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In Mayor Miller’s Memory, Free Game At Damaschke ONEONTA – Take in a baseball game this Saturday at Damaschke Field, and remember the late Mayor Dick Miller, the Oneonta Outlaws’ first fan. Outlaws President of Operations/GM Steve Pindar announced this afternoon that Miller’s “many friends and business associates have come together to ‘Buy Out the Ballpark.” In the mayor’s memory, they are inviting the public to attend the 7 p.m. game against the Syracuse Salt Cats for free. Fireworks follow.…
We Learn Happiness Inevitable, But Perhaps Not Right This Minute Editorial for The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 25-26, 2014 Not having watched Jimmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life” for a few years, it was a jolt to rediscover that the movie’s deus ex machina is his contemplation, on a bridge during a wintry storm, in his cups, his S&L on bankruptcy’s brink, just having run his car into a tree, of ending it all. Instead, as…
Town, City Invited To GO-EDC Talks On Collaborations By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Dec. 12, 2014 The most steadfast advocate of town-city collaboration is gone, but Mayor Dick Miller’s spirit lives on. GO-EDC, the economic-development advocacy group spearheaded by Albert Colone and Bill Shue, has invited the Oneonta Town Board and Oneonta City Council to a moderated conversation at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, on how the two might collaborate for the benefit of both, plus the…
Moment Of Silence, Tribute To Mayor Mark First Meeting Without Leader…
Charter Input Parsed By JIM KEVLIN•Hometown Oneonta Edition of Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 There were many issues raised, but two predominated at a tense Common Council meeting Monday, Oct. 13. One, that watering down city-manager credentials from a master’s in public administration (MPA) to a bachelor’s, was an attempt to circumvent the new City Charter, which residents adopted by a 1,128-348 vote in November 2011. Two, that by bypassing former City Manager Mike Long – the city’s first – and…
Cleinman Receives Key to City for Beautification ONEONTA – In a small recognition ceremony earlier this afternoon, Al Cleinman of Cleinman Performance Partners, gave a check for $2,500 to the City of Oneonta for Civic Beautification. Mayor Dick Miller had his own gift to give; the key to the city of Oneonta, which he awarded to Cleinman. “Al’s idea for making this part (of Oneonta) turned out to be a wonderful improvement.” said Miller, “Alan’s Island, which was a joint…
Facts, Level-Headed Tactics Way To Lessen Student Rowdiness During the debate over Hillside Commons last year, one landlord was talking about how, as the academic credentials of SUNY Oneonta students rose – they are still rising – the damage to his apartments declined. Of course, it makes sense. The more students who are more focused on their studies, the less interest they have in Beer Pong and the like. While there is always elevated concern about mischief in college towns…
A WILD NIGHT: ANGRY CITIZENS BERATE COUNCIL •By LIBBY CUDMORE•Hometown Oneonta The room was packed. The mood was tense. “I resent being held hostage by these students,” said Lisa Yelich, Elm Street. “I’m being told I have to keep my lawn furniture chained to my porch, that I can’t have flower pots because they’ll get smashed or stolen – this is the city I moved into?” “My porch furniture was stolen,” added Kim Baskin, Cedar Street. “I woke up to…
Fully Implement Charter, Rissberger, Malone Say ONEONTA The city’s new charter, barely 2 years old, can certainly be adjusted, but, more important, the letter and the spirit of the document needs to be fully implements. That the opinion of Common Council members David Rissberger, who chaired the Charter Commission, and Larry Malone. Both were elected to Council after serving on the commission. Mayor Dick Miller has asked all former members of the Charter Commission to participate…