HERZIG PRIORITY: GOOD JOBS, BENEFITS Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, appointed last month but up for election next Tuesday for a term to begin Jan. 1, was interviewed by AllOTSEGO.com’s Don Mathisen on his plans. This is the second of five excerpts that will appear on this website daily through Saturday. TOMORROW, HERZIG ON BUDGET…
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CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRES IN THE NOV. 3 LOCAL ELECTIONS ADDED MONDAY, NOV. 2 DAN SULLIVAN, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 9 RUSS BACHMAN, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 10 DAN WILBER, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 10 ADDED SUNDAY, NOV. 1 JANET HURLEY QUACKENBUSH, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 4 ADDED SATURDAY, OCT. 31 ED LENTZ, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 5 MEG KENNEDY, COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 5 ADDED FRIDAY, OCT. 30 DANA MARIE LEVINSON, ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL, WARD 5 MADOLYN…
IN MEMORIAM: Al O’Brien, 84; Proprietor Of Cooperstown Motel COOPERSTOWN – Albert K. O’Brien, 84, proprietor of the Cooperstown Motel, died Oct. 23, 2015, after a long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable adult inherited infirmity. He was born Feb. 12, 1931, in the Methodist-Episcopal Hospital in New York City. He was raised in Springfield Center in the family’s four generation home as well as in several different sections of New York City. While attending high school as a…
HOMETOWN ONEONTA EXCLUSIVE Mayor Herzig Determined To Refill Vacant Housing ONEONTA – In an exclusive interview with Hometown Oneonta’s Don Mathisen, Mayor Gary Herzig, who will be confirmed in his job in next Tuesday’s election, detailed steps he is taking to bring vacant housing back on the tax role in the first of five video excerpts that will appear on www.allotsego.com through Saturday. Watch the video below, and for a full report on the interview, see this week’s Hometown Oneonta, on…
One-Car Crash Kills Driver In Pittsfield PITTSFIELD – Oneonta state troopers are investigating a one-vehicle crash that killed a 50-year-old male in the early morning hours Saturday in the Town of Pittsfield. The man, whose name has not been released pending notification of the family, was driving northbound on County Route 18 at approximately 5:35 a.m. when he drove off the road, striking a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing, and an autopsy has been…
Bob Hall Wins Fetterman Award, Joining Sports Center Pantheon By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – For Bob Hall, while growing up in Springfield, a trip to the Clark Sports Center was about as good as a day could get. “On Saturdays, my friends and I would get a parent to bring a carload of us down to the Clark Sports Center – it was next to the Baseball Hall of Fame back then – and we’d play all day.”…
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Red Jug Urges Its Patrons: Shave Heads, Fight Cancer ONEONTA – To dramatize the need to support the fight against childhood cancer, some patrons of the Red Jug Pub, 195 Main St., will be shaving their heads from noon through the day on Saturday, Oct. 3, in solidarity with patients and in support of St. Baldrick’s Foundation in Monrovia, Calif. Donations will also be solicited. “We not only need donations and volunteers, but people willing to shave their heads in…
Clifton R. Wharton Jr.’s Autobiography Published County Resident, Retired SUNY Chancellor Remembers COOPERSTOWN – Clifton R. Wharton Jr., former SUNY chancellor, deputy secretary of state, Michigan State president, president of Fortune 500 TIAA-CREF and former Rockefeller Foundation chair, has published his memoir, “Privilege And Prejudice.” As the book tour begins, he will be interviewed this week by Bill Moyers at an event at the TIAA-CREF headquarters, then will appeared at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at The Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium…
IN MEMORIAM: Raymond F. Key, 80; Farmer, DEC Wildlife Control Operator COOPERSTOWN – Raymond F. Key Sr., 80, the Pierstown farmer who for the past 14 years has been a state-licensed local wildlife nuisance control operator, passed away Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at home after a long battle with cancer. Born May 13, 1935, in the Town of Richfield, Ray was one of five children of Frederick and Mabel (Sullivan) Key. He attended Leonardsville and Cooperstown Central Schools. On Sept.…