Council Committee Focus: Town-Gown Chairman John Rafter Aims To Focus On Neighborhood Noise, Apartments By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Town-gown relations – noise and mischief in neighborhoods, and the large number of shortterm rentals in the city – are on Common Council member John Rafter’s agenda this year. And it’s now on the agenda of the council’s Legislative Committee, whcih he chairs, and which met last night for the first time in 2019. Rafter told committee…
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First Common Council Meeting Of 2019 Opens On Somber Note By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Common Council opened its first meeting of 2019 on a somber note, with Mayor Gary Herzig calling for a moment of silence in honor of former Oneonta firefighter John D. Heller, who lost his life while rescuing his fiancée and four nephews from a house fire last Saturday, Dec. 29. Herzig said about Heller, “I think we can all feel that…
Council Names City Airport After Ex-Mayor Sam Nader “This was the single greatest point of pride in my dad’s life,” said former mayor John Nader, as he accepted a plaque this evening after Common Council unanimously voted to rename the Oneonta Municipal Airport as The Albert S. Nader Regional Airport. Nader, president of SUNY Farmington, who drove up for the event, read a statement from his father, who remarked, “I regret that I am unable to be with you tonight,…
In Renaming Airport, City Council Praises Nader As Visionary Leader ONEONTA – A motion to rename the city airport as “Albert S. Nader Regional Airport” in honor of the former mayor praises his “thoughtful foresight” and “patient leadership.” Common Council is due to act on the resolution when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, according to the agenda released this afternoon. Christened at the time by one local newspaper as “Nader’s Folly,” creation of the airport in…
Herzig: Name Airport To Honor Sam Nader By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig will ask Oneonta Common Council to approve the re-naming of the Oneonta Municipal Airport in honor of Sam Nader at their meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 4. “At our airport, I recently participated in the first graduation of Oneonta Job Corps’ Drone Operator program,” said Herzig. “While doing so, I could not help but think that this event would never have taken…
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Man Honored For Aiding Police Chief In Fight On 4th By CATHY NARDI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An ordinary citizen risked injury to help the city’s police chief in a dangerous situation, and tonight Common Council said thanks. Franklin Weideck, Wells Bridge, was attending the Hometown Fourth of July celebration in Neahwa Park when he saw Police Chief Douglas Brenner on the ground struggling to control a violent suspect. “I was aware of an individual who seemed to have…
Supervisor, Fire Commissioner Due To Brief City On District Dissolution ONEONTA – Town Supervisor Bob Wood and town Fire Commissioner Al Rubin will report on the prospective dissolution of the town fire district when Common Council convenes its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. The town fire commissioners and City Hall have been stymied for more than two years on a contract that would allow the city’s Oneonta Fire Department to continue providing professional services to the…
Council Member Eyes Short-Term Rentals By PARKER FISH • Special to AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the end of the 2018 tourist season quickly approaching, Common Council member Michele Frazier is getting ready to tackle the city’s short-term rental laws. Room-sharing apps such as Airbnb and VRBO have raised concerns across the city about the standing short-term rental policies.…
City Council OKs Nick’s Diner Plan $230K CDBG Application Albany-Bound By PARKER FISH • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The audience filled the seats and spilled out into the hallway as the Common Council again debated, then approved Nick’s Diner’s application for a $230,000 CDBG grant. The vote enables Nick’s prospective owner Rodney Thorsland’s to submit the application to Albany for its approval. Thorsland’s request has been hotly debated in the past three Common Council meetings, with several community members…