City of the Hills Concert series to begin Thursday at Neahwa Park A summer concert series will begin Thursday, July 8, in Neahwa Park in Oneonta. The series will feature performances every Thursday between 7 and 8 p.m. The first event will feature the Driftwoods. Common Council accepts grain grant Oneonta’s Common Council passed a motion Tuesday, July 6, to accept a state grant of $180,000 for the Hartwick College Grain Innovation Center. The city’s plan is for the center…
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First in-person common council since COVID celebrates recent achievements By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Common Council met in person Tuesday, July 6, with an atmosphere of visible joviality and relief after spending a year meeting via Zoom. “This is something we haven’t done in a long time,” Mayor Gary Herzig said, which elicited some appreciative chuckles. Some of the agenda items passed included motions authorizing the acceptance of a state grant for the development of…
Police review leaves behind serious debates By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Oneonta’s Common Council will likely meet its self-imposed June 1, deadline to review, and change or adopt, the city’s Community Advisory Board’s recommendations for the Oneonta Police Department, Mayor Gary Herzig said Tuesday, May 17. Among the topics being discussed are the status of no-knock raids in Oneonta, making statistics of crime and arrests available to the public and a review board to examine the high number…
Planning To Retire, Bob Wood Has High Hopes For Southside By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com By the time he retires on Dec. 31, the Town of Oneonta’s municipal water system will be complete, and condos and houses on Southside Drive will be emerging, veteran Town Supervisor Bob Wood is predicting. Simply, “the city does not have any more available land,” said Wood in an interview Friday, March 5, on announcing his retirement. A handful of developers have already…
Jim Seward Lauded, Given Key To Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Comparing retiring state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford to “Ghostbusters,” Mayor Gary Herzig lauded the Senator and presented him with a key to the city for his “timeless support” to the City of Oneonta. “It was never quite ‘Who you gonna call,’ because usually, he called me first,” Herzig said. “And he always asked, ‘What do you need me to do?'”…
Oneonta Law Requires Masks In Private Homes By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With a 5-2 split on party lines and one abstention, Oneonta Common Council Tuesday, Oct. 6, moved closer to applying the state’s “Mask and Face Coverings” law locally, potentially bringing it into everyone’s living rooms. Echoing the state law, the local law that is now going to public hearing requires people to where masks in all “public and private indoor and outdoor locations” when…
LETTER FROM THE CHIEF Officers’ Dedication, Professionalism Have Earned City’s Support Editor’s Note: In this July 19 letter, Oneonta Police Chief Douglas W. Brenner expressed his concern about the“Say Their Names” photo display at the Westcott Lot. Nonetheless, Common Council unanimously approved the display Tuesday, July 21, and it was installed this past Sunday. The Oneonta Police Department has always placed the needs and concerns of the residents and visitors to the City of Oneonta as its first priority. While…
Common Council Asked To Spend $1.6M Tuesday ONEONTA – Common Council will be asked to spend $1.6 million when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, but Mayor Gary Herzig said the biggest portion is paid by a federal grant, and the $182,000 “multi-purpose” police vehicle was custom-ordered before the coronavirus’ economic crunch hit. The semi-weekly agenda released last evening includes:…
Oneonta Could Lose $2.5 M From NY Cuts City Hall Can Absorb It, But Cuts Needed By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With an estimated 20 percent cut to state aid, Oneonta could see a total loss in revenue of $2.5 million in 2020, City Hall’s Finance Director Virginia Lee told Common Council this evening. “With the number of events that have cancelled, I wouldn’t be surprised if we lose $2.5 million,” she said. Last week, Lee…
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