Unilaterally, SSPCA Planning Fees By JIM KEVLIN • Special To AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Richard Sternberg, saying he was acting on behalf of the Susquehanna SPCA, told what appeared to be a partly surprised county Board of Representatives this evening that the Shelter will begin unilaterally levying fees Jan. 1 on county entities and towns that require its services. “We will be initiating a billing system,” said Sternberg, the retired Bassett surgeon and Cooperstown village trustee, who said he was acting…
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The View From West Davenport ZAGATA: Fracking Ban Cost County $1B A Year Before getting into what is likely to be a controversial discussion, let’s take a minute to talk about fracking – correctly called hydraulic fracturing. Fracking is a process by which water, sand, and chemicals are injected underground at high pressures to crack open rock formations consisting largely of sand grains that are very tightly packed together, i.e. they have tiny interstitial spaces which are filled with tightly…
For Now, Justice For Gillian Realized by LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Jennifer Kirkpatrick was “relieved” when she heard the news that David Dart, the man who murdered her 18 year old sister, Gillian Gibbons 30 years ago, was denied parole. “I’m thankful that we have more time,” she said. “The longer we can keep him in prison, the better off they are.” In 1991, Dart, then 29, was sentenced to 25 years to live for second-degree…
FILMMAKER MACALUSO RECORDS ROOTS ‘Hero Hotel’ Set At Meadowlark In E. Springfield By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com EAST SPRINGFIELD – As the Macaluso family looks to sell the Meadowlark Inn on Route 20 here, 24-year-old son Aidan films one last project there. Aidan grew up at the Meadowlark Inn, and now he’s an independent film director who’s hoping that his latest feature, a short film titled “Hero Hotel,” will serve as an abstract homage to his upbringing. “It’s…
Trainer To The Stars’ Dogs Adopt SSPCA Dog? Nationally Known Expert Will Train It By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – No matter how badly she wants the treat, Paula Jean, Tom Shelby’s standard poodle, knows that if she hears the word “leave it” to do just that. “’Leave it’ is such an important command,” said Shelby. “You can use it for pizza crusts on the street, a person who’s afraid of dogs or if they see a…
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EDITORIAL Citizens, Cooperstown Needs You To Run For Village Trustee Position Bernie Viek’s testimony nailed it. In the past few months, the Cooperstown Village Board’s default response to any traffic issue has been, put up a blinking light. After a driver rolled his car through the boat ramp at the end of Fair Street April 11 and drowned, suddenly a blinking red light appeared at Fair and Lake streets. At the Sept. 23 trustees’ meeting, Viek, attending with a crowd…
Out of Africa County County’s 2020 Budget Under Tax Cap, Over $120M By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The 2020 tentative Otsego County budget is done, by way of Uganda, Burundi and Tanganyika. It is under New York State’s tax cap, and Otsego County continues to be “one of the lowest taxed counties in the state,” County Treasurer (and Sgt.) Allen Ruffles reported Monday, Nov. 18, in a Zoom-enabled videoconference from his quarters in Djibouti, where he…
ONEONTA ZONING BOARD TO DECIDE House Where Detective Novel Written May Be Razed For Parking Lot ONEONTA – The Salvation Army will ask the city Zoning & Housing Board of Appeals to allow them to demolish the home at 31 River St. following a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24. The home is believed to have been where Willard Huntinton Wright, as S.S. Van Dine, wrote “The Benson Murder Case,” the first of 12 novels starring detective Philo Vance.…
CRAMPED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LOOKS TO OTEGO Space, Blessed Space, Inspires OCA’s Pupils By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The cafeteria at Oneonta Christian Academy is also a locker room and study hall. “We don’t have enough classrooms for each grade level,” says OCA Administrator Chris Cleveland. The school has 97 students, and Cleveland expects that number to grow. “We are only limited by our size. 100 is our max and we’re getting pretty close.” In part, that because…
