INTRODUCING ERNA ‘Be Afraid, But Do It Anyway’ By ERNA MORGAN McREYNOLDS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com One day a woman who had sat next to me at a fundraising dinner called me. She wanted me to be the speaker at an event for women alumnae from NYU. How could I resist? She titled it, “An Interview with a Financial Superstar”. She asked about my growing up outside a little village in Upstate New York. How did you go from no…
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NEW CHALLENGE: HIRING MANAGER Bliss Anticipates Kennedy Will Lead Recruitment, Too By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If – as is anticipated – Dave Bliss is reelected chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives at the organizational meeting Thursday, Jan. 2, one of his first acts will be to name a committee to recruit the first county administrator. In an interview, he said he sees no reason why county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick, who led the…
EDITORIAL Everyone Wants Fair Deal For Animal Shelter, County Drop The Threats, Negotiate An Agreement The issue’s been hanging out there for a while: What role should the Otsego County Board of Representatives play in funding the Susquehanna Animal Shelter? Schoharie County’s contribution is $75,000 a year to its shelter. Delaware County splits $88,000 among two shelters. Until now, Otsego County has contributed nothing. The county has been allocating $5,000 a year. It is not a donation, but a fee…
JUSTICE FOR ALL?/PART I Will End Of Bail Endanger Us? Editor’s Note: With New York State’s judicial reforms going into effect Jan. 1, Otsego County judicial and law enforcement leaders have been expressing concerns about possible negative impacts locally. This article, on severely reducing the number of crimes that allow suspects to be held on bail, is the first of three articles. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. recognized that criminal justice reform…
Albany Perspective Reforms May Be Costly, Dangerous Editor’s Note: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has represented Otsego County in Albany since 1986. As we approach the start of 2020, there are a number of new laws that will take effect in New York State. Among them are provisions I am deeply concerned about that will put public safety at risk. The measures include: • Bail changes that will allow 90 percent of individuals arrested to walk free without posting bail;…
County Manager Decision Expected This Afternoon The Otsego County Board of Representatives was scheduled to convene at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, on a historic matter: Whether to pass its executive authority to a hired professional, a county manager. As of presstime the evening before, it appeared certain – as certain as these things can be – that a coalition of Republicans, Democrats and the sole Conservative representative would create the $150,000 a year position. For the first report on…
LETTER from JAMES DEAN Study Before Acting On New Zoning Law To the Editor: Sufficient affordable apartments, which the Village of Cooperstown needs, come from an efficiency of scale in single- and multi-building design and construction, lower cost of larger parcels of land, and lower operating expenses with the newest technologies. All of this comes with building new, planned developments, from the ground up. Newly built rental housing units, of all types, on sufficient land, are so important to the quality…
Debate Renewed On Funding Animal Shelter By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – It all began with a helpful conversation, and erupted while the SQSPCA was doing what it does best: saving Zoe, who chewed off her leg to stop the pain of a tumor. The spark: one word, “unilateral.” The issue: Is Otsego County funding the shelter to minimum standards? Richard Sternberg, a Susquehanna SPCA supporter, Cooperstown village trustee, retired surgeon and MIT graduate, stopped by the…
Organizers Cancel 2020 Polar Bear Jump By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – The Goodyear Lake Polar Bears will have to wait another year for the plunge. “We regret to inform all of our loyal supporters that the 25th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump has been canceled due to a recent motor vehicle accident involving Brenda and Jamie Waters,” she wrote on the group’s Facebook page Tuesday evening. “Goody, The Waters Family and all of our dedicated…
Rare Woman Plow Driver Fights Ezekiel By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In the darkness of 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, Angela Christman, South Kortright, got the call she’d been waiting for: Tonight she’d plow the streets of Oneonta. And she would be the first woman in recent memory – perhaps ever – to do so for the city’s Department of Public Works. “I was excited and nervous at the same time,” she said. “Nervous because I…
