AllOtsego people New fire chief credits parents with his success By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The City of Oneonta’s new fire chief appropriately comes from a long line of firemen. A Schenevus native and fourth-generation firefighter, Brian Knapp started his position as the Oneonta fire chief officially Sunday, Aug. 1. “Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be a firefighter,” Knapp said Monday, Aug. 2. Knapp’s great-grandfather was a firefighter in West Laurens,…
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City Promotes Mattice To Administrator Position By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The city of Oneonta has promoted Greg Mattice to fill the position of city administrator. Mattice, who has been with the city since 2010 and has been the city engineer for about half of that time, was approved for his new position by the city’s Common Council Tuesday, April 20. The administrator position is a revised position in the city, an attempt to turn the…
LETTER from DANNY LAPIN Voting Lets Citizens Hire Best Leadership Editor’s Note: Danny Lapin, D-Oneonta, is retiring from the county board to focus on chairing the city Planning Commission, and to share his reflections on development and environmentalism through his blog, (accessible by Googling “danny lapin blog”.) This is an excerpt to his introduction to the blog. One of my best friends in graduate school lovingly coined the topic of local government the “most important thing nobody cares about.” This…
EDITORIAL Water Plant Done, Is One Greater Oneonta Inevitable? Bob Wood was dealt a winning hand when elected Oneonta town supervisor in 2008, and he played the hand well. He announced his retirement last Friday, March 5 – 299 days to go until Dec. 31, he said – and expressed satisfaction that $12 million in projects – $3-plus million for a new town highway garage and $8-plus million for the long-awaited Southside water project – will be completed by the…
Village, County, City Completing Review Of Police Procedures By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With April 1 a few weeks away, it’s crunch time. Following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last spring, Governor Cuomo issued an order requiring all 330 communities in New York State with police departments to form Community Advisory Boards to review “policies and procedures” by that date. That covers three governments in Otsego County: • The Village of Cooperstown: Monday, Feb. 22, the Village Board…
Council Approves Law Requiring Masks Downtown ONEONTA – Unanimously, Oneonta Common Council approved an ordinance requiring masks be worn at all times downtown and in any public space when social distancing cannot be maintained, such as crowded neighborhood streets or parks. Last month, Mayor Gary Herzig vetoed the city’s original proposed law, which codified the state’s public health law and required masks be worn in private homes when there was no social distancing.…
Proposed City Law Would Seek Distancing, Masks Everywhere ONEONTA – Common Council will consider mandating social distancing and/or wearing of masks in “all public and private indoor and outdoor locations” when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. The new chapter to the city code, entitled “Mask and Face Coverings,” appears to require social distancing or, if that’s not possible, masks everywhere in the city, private and public places. The Oneonta Town Board passed a mask ordinance only…
It’s (607) 376-7453 Oneonta City Hall Announces COVID-19 ‘Tip Line’ Number ONEONTA – It’s (607) 376-7453. As SUNY Oneonta students begin arriving today, that’s the “tip line” number, the City of Oneonta’s dedicated hotline for citizens to report concerns over gatherings that are seen as jeopardizing public health doing this time of COVID-19 threat. You can call the number, which was announced today, or you can send a text.…
County Got Leg Up On Police Reform Due To Sheriff’s Son’s Case, Psychological Test Upgraded By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rebounding from the year-long investigation of Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son, Otsego County may have gotten a head start in meeting the wide-ranging reforms coming out of Albany, said county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield. Last year, the county already upgraded pre-employment testing for correctional offices, deputies, parole officers – “anyone who carries a…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 Lumberjack Songs From The Adirondacks LUMBERJACK SONGS – 2 p.m. Enjoy afternoon of rousing lumberjack songs, learn about the Adirondack mountain logging camps. Free admission. Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 ext. 113 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar…