeant, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, in an accident at the Stericycle plant on Lower River Street. Calling hours and the funeral will be tomorrow. He was born June 5, 1947, in Oneonta the son of the late John H. and Ruby (Jenkins) Murphy. John grew up in the 6th Ward and graduated from Oneonta…
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