Republican Chair: More Races Likely For County Board ‘A Few Potential Candidates’ Will Run As Independents, Casale Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – More Republican candidates then initially thought will be challenging Democrats this fall, county Republican Chairman Vince Casale said after Thurday evening’s AllOTSEGO.com report on petitions filed. While it appeared only two county board seats would be contested this fall, the GOP chair said “a few potential candidates” will file independent petitions to challenge Democrats…
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Oneonta Projects Dominate Debate At County Board Mayor Defends GEIS On Railyards; Rep Lapin Takes On RSS Housing By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Oneonta issues – development plans for the former D&H Railyards and the 65-unit RSS housing project in the Sixth Ward – dominated today’s April meeting of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Mayor Gary Herzig told the county reps that the GEIS – the generic environmental impact statement on the railyards that has…
COLUMN ABOLISH OTSEGO NOW! By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta In my column of Aug. 9-10, 2018, I suggested that Otsego County might follow the example of Tompkins County and set up an Energy Task Force. I had little expectation that anything would come of it, but, thanks to a bipartisan effort led by county Representatives Michelle Farwell and Meg Kennedy, that Task Force is now a reality. The Task Force will have to face the…
2nd Time Around, Climate-Smart Idea Wins County’s OK By JENNIFER HILL COOPERSTOWN – Failing to do so two months ago, the county Board of Representatives voted 12-2 to enact a state-sponsored “Climate Smart Community Pledge” during their meeting on Wednesday, March 6. County Reps. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, and Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who had questioned it last time, when it was referred to the Solid Waste & Environmental Concerns Committee (SWECC) for further study, opposed it again. But the board’s vice…
FINAL 4 AWAITS Big Man John Kennedy Fuels Hawkeyes Run To State Finals By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – It took some time to get there, but there was no denying that basketball was in John Kennedy’s blood. “My brother Owen, who graduated last year, played basketball for CCS,” said the sophomore center after the CCS Hawkeyes, beat the Unadilla Valley Storm 61-46 Sunday, March 10, to reach the state semi finals. “My mom played in high school and college and…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MARCH 11 Learn To Care For Bulbs With Oneonta Garden Club GARDENING CLUB – 1 p.m. Meg Kennedy presents “The Care and Treatment of Bulbs” to the Oneonta Garden Club. All welcome. St. James Episcopal Church at Main St. and Elm, Oneonta. Info, millerwillis3@gmail.com…
2nd Time Around, Climate-Smart Idea Wins County’s OK Frazier, Clark Vote Nay, But Hope Is To Gain Access To State Grants By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Failing to do so two months ago, the county Board of Representatives today voted 12-2 to enact a state-sponsored “Climate Smart Community Pledge.” County Reps. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, and Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who had questioned it last time, when it was referred to the Solid Waste & Environmental Concerns Committee…
‘Reform Caucus’ Proving Its Worth, But Will It Survive 2019 Elections? Leading up to the 2017 election of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, the terms “Reform Caucus” and “Sensible Center” were used in this space, and they were controversial. Some of the candidates identified with that label won election or reelection. (Whether that was because of or despite of the designation is certainly fodder for debate.) Foremost among them, as it turns out, was David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield,…
Planning Board Approves Hampton Inn In Hartwick Cooperstown Will Reportedly Provide Ladder Truck HARTWICK – Concluding firefighters’ concerns had been sufficiently met, the Hartwick Town Planning last night approved a four-story Hampton Inn & Suites in Hartwick Seminary. Co-chairs Greg Korth and Alex Thomas, and board member Meg Kennedy, unanimously approved the project. According to the meeting minutes, Cooperstown Fire Chief Jim Tallman said his department would respond to any fires at the site under its mutual aid agreement with…
Energy Taskforce Sets Out Ambitious Plan in 1st Meeting by JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – In the first convening of the 38-member Otsego County Energy Taskforce Town Hall Wednesday evening, County Board Rep. Meg Kennedy, a founder of the group, announced its end goal: an ambitious plan “that will address the current and future energy needs of Otsego County” by October 2020. Calling the plan’s timeline “ambitious,” Kennedy said the Taskforce aimed to complete a draft of the…
