Beams In Place, A Milestone In Sports Center Renovation COOPERSTOWN – Beams have been erected on the west side of the Clark Sports Center, a major milestone in the $20 million expansion project, due for completion next summer, the center announced today. The leader from each sports center department signed the first beam erected, forever marking this exciting time in Cooperstown. Key highlights of the project include:…
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IN MEMORIAM: Robert Harder, 89; Oneonta Barbershop Chorus Founder ONEONTA – Robert (Bob) Harder, 89, of Oneonta, retired X-ray technician and founder of the first Oneonta Barbershop Chorus, passed away Oct. 19, 2015, at Fox Nursing Home, following a brief illness. He was born in Syracuse on May 29, 1926, Bob was raised in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, where during his high school years he excelled in basketball and baseball. He also served as class president during his senior year.…
IN MEMORIAM: Oneonta Native Dick Swadey, 60 ONEONTA – Richard “Dick” Swadey, 60, of Mesopotamia, Ohio, whose family lives in Oneonta, passed away Sept. 20, 2015. He was born in Cleveland on Dec. 31, 1954. In his boyhood, Dick took joy in neighborhood games of touch football in the street and creating activities with his sister and other children such as carnivals, day camps, libraries, plays and inventive backyard games. As a teen he excelled at soccer, wrestling, making people…
Tobacco Settlement May Send Welcomed Dollars To Otsego COOPERSTOWN – County Treasurer Dan Crowell is reporting “a little good news for the budget” this morning: The Wall Street Journal reports New York State and Big Tobacco have reached an agreement on releasing another $550 million in the tobacco settlement. According to The Journal, half will go to the state, one quarter to New York City, and the final quarter – about $137 million – will be divided among the state’s…
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Spending Goes Up 6 Percent In City’s Preliminary Budget ONEONTA – A preliminary 2016 City of Oneonta budget, unveiled this evening, calls for a 6 percent spending increase and an increase of $34,000 in property tax revenues. Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford outlined the spending package at a special Common Council meeting. Higher spending is driven by “wage increases based on department requests, contractual obligations, equipment purchases and health insurance increases,” said Hungerford. “Taxes would be increased within the tax cap…
COUNTY WORKERS APPROVE CONTRACT Lindberg: Move May Add $1M To Budget Gap COOPERSTOWN – The rank and file of Otsego County’s largest labor union today ratified a tentative contract, according to CSEA communications specialist Mark Kotzin. He said 117 of employees in the bargaining unit voted yes, 70 voted no. The tentative contract now goes to the county Board of Representatives for final approval. According to Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, if the county board signs off on the agreement, it will add…
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IN MEMORIAM: Laura Margaret Kane, 88; Ran Hartwick Restaurant, On Town Board MOUNT VISION – Laura Margaret Kane, 88, of Mount Vision, former proprietor of Laura’s Restaurant in Hartwick and a past Town Board member, passed away early Sunday morning, Oct. 18, 2015, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. She was born June 27, 1927, in Barneveld, a daughter of John and Mary Irene (Barnes) Rowlands. At age 5, she and her family moved to Edmeston, where she…
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