THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Mar. 14 – 15, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE CCS Basketball: FINAL 4 AWAITS Plan ‘Transformative,’ But Details Still Fuzzy Final Sale Packs McLaughlin’s DiPerna, Back At Vatican: World Working Together On Climate Without U.S. 2nd Time Around, Climate-Smart Idea Wins County’s OK Deputy Promoted to County Roads Chief CITY OF THE HILLS: Mar. 14 – 15, 2019 COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND: Mar. 14 – 15, 2019 EDITORIAL Herzig:…
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With 321 Events During ’18, Foothills Buoying Downtown Speaking to the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours get-together hosted at Foothills this past week, I delivered the following message and I would like to share it with everyone. As I enter into my sixth year as director this summer, I’d like to thank the Oneonta community and the entire region for their support in 2018, which was our best year ever. I am proud to report that…
2nd Time Around, Climate-Smart Idea Wins County’s OK By JENNIFER HILL COOPERSTOWN – Failing to do so two months ago, the county Board of Representatives voted 12-2 to enact a state-sponsored “Climate Smart Community Pledge” during their meeting on Wednesday, March 6. County Reps. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, and Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who had questioned it last time, when it was referred to the Solid Waste & Environmental Concerns Committee (SWECC) for further study, opposed it again. But the board’s vice…
IF FUNDED, IT WON’T WORK Where’s $93 Trillion Coming From To Pay Bill For A Green New Deal? I was struck by a news clip showing Elizabeth Warren speaking to a crowd and telling them we need to remove the control over our lives from government and put it back into the hands of the people. This is the same woman who is supporting Bernie in his call for socialism. Socialism is a system based on government control over the…
League: No Contest, But Exercise Your Right To Vote To the Editor: The League of Women Voters, Cooperstown Area urges the citizens of the Village of Cooperstown to vote in the village election Tuesday, March 19. Polls are open noon-9 p.m. at the Cooperstown Fire Hall on Chestnut Street. There are three open trustee seats: two for three-year terms; and one for a one-year term to complete the final year of the seat left vacant when Ellen Tillapaugh became mayor.…
Reducing Fires, Department Makes Village Better Place To Do Business By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN According to Jim Tallman, Cooperstown Fire Chief, if you really want to know what’s good in a new town, go ask at the fire hall on Chestnut Street. “Whenever I go someplace, I always stop in at their fire department,” he said. “I like to see what they’re doing, but I also ask for recommendations of where to eat and what to see. And people do…
Plan ‘Transformative,’ But Details Still Fuzzy Nothing On File, And Officials Unclear On How $225K Will Be Used By LIBBY CUDMORE & JENNIFER HILL ONEONTA – The DRI Project Selection Committee called the project “transformative” and awarded it $225,000. But it turns out few details are available on what WHH Realty Corp., owned by city Planning Commission chair Anna Tomaino and her husband, Jimmy T’s proprietor Jim Tomaino, plan for 218-224 Main St. Asked for details, Project Selection Committee chair…
Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Lord, 77; Ceramist With Milford, Oneonta Studios MILFORD – Gertrude “Trudy” Lord, 77, an accomplished ceramist who operated studios here and in Oneonta, passed away peacefully at The Centers Nursing Home on Sunday March 3, 2019, after a four-year courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Trudy was born on Sept. 20, 1942, in Patterson, N.J., the daughter of the late Samuel L. and Gertrude Margroff Mott. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a sister Geraldine, and…
Big Grants Go To Upgrading Upper Floors Getman Receives Top Award By JENNIFER HILL & LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA Two developers with plans for upper floor housing took home $392,000 as the Downtown Improvement Grants were revealed on Tuesday, March 5, promising to transform Downtown Oneonta. Plans to announce $2 million in grants were derailed by lengthy hearing, full of criticism of the city’s D&H yards proposal, but a list of the grants was distributed in the foyer outside the Foothills…
STATE OF CITY: ‘We’re Onta Something,’ Mayor Declares Editor’s Note: This is the text of Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s 2019 State of the City address, delivered Tuesday, March 5, at the Foothills Performing Arts Center. He also announced $2.3 million in grants through the city/state Downtown Revitalization Initiative. During the past year, some have questioned whether we have lost some of our momentum in revitalizing and reinventing the City of Oneonta. I want you to know that the answer to…
