LETTER from JULIE HUNTSMAN Basile Qualified For Seat On Otsego County Board To The Editor: I’m writing today in enthusiastic support of Jill Basile, candidate for Otsego County Board, District 14, (Wards 7-8). I have gotten to know Jill through her volunteer work for the Susquehanna SPCA, on whose board she also serves. Time and again, in a crunch when volunteers are crucial, she rolls up her sleeves, literally, and gets to work, no matter how dirty the job. She…
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Trustees Plan Moratorium On Dunkin’/Baskin Location Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board is considering a six-month moratorium on the lot at Walnut and Chestnut streets where a Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins co-branded outlet is planned. Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh said the trustees needed time to think through a “unique” zoning designation in the village. He pointed out that the lot is the only commercial designation on Walnut Street, where Cooperstown Elementary School is located. The hearing will be 7…
VOTE ON CODE DELAYED A MONTH Cooperstown Trustees Retreat On Dorm Zoning By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Dormitories are out. Facing citizen pushback, the Cooperstown Village Board voted Monday, Oct. 28 to remove the dormitories – defined as six or more bedrooms that share a common kitchen and living spaces – from “special use” consideration in residential districts, and moved from permitted to special use in commercial districts. The change came at the end of 40 minutes…
SUNY Team Bus Hits Moose In Adirondacks Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A moose on the loose? En route to a weekend of games in Potsdam, the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons women’s soccer team struck an animal – reported to be a moose by witnesses – on the I-89, the Northway, near North Hudson, at Mile Marker 114. The SUNY girls were on a weekend swing to play SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Plattsburgh. They lost at Potsdam, but won at…
3 Bidders Seek To Buy Vacant School Oneonta Christian Academy Pleads For Otego Elementary By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com OTEGO – The Oneonta Christian Academy is running out of room. “We are only limited by our size,” Elizabeth Cook, director of programming and 12th-grade English teacher, told the Unatego Central School Board Monday, Oct. 28. The OCA was one of three bidders trying to convince the school board to sell them the Otego Elementary School, which it closed…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Vote Expected Nov. 6 On County Manager Trustees Remove Dorms From New Zoning Schenevus, Worcester Schools Revisit Merger Oneonta Christian Academy Seeks Otego Site SUNY Team Bus, Moose Collide In Adirondacks 6-Month Moratorium Planned On Dunkin’ Site Fire-Extinguisher Drive Honors Fallen Fireman EDITORIAL Early Voting Offers Opportunities, Dangers COLUMNS LEAGUE: 5¢ Deposit Creates Right Incentives ZAGATA: Democrats Blame The Other…
FALLEN FIREMAN MEMORIALIZED Heller Family Seeks Fire Extinguishers For Oneonta Families By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As the one year anniversary of former firefighter John Heller’s death approaches, his sister-in-law, Erika, is making sure he’ll continue to save lives. “Fire safety is a conversation no one wants to have,” said Erika. “But John got that started, and we see this as a way of him continuing to help people.” In Heller’s memory, Erika has partnered with…
LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS SAYS: 5¢ Fee Will Reduce Solid Waste, Pollution Editor’s Note: This position paper was prepared by Liane Hirabayashi and Julie Sorensen, co-presidents, League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area and Steve Londner, Chair, Steering Committee, League of Women Voters of the Oneonta Area. “No, I brought my own bag,” many shoppers are telling store clerks when asked “Do you need a bag?” And more shoppers will be giving the same reply starting in March 2020…
LETTER from RAY MANNION Who Knows More About Ward 8 Than Mark Drnek? To the Editor: I dare you to try to find another person alive who knows more about Main Street Oneonta businesses than Mark Drnek. Mark knows the first and last names of almost every business owner in Ward 8, where he is running for Oneonta Common Council. He knows what they sell and to whom they sell it. He knows what their businesses depend upon, thrive upon,…
LETTER from SHANNON McHUGH Basile Election Will Bring Energy, Openness To Board To the Editor, I would like to officially announce my support for Jill Basile who is ready to lead District 14 within the City of Oneonta into greater times. She is running for the county Board of Representatives in the hopes of bringing new energy to Ward 7-8. As a small business owner for the past 14 years in this city, I wholeheartedly believe in and support Jill’s…
