Rose Avenue Residents Ask Council For Reduced Speed, Cleaner Streets By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Armed with a petition bearing 169 signatures, including from several health officials, John Woessner, 29 Rose Ave., asked Common Council this evening to limit speeds on his street to 15 mph and to clean the streets, which are often dusty from traffic from the commercial zone where Otsego Ready Mix, Eastman Associates and Northern Eagle Beverages are located. “This is a health issue,”…
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Seward At Table In Dividing $1.5B ALBANY – Otsego County’s state senator, Jim Seward, R-Milford, today was one of only two members of the state Legislature’s upper house to join in reviewing which three of the state’s economic development regions will share Governor Cuomo’s $1.5 billion Upstate Development Fund. MV500, representing the six-county Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council that includes Otsego, submitted an application on Oct. 5 that was heavily weighted toward STEM and nanotechnology development in the Utica/Marcy area. But…
3 Candidate Nights Planned Wednesday Three candidate nights are planned Wednesday evening in advance of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general elections: • For the City and Town of Oneonta: 6:30 p.m., Dewar Lounge, Morris Conference Center, sponsored by League of Women Voters, Oneonta chapter. • For Town of Hartwick candidates, 7 p.m., Community Center, Hartwick hamlet, sponsored by League of Women Voters, Cooperstown chapter. • For Town of Otsego candidates, 7 p.m., Pierstown Grange. Paul Lord moderates. Dinner precedes at 6…
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:…
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…
