COOPERSTOWN MUST BUILD Bassett Staffers Would Fill Any New Housing By TIM HAYES • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. Housing. For those who are counting, that’s one “housing” for every year since I served on the Cooperstown Village Board’s Subcommittee on Economic Sustainability, where housing became a primary recommendation. Since then, the physical manifestation of village policies has been parking, parks and pavement. Hardly housing. Why housing? Because, historically, housing nearly always accompanied…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Feb. 27-28, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Emmons Mystery: Homeowner’s Body Found At 1-Year-Old, She’s Unsure She Can Make Debate 4 Grants, Lofts Will Bring 100 Apartments To City Brooks BBQ Plan May Help Revive East End Is Constitution Pipeline Really At An End? Landlord Gets What He Asks, Changes Mind Bassett Hospital 150-Space Parking Lot OK’d EDITORIAL Electorate Spoke – Now, Work Together Cooperstown, Oneonta Face Common Problem…
‘LIVE BIRTHS’ & ENROLLMENT Fears About Football, Tied To Drop In Pupils By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM COOPERSTOWN – Matt Phillips, CCS ’02, shared a poignant story of his family’s affection for Redskins (now Hawkeyes) football, and the 200 fans in the CCS high school auditorium applauded. “If not for football,” said Phillips, today Clark Sports Center’s Activities & Group Reservations director, “I wouldn’t have come to school.” Cooperstown varsity football has had bad years, for sure, but always…
HOMETOWN History Feb. 21, 2020 150 Years Ago Humorous – A Case of Denied Non-Committal: Old Lady – “Can you tell me, my good man, where I can find Mr. Jones?” Pat: “Sure Ma’am, I expect it would be at his house you would find him.” Lady: “Does he live anywhere in the street here?” Pat: “Sure, no indeed, it’s not for the likes of him to be living in the street at all.” Lady: “You stupid fellow! I mean…
WORST STORM OF WINTER HITS Travel Advisory In Effect For Otsego County ’til 9 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A few minutes ago, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. issued a travel advisory for all Otsego County roads until 9 p.m. this evening. Roads are not closed, the sheriff said, but caution is advised since hazardous driving conditions might be encountered, such as poor visibility, slippery roads and drifting snow. For the county, the National Weather Service is predicting…
2 SUNY-O Students Hospitalized SantaCon Binge May Start Campus Drinking Debate By LIBBY CUDMORE Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SantaCon was a life-changing moment for one young man, a SUNY student, 21, found unconscious and bleeding on a sidewalk outside a Grove Street house on Saturday, Dec. 7. “He admitted that he drank too much and that he had a problem with alcohol,” said Oneonta Police Chief Doug Brenner. “Waking up with a tube in his throat was a real…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 14-15, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK BEST of THE BEST Helios’ Day Ayres, ‘Man With A Plan’ Dad Said ‘Talk To Folks’; Mom, ‘Be Leader’ Door Closes, Opens Onto Rustic Ridge FRONT PAGE Rare Races Possible In Cooperstown Oneonta Parking Reforms In Works 3rd CSO Prospect’s Focus: Tchaikovsky County Manager Decision Is Nearing EDITORIAL From All, Best Wishes For Speedy Recovery COLUMNS ZAGATA: The Haves And Have Nots BENSEN: In…
VOTE ON CODE DELAYED A MONTH Cooperstown Trustees Retreat On Dorm Zoning By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Dormitories are out. Facing citizen pushback, the Cooperstown Village Board voted Monday, Oct. 28 to remove the dormitories – defined as six or more bedrooms that share a common kitchen and living spaces – from “special use” consideration in residential districts, and moved from permitted to special use in commercial districts. The change came at the end of 40 minutes…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 Benefit Concert To Support Emergency Shelter Program PERFORMANCE – 7 – 10 p.m. Support Emergency Shelter program by Opportunities for Otsego while enjoying evening of music by Steve Fabrizio Band. Features light hors d’oeuvres, raffles, cash bar. Cost, $25 at door. B Side Ballroom, 1 Clinton Plaza Dr., Oneonta. 607-433-8000 or visit www.facebook.com/ofoinc/…
Kirn’s Closes Doors On 60-Year Tradition Owner Don Hoag Joining Wife Rosie In Retirement, Puts Body Shop On Market By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Forty-one years after Edward Kirn began teaching Don Hoag the auto-body repair business, the venerable Kirn’s Body Shop closed its doors for good on Friday, the owner-operator announced this afternoon. Interviewed with his wife Rosemary, the founder’s daughter, by his side, Hoag gave three reasons: “The changing industry, and what it…
