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U.S. ATTORNEY ALLEGES: TEACHER SENT, GOT CHILD PORN OVER INTERNET CCS Instructor, Coach Held In Syracuse By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Central School physical-education teacher arrested this morning received and distributed child pornography over the Internet, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District confirmed in a just-issued press release. The teacher, Justin Hobbie, 41, Springfield Center, used peer-to-peer file-sharing services, a federal crime, the statement alleges. An initial review of Hobbie’s…
FORUM PLANNED DEC. 31 Chamber To Enter Local Energy Debate ONEONTA – With the local debate raging over XNG trucks and a natural-gas decompression station suggested for the Pony Farm Business Park, the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce is entering the discussion of future energy needs. The chamber announced it will host an Energy Infrastructure Summit 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at The Otesaga. Registration details will be sent to chamber members.…
U.S. Attorney To Issue Report At 1 p.m. On Child-Porn Case News Report: CCS Phys-Ed Teacher Arrested Thursday COOPERSTOWN – The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albany plans to issue details at 1 p.m. on child-pornography allegations reported against at CCS phys-ed teacher, according to spokesman Michael Barnett. Check back for details this afternoon. According to one report, the teacher was arrested at his home yesterday by state police and agents of the federal Department of Homeland Security.…
Top-Earning Local Teachers Get More Than $110K, Report Says Two teachers in Oneonta and one in Cooperstown are the highest paid in Otsego County, the top one making almost $120,000, according to a report issued today by NYup.com, a web site of Advance Media news. “From Albany to Buffalo, teacher salaries vary widely between school districts,” writes reporter Ben Axelman, “but in nearly every county in Upstate New York, there are some teachers who earn over six figures.”…
Cooperstown Planning Board OKs Shortterm Rental Permits By PATRICK WAGER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Village Planning Board extended a short-term rental permit and granted a new one last evening at its December meeting. The new permit went to 25 Chestnut St., owned by Cooperstown Eagles LLC, and a three-year renewal to 44 Susquehanna Ave., owned by Alice Gavaria.…
Fire Fighting, Septic, Access Issues For Hotel Public Hearing On Hampton Inn Set Jan. 8 By PATRICK WAGER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Fire protection, entrances onto Route 28 and septic issues were up for discussion when plans for a Hampton Inn & Suites in Hartwick Seminary came before the town Planning Board Tuesday. A public hearing has been set on the project for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, the planning board’s next meeting. Skyline Hospitality, which is affiliated with…
IN MEMORIAM Ellen Armstrong Kanarek, 69; Sister Of Cooperstown Pastor Ellen Armstrong Kanarek, 69, of Princeton, N.J., sister of the Rev. Elsie Rhodes, Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church pastor, died from complications of pneumonia on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 22, 2018, at Princeton Medical Center. Ellen was born in Princeton on March 24, 1949, and was a longtime resident. She was a 1966 graduate of Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, where she excelled academically, teaching herself Greek as an independent study, and…
Sierra Club, 6 AGs Back Otsego 2000 Suit Against FERC In D.C. Circuit COOPERSTOWN – A few minutes ago, word was received the national Sierra Club organization has filed an amicus brief in Otsego 2000’s suit against FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The national environmental group joins six attorney generals, including New York’s , who filed friends of the court briefs Monday. Otsego 2000 is challenging a FERC board decision to no longer allow “upstream” and “downstream” considerations of…
