SSPCA Benefactor Offers $250K Match For New Donations Public Share Would Put $2 Million ‘Shelter Us’ Target Within Reach Susquehanna SPCA benefactor and Staffworks President Anita Vitullo, Clinton, above center, poses with SSPCA board members after announcing a few minutes ago that, dollar-for-dollar, she will match forthcoming donations to the “Shelter Us” fund drive up to $250,000. If fully realized, Vitullo’s contribution will bring the $2 million drive to build a new animal shelter to $1.75 million, only $250,000 short…
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Andela To Break Ground On 100,000-Sq.-Ft. Plant In 2020, President Says Development May Be ‘Eco-Commerce Park,’ Using Geothermal Heat, But Also Natural Gas By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Andela Products and its subsidiary, Ruby Lake Glass, expects to break ground in 2020 on a 100,000-square-foot building on a 40-acre parcel just south of the village owned by Otsego Now, company President Cynthia Andela told a gathering of businesspeople this morning at the Richfield Springs Community…
HE FEARED FOR BASSETT’S FUTURE Zakrevsky: I Was Told, Don’t Pipe Any Gas To Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – When Otsego Now CEO Jody Zakrevsky arrived a year ago, he was told not to bring natural gas to Cooperstown, he said to a Cooperstown audience Monday, April 9, in one of several “Town Hall” meetings he’s convening around the county. Asked afterward who told him, he said the leadership of Otsego 2000, board…
County Board Advised: Slow Down Otsego Now CLICK HERE FOR FULL VIDEOTAPE OF COMPLETE MARCH MEETING…
Dialogue Possible On Eco-Park Idea It’s Unclear If City Hall, Otsego 2000 Can Agree By JIM KEVLIN • from HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Nicole Dillingham, Otsego 2000 president, has sent a preliminary e-mail to Mayor Gary Herzig on exploring whether there is common ground on establishing an eco-commerce park in the former D&H Railyards. Common ground between economic development and Green initiatives, that is. “We would be thrilled if a green eco-park could be placed there,” she…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 21-22, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK GO BOYS! • Souvenir Edition MAKING HISTORY Triple OT Braces Hawkeyes For Victory PHOTO PAGE: How Sweet It Is! COMMENTARY: Boys Will Always Remember Welcome-Home Parade Dates To 1999 Title Drago’s’ Jackets Reached Pinnacle In ’60 FRONT PAGE Windmill Foes Take Control In Richfield Mysterious Project Linked To Artspace Gay Wedding, Pastor Ban Splits Methodists Girl Raises Funds So Pal Can Take D.C. Trip City of…
from Nicole Dillingham Otsego 2000 Is Challenging DGEIS Brownfield Findings To the Editor: The flood of editorials trying to divide our community regarding heavy industrial development in Oneonta are discouraging. They may help sell newspapers, but they lack integrity. This is not a choice between jobs or no jobs. It is not even a choice between development or no development. It is purely a choice about what kind of jobs and what kind of development is suitable. To answer this…
Energy Taskforce Sets Out Ambitious Plan in 1st Meeting by JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – In the first convening of the 38-member Otsego County Energy Taskforce Town Hall Wednesday evening, County Board Rep. Meg Kennedy, a founder of the group, announced its end goal: an ambitious plan “that will address the current and future energy needs of Otsego County” by October 2020. Calling the plan’s timeline “ambitious,” Kennedy said the Taskforce aimed to complete a draft of the…
FROM THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN ONEONTA & FREEMAN’S JOURNAL Halfway To $1/2M Goal, SPCA Closes On 2 Acres Groundbreaking Planned In May In Index By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal INDEX – Just six weeks old, the $2 million “Shelter Us” fund drive passed the halfway mark in recent days, giving the Susquehanna SPCA confidence to buy land for its new headquarters. The SPCA has closed the deal on two acres of land at 5088-5082 Route 28, CPA…
FUNDRAISING DRIVE OVER $1 MILLION Site Bought For New Shelter INDEX – Just six weeks old, the $2 million “Shelter Us” fund drive passed the halfway mark in recent days, giving the Susquehanna SPCA confidence to buy land for its new headquarters. The SPCA has closed the deal on two acres of land at 5088-5082 Route 28, CPA Judith Brown’s former office and the building next door. “We’re finalizing everything withour construction management team. We are planning to break ground…
