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Seward Brings $1/4 Million To Beverage Center Opening

Seward Brings $1/4 Million To Beverage Center Opening Hartwick College Cuts Ribbon On New Center ONEONTA – Saying “I thought I should buy the next round,” state Sen. Jim Seward,  R-Milford, brought a $250,000 check to today’s grand open of Hartwick College’s Center for Craft Food & Beverage. In announcing the legislative grant in a ceremony in the Johnstone Science Building, Seward called the center “a one of kind resource for existing businesses and budding entrepreneurs that will help develop…

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Sonny Kelsey, 69, Dies Suddenly

IN MEMORIAM:  Sonny Kelsey, 69, Dies Suddenly ONEONTA – Donald L. “Sonny” Kelsey, 69, a roofer with F.L. Hall & Son for many years, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Fox Hospital. He was born Feb. 28, 1946, in Hobart, a son of Frank Leslie Kelsey and Mary Jane Whispell Kelsey.…

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Mayor Says He Will Ask Council To Support Fire Pact With Town

Mayor Says He Will Ask Council To Support Fire Pact With Town ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig said a few moments ago that, while the tentative agreement with Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 doesn’t give the city everything it wanted, he will encourage Common Council to adopt it when it meets Feb. 2. “It didn’t bring the total value that we thought our services were worth,” said the mayor.  “But there are some good things to it, and I…

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A DEAL

CITY-TOWN FIRE DISPUTE IT’S A DEAL! Agreement on ‘Framework Of Settlement’ By TOM HEITZ • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lawyers for City Hall and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 agreed this afternoon on a package that would raise the district’s contribution for fire protection incrementally over this year and the next two. It would also resolve the stalemate pending since the city-district agreement ran out Dec. 31, ensuring Southside and the East and West ends will continue to receive…

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K-9 Ricky Apprehends Suspected Drug Dealer

K-9 Ricky Helps To Apprehend Suspected Oneonta Drug Dealer ONEONTA – K-9 Ricky and his handler, Sheriff’s Investigator Keith Sheldon, brought down a suspected drug dealer trying to flee the scene of a raid at his home early Wednesday morning. Harry Edmond, 45, of 34 Maple St., was arrested after members of the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Bureau, along with D.A. investigators, DEA special agents and patrol and detective bureau members from the Oneonta Police Department executed the no-knock…

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Agreement May Be Close On Oneonta Fire Contract

Agreement May Be Close On Oneonta Fire Contract Coccoma To Reconvene Court at 1:15; Meanwhile, Lawyers, Clients To Confer COOPERSTOWN – An agreement may be close. Reconvening the hearing in state Supreme Court here shortly after noon, Judge Michael V. Coccoma said “there have been proposals” that City Attorney David Merzig and the lawyer for the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1, Terrence Hannigan of Delmar, should discuss with their clients over the lunch hour. Coccoma said he will reopen…

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After 45-Minutes In Chambers, No Decision; Lawyers Try Again

CITY-TOWN FIRE DISPUTE After 45 Minutes In Chambers, No Decision; Lawyers Try Again COOPERSTOWN – State Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma took lawyers for the City of Oneonta and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 into his chambers at 10:15 a.m. to see if they could talk their way through to a resolution of the fire-contract standoff. HERE ARE CHARTS TOWN USING  TO MAKE CASE BEFORE COCCOMA The closeted discussion was supposed to last half an hour, but City…

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Oneonta Driver Charged With 3rd DWI In Decade

Oneonta Driver Charged With 3rd DWI In Decade ONEONTA – An Oneonta driver is facing felony charges after having been arrested on drunk-driving for the third time in the past decade, state police report. Jason A. Thomas, 37, was arrested at 1:46 a.m. Wednesday after he allegedly failed to signal a turn as he entered Route 11A in the Town of Laurens, according to a press release.  Troopers alleged he was driving while intoxicated, and said he was driving with a…

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Charter Review Gives Mayor Power To Call Police, Fire in Emergency

Charter Committee Suggests Shifting Emergency Powers By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As the waters rose around Oneonta during the 2006 floods, Mayor John Nader was constantly on the phone, talking to government officials, worried citizens and businesses affected by the rising river. “It was crucial to have an elected official to speak to and for the community,” said Nader, who is chairing Mayor Gary Herzig’s ad hoc Charter Review Committee. The power to call out police and fire…