COUNCIL CONSIDERS PAYING $123,620 TO HUNGERFORD ONEONTA – When it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Common Council will consider a motion to give Acting City Manager Meg Hungerford a stipend that will raise her interim pay level higher than either of the city’s first two city managers. According to the agenda released this afternoon, the motion is for a stipend of $39,074. That is in addition to her finance director salary of $79,546, plus $5,000 extra she received after charter…
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UTICA NANO WINDFALL LIKELY TO BENEFIT US In Particular, Mathes Sees Boon For Richfield By JIM KEVLIN • for www.allotsego.com Utica’s nanotechnology dream is about to come true with Governor Cuomo’s announcement last week that GE Global Research and an Austrian company, AMS AG, have committed to operations that will create 1,500 jobs in Utica and Marcy in the next five years. That can only mean good things for Otsego County, said Sandy Mathes, president of the Otsego Now economic…
SUNY’s Red The Dragon Mascot To Get New Look ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta will unveil a new look for the college mascot during the 2015 Red Day celebration 11 a.m-3 p.m . Friday, Sept. 4, on the main campus quad. Red the Dragon’s new look will debut at 11:50 a.m. Despite a strong showing in SUNY’s third annual Mascot Madness competition last spring – making it all the way to the final round against Baxter from Binghamton University – Red’s threads…
Town Of Otsego Board To Consider Brookwood FLY CREEK – As suggested by Cooperstown trustees the other evening, the Otsego Town Board will consider whether to play a role in preserving Brookwood Gardens for public use, Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell said today. “Once I meet with the board and we discuss it, I will be able to give more specific information on that,” she said. “I am gratified to have the opportunity to consider the idea.” The next regular town…
HARTWICK FOOTBALL STAR DIES IN SAUGERTIES CRASH SAUGERTIES – Dante Crump, 22, a senior at Hartwick College and a member of the Hartwick Hawks football team, died Wednesday morning after the car he was riding in slid down an embankment at 11:30 a.m. in the Village of Saugerties. “The Hartwick College community, and the football family especially, is devastated by the loss of Dante Crump. He was a valued member of our squad the past three seasons, and beloved by his teammates and…
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DEC Announces Reopening Of Portlandville Boat Launch PORTLANDVILLE – A $40,000 project to enhance a cartop boat launch site on the Susquehanna River just upstream from Goodyear Lake is now complete, DEC Regional Director Keith Goertz announced today. Improvements to the existing boat launch include an expanded parking lot, which can now accommodate up to eight cars, construction of an informational kiosk, and installation of a new universally accessible dock system that will allow for safer and easier access to…
Brookwood Enthusiasts Fear Condos Will Rise On Property By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – If the northern half of 22-acre Brookwood Gardens doesn’t remain in non-profit or public hands, it could very well become a condo development, according to discussion at the Village Board’s August meeting on Monday the 24th. During public comment at the start of the meeting, Bill Waller, spouse of former mayor Carol B. Waller, verbalized the community’s “fear of (someone) building condos there.” Pat…
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