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Efficiencies, Including Center Street School Closing, Equals Tax Rebates

Efficiencies, Including Center Street School Closing, Equal Tax Rebates MILFORD – Eligible homeowners in the ONC BOCES region – some in the Oneonta and Cooperstown school districts – are slated to receive a tax rebate check due to the successful completion of an efficiency plan. The state announced checks would be mailed starting next Tuesday. The Oneonta City School District was able to contribute $300,000 in savings by closing the Center Street School, the largest single efficiency.…

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Man Charged With Taking Payments For Roofing Work, Not Doing Work

Man Charged With Taking Payments For Roofing Jobs, Not Doing Work A four-time convicted felon has been charged with fraud, accused of accepting payment for installing roofs, then not following through, District Attorney John Muehl announced today. Gary R. Murphy, 65, of 6717 Route 7, Town of Maryland, is charged with grand larceny yesterday in Otsego Town Court and was returned to Herkimer County Jail, where he is facing other charges.…

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Youngest County Rep Supports New Jobs, Including Waterpark

ANDREW STAMMEL, D-DISTRICT 4 Youngest County Rep Supports New Jobs, Including Waterpark Editor’s Note:  This is the first of six profiles, one each on the six new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will appear each Wednesday up until they take office Jan. 1.  Next week, Megan Kennedy, R-District 5 (Hartwick, Milford and New Lisbon). By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Rep.-elect Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta – he will be the…

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Hager Cousin Prepares Second Large Hopyard

Hager Cousin Prepares Second Large Hopyard 280 Poles Rising In Field Near Fly Creek By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – For the latest evidence the hop revival is here to stay, take Route 28 north from Cooperstown, bear right on Goose Street in front of the Pail House Winery, bear right on Bailey, and then onto Stone House Road to where Dr. Mackie used to have an airstrip. There, you will see dozens of poles stuck in the…

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Town May Lose Fire Protection At Year’s End

Town May Lose Fire Protection By Year’s End OFD Layoffs Possible, Too, If Negotiations Still Stalled By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The vast majority of the Town of Oneonta – from Brooks BBQ to the Southside to the single-family neighborhoods beyond the city’s West End – faces the possibility of losing the professional protection of the city’s Oneonta Fire Department at midnight on Dec. 31. Likely, that would also require Oneonta Fire Department layoffs. Since taking office…

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County Reps Vote To Restore 4 Of 26 Jobs Cut From Budget

County Reps Vote To Restore 4 Of 26 Jobs Cut From Budget By DON MATHISEN  • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Twenty-six county job cuts are down to 22. A majority of Otsego County representatives today took an informal vote to restore three full-time jobs that would be eliminated if the 2016 tentative budget is passed by the full board. During what was termed a work session on the budget, the reps also voted to restore one part-time position.…

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Three Arrested in Police Raid, $25,000 in Crack Cocaine Seized

3 Arrested In Police Raid; $25,000 In Crack Seized ONEONTA – Nearly $25,000 worth of crack cocaine was seized from a home on Meckley Avenue during an early-morning raid that resulted in the arrests of Sophie S. Szczepanski, 30, Charles W. Haynes Jr, 43 and Orane Crawford, 23. At 8:30 a.m. today, the Oneonta Police Department patrol division, detective division and the Special Response Team, with assistance from the Delaware County Sheriff’s investigators and K-9 Ozzie, served a search warrant at 10 Meckley…

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Tickets On Sale For ‘On Wild Side,’ New Year’s Gala At The Otesaga

Tickets On Sale For ‘On Wild Side,’ New Year’s Gala At The Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – Tickets are on sale for “On the Wild Side,” the Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network’s 2015 New Year’s Eve Gala at The Otesaga, now in its 22nd year.  Proceeds from this year’s gala will benefit the Nightingale Fund for Nursing Excellence.  The gala takes place from 6:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 31. The evening features cocktails and hors d’œuvres, a live auction with Dr. Donald Raddatz…