Herzig: State Law Prohibits It Geothermal Plan Dropped By City By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Enthusiasm about municipal geothermal heating, pursued warmly last spring, has turned cool with the weather. City Mayor Gary Herzig and Town Supervisor Bob Wood have become aware of a state Health Department regulation prohibiting placing geothermal pipes alongside drinking-water mains. “I don’t think Egg was aware of the regulations,” said Wood. “I think he was very enthusiastic about cities using geothermal…
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EDITORIAL Conductor Huff At CSO – Wow! Stay Tuned Last week’s editorial praised the local arts and culture scene, after Oneonta and Otsego County were identified as “eighth most vibrant arts community” in the U.S. by SMU’s DATA ARTS’ report. Silas Huff’s conducting of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra Saturday evening, Sept. 7, added several exclamation marks to all of last week’s positive conclusions. Huff is the first of three conductors competing to succeed Maestro Chuck Schneider as CSO conductor. Carolyn…
LETTER from WARREN WOODBERRY Victoria’s Network Impressive; Connections Beyond Expectation To the Editor: From the moment I met Victoria Talbot Pressly she proved she was a serious connector whose impressive Rolodex has played an integral part in the growth and sustainability of Millennium Magazine. I met Vicky while standing in line for drinks at a doctor’s summer penthouse party on Manhattan’s Eastside in 2011. She was standing in front of me when I stepped up and she turned around to…
PUBLIC HEARING SET OCT. 8 Dunkin’/Baskin Decision Hangs On ‘Compatibility’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown citizens may weigh in on proposed a co-branded Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins on the corner of Walnut and Chestnut streets when the Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board at a public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8. “We hope this will be attended by the people whose properties this will impact,” said board member Roger MacMillan. “And our board decision…
Survey Explores Idea Of Cooperstown Cinema COOPERSTOWN – Ellen Pope, director, Otsego 2000, has pitched the idea of a cinema in downtown Cooperstown. In a post on her Facebook page, Pope sought data from residents on whether they would be interested in seeing a local movie theater. The project is not affiliated with Otsego 2000. Paper and email surveys have been sent out, or the survey can be taken online at http://bit.ly/coopcinema by Thursday, Sept. 12…
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SUNDAY Habitat For Humanity: 35 Homes In 30 Years By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade ago, Lois Newell felt hopeless. “I was living in an apartment on Academy Street, my window faced the back of the Salvation Army,” she said. “I would look at that wall every day and cry. I was freshly divorced, I had no money and no resources. I wanted hope, a better life for my kids.” Now, when she…
…young and in love, couple finds… HEAVEN In Hippie Hollow By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HIPPIE HOLLOW – Paradise, as Carlie and David Kindernedl see it, can be found just off Oxbow Road in the Town of Milford. “Our vision has a lot to do with finding a haven,” she said. “We don’t want a posh existence, we just want to build something beautiful.” Three years ago, the couple acquired almost four acres at the corner of Oxbow…
CHRONICLES OF 9/11 ‘He Did Not Suffer’ Firefighter Who Found Business Card At Scene Felt George Morell’s Calm Spirit Editor’s Note: Cathy Raddatz of Cooperstown, sister of 9/11 victim George Morell, read this letter of reassurance from a firefighter to Morell’s widow Robbie at the Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Company’s 5-10K commemorative run Saturday, Sept. 7. Dear Mrs. Morell: First, let me say I know your family has suffered a devastating loss, you have my heartfelt condolences and prayers. While…
CHRONICLES OF 9/11 Her NYPD Job: Seeking Closure For 9/11 Families Grisly Assignment: Fresh Kills Landfill By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Toya Lane Bowden, then a detective with the NYPD Internal Affairs, now living in Oneonta, was headed to the World Trade Center to drop off her department-issued beeper for repairs. By first, she stopped by the stationery store in Long Island City to buy ribbon for a friend’s retirement party.…
VIEW FROM FLY CREEK Refocus $500M From Pipelines To Renewables By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I attended a hearing recently in Binghamton on rate increases proposed by NYSEG for a number of projects, including a nearly three-fold expansion in the capacity of the DeRuyter gas pipeline serving Oneonta. The hearing was run by the Public Service Commission (PSC), a New York State agency which is supposed to regulate utilities like NYSEG. The atmosphere wasn’t very promising. The deserted…
