Judge Coccoma Tells City, Town To Negotiate Temporary Fire Pact By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A state Supreme Court judge this morning ordered the City of Oneonta and Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 to negotiate an extension to the current contract so the Oneonta Fire Department can continue protecting homes and businesses after midnight Dec. 31. “It’s not the role of the court to negotiate a contract,” said Judge Michael V. Coccoma. “But I’ll make myself available.” During the hour-long hearing in…
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Mayor Herzig Drafts Response To Fire Commissioners, Lawyer ONEONTA – Below is the letter from Oneonta City Mayor Gary Herzig sent today in response to attorney Terence Hannigan, esq., a lawyer representing the Town of Oneonta Fire District. Hannigan had requested additional data on the number of fire calls to the town fire district. Dear Mr. Hannigan: I am in receipt of your letter of December 21,2015, notifying me that the Town District Fire Commissioners do not wish to meet unless the…
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LEN CARSON, R-DISTRICT 13 Experience In EMS, Business Will Guide County Legislator By JIM KEVLIN – for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Should it be any surprise that “the possibility of public service” caused Len Carson to run for the Otsego County Board of Representatives in District 13, representing Ward 5 (outer Chestnut Street) and the city’s fabled Sixth Ward? As a teenager, he became an Eagle Scout. Even before graduating from Laurens Central School in 1983, he was a volunteer firefighter in his…
DAH-DUM-DUM-DUM… Santa Does Stand-Up What do you call a line of men waiting for a haircut? A barberqueue Why was the turkey in the pop group? Because he was the only one with drumsticks! What do you call a boomerang that does not come back? A stick…
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Three Arrested In WalMart Drug Bust ONEONTA – Three Mount Vision residents were arrested this afternoon on a variety of charges after investigators observed “suspicious activity” in the WalMart parking lot on Southside Drive, Oneonta. On Thursday, Dec. 15, investigators observed a suspected drug deal in the Walmart parking lot and observed, in plain view, two pills in a plastic baggie inside the vehicle. They traced the vehicle’s owner, Jason Lee Foster, 33, and determined that earlier that morning, he left…
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IN MEMORIAM: Neil Manley, 66; Bassett Employee SPRINGFIELD – Neil Manley, 66, a 26-year Bassett Hospital, passed away Dec. 18, 2015 due to complications from a heart attack. He was born Nov. 11, 1949, the son of Russell and Esther Manley (who predeceased him) In addition to his tenure at Bassett, he worked for nine years at Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville.…