60 Camp Owners, Concerned DOT Will Take Land, Listen To Lawyer By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Sixty people are meeting at this hour in The Otesaga’s Templetown Lounge to voice concerns that the state DOT may take their land to attorney Gilbert Hoffman, Syracuse, who specializes in matters concerning deeds and land titles. Hoffman was invited by Caroline and Jim Sever, who own one of three camp properties that are immediately threatened by DOT plans to stabilize West…
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Craft Food, Beverage Organizers Greet Appalachian Commission Chair Gohl ONEONTA – Earl Gohl, federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, delivered the $123,525 check this afternoon to help launch Hartwick College’s new Center for Craft and Food Beverage, aim to assist the revival of hops growing, brewing and natural foods production in Otsego County. The money “will enable local businesses to more effectively produce, promote and distribute their goods,” Hartwick Provost and Vice President Mike Tannenbaum told the gathering. It…
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2 Veteran Local Officials Accept State Jobs COOPERSTOWN – Word surfaced in recent days that two key government officials are leaving for new positions: • Scott Fickbohm, Burlington Flats, longtime district manager of the USDA’s Soil & Water Conservation District, Phoenix Mills, has accepted a position overseeing state Department of Ag & Markets programs in 13 Central New York counties, including Otsego. Among many other initiatives he helped develop the Canadarago Lake Watershed Protection Plan. • Psalm Wyckoff, Westford, county planner under…
Enhanced Habitat For Migrating Birds Near Completion In Hartwick Seminary By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com HARTWICK SEMINARY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, hosted a press briefing behind the Cooperstown Fun Park here this morning to draw attention to a 14-pond wildlife enhancement project now underway. The project was initiated by Fun Park owner Bob Hickey and his father, also Bob, who passed away in June, on 20 acres of former farmland between Route 28 and the Susquehanna River. The…
Hartwick’s Craft Food, Beverage Center Will Receive $123,525 To Lower Costs ONEONTA – Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-chair Earl Gohl will be on the Hartwick College campus at 3:45 p.m. tomorrow to announce a $123,525 grant for the college’s Center for Craft Food and Beverage, the college announced this afternoon. The announcement will be made on the first floor of Bresee Hall. The goal of the center is to lower costs, enabling local businesses to more effectively produce, promote, and…
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HOMETOWN HISTORY, May 18, 2012 125 Years Ago The Normal School – A free country never yet had too many schools, nor has human ingenuity ever yet devised a method of investment which returns so heavy an interest as the money devoted to the good cause of education. The establishment of this school in Oneonta is an event of supreme importance in the history of this community and of this locality. It means advantages not to be estimated, not merely…