Mayor Says: Let Treasurer, County Planners Help Collect County’s Delinquent Ec-Dev Loans COOPERSTOWN – Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller this afternoon exhorted a key county committee to get four-square behind the new “single point of contact” approach to economic development. “We really need the integration of the county into this work that the IDA is doing,” said Miller, who appeared before the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee of the county Board of Representatives in the county office building here. The mayor outlined how…
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Who Should Remove Tree In DEC’s Hands COOPERSTOWN – The Army Corps of Engineers this morning contacted Brian Clancy, village superintendent of public works, on a tree that has been blocking the Susquehanna River near its source for the past few days. Clancy said he was advised the Army Corps has no jurisdiction, and said the matter is now being reviewed the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Stamford office. The tree toppled last Thursday from the river bank along the…
Tomorrow First Anniversary Of ‘Community Conversations’ ONEONTA – Tuesday, June 10, is the first anniversary of Common Council’s “Community Conversations,” weekly 8-9 a.m. meetings at the College Food Boutique in The Shops At Ford & Main where residents have a chance to chat with the city’s leadership. Ward 7 Council member Bob Brzozowski invites folks to stop by.…
BABE RUTH’S FAMILY TO ATTEND HALL’S 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY COOPERSTOWN – Seventy-five years after Babe Ruth stood on the steps of the Baseball Hall of Fame and waved to the gathered crowd, his family will return to Cooperstown to celebrate his legacy as part of the Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, June 12. The festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. on the steps of the Hall, with Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Cal Ripkin Jr., as well…
Youngsters Pack Ice Cream Social…
Farmer’s Museum Hosts Horse Show…
Cooperstown ‘Hospital Zone’ Task Force May Ease Regulations On New Buildings COOPERSTOWN Zoning revisions that creates a “hospital zone” in the vicinity of Bassett Healthcare but will also allow buildings up to 4,000-square-feet anywhere in the village to avoid site-development review will be presented to the public at an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 16, at the fire hall on Chestnut Street.…
Muscles in Motion Hosts Powerbowl Contest…
Lumberjacks At Lakefront Park Qualifying For National Contest COOPERSTOWN – Before 150 spectators in Lakefront Park and against a stunning backdrop of sunny Otsego Lake, Cooperstown’s first Stihl Pro & Collegiate Lumberjack Legacy Invitational northeast qualifier is underway until 5 p.m. today and 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. The local event was devised by Nathan and Holly Waterfield of Cherry Valley, who have been competing in lumberjack competitions since their undergraduate days at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He…
IN MEMORIAM: Karl Inge Eilertsen, 86, Oneonta; Master Boat Builder ONEONTA — Karl Inge Eilertsen, 86, of Oneonta, a master boat builder in his native Norway who applied his skills to building the Church of Atonement here, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Fox Hospital.…