New York must address rural EMS issues before a crisis occurs The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area joins the New York State Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Association, Inc. in supporting state legislation that would create a task force to study the unique problems facing ambulance services in rural areas of New York State and to propose long-term solutions for them. The League believes that every resident should have access to a basic level of quality healthcare, including…
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Late Corp. Michael Mayne from Burlington Flats honored with Veterans’ Hall of Fame induction STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com BURLINGTON FLATS — After a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, late Corp. Michael Mayne of Burlington Flats was honored as an inductee to a veterans hall of fame. State Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, joined former Sen. James L. Seward to pay tribute Monday, May 31, to the late Corp. Michael Mayne of Burlington Flats, the 2020 inductee to…
Delgado visits Otsego County to tout American Rescue Plan By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-NY19, appeared in Otsego County on Thursday, May 28, to speak about the money the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan, which he help shepherd through Congress. Otsego County receive about $11.5 million, he said, half of which has already been delivered, with the other half to follow within a year. Other county towns and villages will…
City of the Hills City to hold Memorial Day parade Monday The Memorial Day Parade and celebration is set to kick off on Monday, May 31, with a parade starting at the Foothills Performing Arts Center at 10 a.m., going into Main Street and ending at Neahwa Park. Masks and social distancing are required. Oberacker to give historic presentation State Sen. Peter Oberacker will be giving a presentation to the Town of Maryland Historical Society at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May…
Oneonta hopes Dietz Street project will help downtown By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After years of planning, as part of a downtown revitalization initiative, community leaders broke ground at the site of the Dietz Street loft project Friday April 30, in Oneonta, with the hope of revitalizing and bringing “greater vibrancy” to the city’s downtown. Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Maryland, Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich, Empire State Development Deputy Director Allison Nowack and other…
Ground broken on Dietz Street project in Oneonta…
EDITORIAL New Editor Views Media Brands As Community Service I can honestly say this is a column I never thought I would write, my first as editor of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. I say that for two reasons: one, I spent the past decade in competition with the Iron String Press media team, while working as an editor and reporter for another news organization; two, that stint, with an Alabama-based organization I shall forever more refer to as…
Pot Shops Becoming Issue Here By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Before reacting, the Village Board is waiting to see what the marijuana-legalization bill due to pass the state Legislature April 1 looks like. But Trustee Mac Benton, who brought the issue before the trustees at their monthly meeting Monday, March 22, is determined to push for pot-selling “storefronts” in Baseball’s mecca, seeing it as an economic-development opportunity too good to ignore. If the new law doesn’t give the…
OPENING PLANNED THIS SUMMER Senator Takes Tour Of Futuristic Shelter…
Quarantine Lifted, Removing Obstacle To Tourist Season By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – One of the hurdles to ensuring a successful season for Dreams Park and All Star Village this season is being lifted, Governor Cuomo announced yesterday. Starting April 1, a three-day quarantine for domestic travel to New York State will no longer be required. (Mandatory quarantine will remain for international travelers.) Dreams Park is seeking state Health Department approval to open the season June 1,…
