Otsego Sheriff wants more County support By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego County Sheriff’s office is having difficulty staffing and retaining deputies and corrections officers, a problem Sheriff Richard Devlin blames on low pay, excessive overtime, and what he calls “a lack of support” from the county. Currently, there are 11 open positions for corrections officers at the Otsego County Jail in Cooperstown, which Sheriff Devlin says causes health issues for its officers required to work longer…
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LAPIN ISN’T RUNNING AGAIN 11 COUNTY BOARD RACES EMERGE IN NOV. 2 ELECTIONS New Names: Jastremski, Ross, Catan; 2 Democrats Vying To Face Brockway By JIM KEVLIN & LARISSA RYAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The 2021 battle for the Otsego County Board of Representatives has been joined, with more candidates fielded than any time in recent memory, with contests in 11 districts. In the 14 districts, 11 Republican candidates, one Conservative (allied with the Republicans) and 13 Democrats filed…
#1 DISTRIBUTION CENTER SITE IS, YES, SCHENEVUS Engineers Pick It From 86 Sites With 2 Miles Of I-88 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Peter Oberacker walks the Kinch's 130-acre property in February 2017, when it was first proposed for a distribution center. A study, revealed today, affirms it is the best such site in the county within two miles of an I-88 exit. (AllOTSEGO.com photo) COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, (and Otsego Now then-President Sandy Mathes)…
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UNANIMOUS RESOLUTIONS PASSED Clark, Koutnik, Shannon Praised At Final Meeting COOPERSTOWN -- In its final meeting of the year, the Otsego County Board of Representatives today bid farewell to three of its members in unanimous resolutions: • Kathy Clark, R-Otego, former board chairman, was praised for "sincere effort ... to represent the county's best interests," and -- as the first woman to chair the board -- "an important role model for young women and girls." She served six terms, or…
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DON'T PAROLE JILL'S KILLER, COUNTY ASKS With One Abstention, One Nay, Reps Petition NYS Board, Back Seward's Bill County Rep. Dan Wilber, R-Burlington, makes a motion to urge the state Parole Board not to grant parole to David Dart, convicted in the 1989 slaying in Oneonta's parking deck. In the foreground is Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com) By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With board Vice Chairman Gary Koutnik abstaining, and another Democrat voting nay, the…
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