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Sweet Adelines To Perform Saturday At Mall ONEONTA – The City of the Hills Sweet Adeline Chorus is planning a special performance of Christmas songs in four-part harmony at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Southside Mall.…
6 Plaintiffs Say Constitutional Rights Violated By Richfield Wind Farm OK RICHFIELD – Six property owners have filed suit in state Supreme Court, saying their constitutional rights were violated when the Town of Richfield Planning Board twice approved the Monticello Hills Wind Project. Approvals for the wind project were granted by the planning board in 2011 and 2013, but were struck down both times by state Supreme Court Judge Donald F. Cerio, Jr. The latest lawsuit, filed in mid-November, seeks…
An Estimated $112,000 In Pot Seized Locally In Past 10 Days A Morris man, James Chicorelli, 56, was arrested Tuesday by county Sheriff’s investigators for possessing nearly 7 pounds of marijuana in a Town of Morris residence on Oct. 1, sheriff’s Senior Investigator Mike Ten Eyck announced today. The arrest results from the third sizeable seizure of alleged marijuana by Otsego County deputies in the past several days, including 13 pounds last Friday in another Morris home and more than…
Santa, Hundreds Of ‘Elves,’ Bring Magic To Muller Plaza ONEONTA – More than 200 people braved the cold and crowded into Muller Plaza to help Mayor Russ Southard and Santa Claus light the Oneonta Christmas tree earlier this evening. “I tried to light the tree earlier, but I couldn’t get it to work,” said Southard. “The maintenance guys told me I needed two things: Santa Claus and elves.” He had Santa, and Santa quickly dubbed all the people gathered in the plaza as…
Work Starts On Lower Wilber Park Pedestrian Bridge ONEONTA – The Lower Wilber Park Pedestrian Bridge will close Friday as Eastman Associates begins a replacement project.…
Klugo’s Parkview Place Wins 2014 NY Preservation Award ONEONTA – Chip Klugo’s Parkview Place is one of seven “distinctive historic preservation projects” that received New York State 2014 Preservation Awards in Albany this afternoon. The awards were presented in the award-winning Academy Lofts in Albany, an abandoned school that has been transformed into a living and work space for artists as well as a community arts center and business incubator for creative enterprises. The citation praised Klugo and his architectural form, Johnson-Schmidt…
County Wins $2M In State Grants; Including Susquehanna Job Center ONEONTA – Governor Cuomo today announced $13 million in Community Development Block grants statewide with $2 million for Otsego County, including $200,000 for the fledgling Susquehanna Regional Center for Growth in Oneonta, which will provide employment training for 80 people.…
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Mickie’ Howard, 93; WWII Veteran ONEONTA – Elva “Mickie” Howard, 93, a WAAC during World War II and later cook for 20 years in the Laurens Central School cafeteria, passed away on Wednesday morning at Fox Nursing Home, surrounded by her family. Mickie was born on Oct. 22, 1921, in Blaine, Miss., the daughter of the late Clarence and Bertha (Barrett) Mitchell. She married Robert V. Howard on March 6, 1944. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Air…
Broadband Plan Readied IDA To Let Contract With Telecom Firm Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Dec. 4-5, 2014 editions of The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com The future in Otsego County is not now. But it could be now in the next 2-3 years. The IDA-commissioned Broadband Feasibility Study has found a $30 million public-private high-speed system can happen in Otsego County, and the agency is prepared to contract with a “telecom” to…